{"id":246979,"date":"2026-06-06T04:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/former-crew-chief-reveals-favorite-kyle-busch-memory-there-was-just-no-quit-in-him-that-day\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:50:10","slug":"former-crew-chief-reveals-favorite-kyle-busch-memory-there-was-just-no-quit-in-him-that-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/former-crew-chief-reveals-favorite-kyle-busch-memory-there-was-just-no-quit-in-him-that-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Former crew chief reveals favorite Kyle Busch memory: &#8216;There was just no quit in him that day&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Adam Stevens won two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nascar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series championships and 28 races while serving as Kyle Busch&#8217;s crew chief, but his favorite memory of the late driver came in one of NASCAR&#8217;s most iconic finishes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At Chicagoland Speedway in 2018, Busch and Kyle Larson battled hard for the win in the closing laps. On the final circuit, Larson was clear of Busch going into turn 3 \u2014 until contact from Busch sent Larson spinning and cleared the way for Busch to win the race.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;That was incredible,&#8221; Stevens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siriusxm.com\/player\/episode-audio\/entity\/59e79402-c46a-5182-adcf-649481b92c6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Thursday on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.<\/a> &#8220;And that was the epitome of Kyle Busch. We weren&#8217;t very good that day. Pretty late in the race, we were [at the] tail end of the lead lap. Somehow, he kept it on the lead lap.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After a plethora of adjustments, Stevens got Busch&#8217;s No. 18 Toyota good enough where Busch could fight for the win.<\/p>\n<h2>How Kyle Busch won at Chicagoland<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He had a great restart and got a little clean air,&#8221; Stevens said. &#8220;He just wheeled that thing to the front. KB got back to [Larson] and moved him out of the way and took it home. 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