NASCAR star Kyle Busch takes responsibility after chaotic wreck at Mexico City

Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch has accepted responsibility after a big wreck in Mexico City.

With rain falling at the very beginning of Sunday's race, the opening laps proved chaotic, with drivers forced to decide between slicks and wets as NASCAR declared the track damp.

In the tricky conditions, Busch found himself unable to keep control of his car on lap seven, snapping around sharply under braking into turn 1 and causing a domino-effect wreck as a result.

The No. 8 slammed into the back of Justin Haley in the No. 7 and then subsequently smashed into Kyle Larson in the No. 5 and AJ Allmendinger in the No. 16. Zane Smith and Chase Briscoe were also involved in an incident heading into turn one in what were crazy scenes as the rain fell.

Busch was among several drivers to return to the garage for repairs, but the No. 8 car was forced to retire from the race early.

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Kyle Busch accepts blame for Mexico wreck

Explaining the wreck when speaking to the media, Busch quickly took responsibility for the incident, explaining what happened from his perspective.

“Just in the rain, I went down into 11 and got on the brakes pretty hard and everything was fine," the Richard Childress Racing driver said.

"Everything was comfortable, it stopped really good, and I thought okay, I can be a little bit more aggressive this time getting back into [turn] one and went to the 10 marker, if there is a 10 marker, it's the bridge, and we've been going much past the bridge all day on dries and so wet, I figured it's going to be fine.

"As soon as I went to the brakes, it was just on ice, and I was sliding, and so about a second and a half or so, I was just trying to figure out which direction to go, and then I was like, I’ve got to turn this thing around backwards because I'm going to nail some people.

"So, I hate it for all those that were involved in my mishap there, and hate it for Lucas Oil, and of course, RCR, ECR, the guys. I mean, the car yesterday in qualifying was really good, it felt like we were going to be really sporty in the dry.

"I hate that the rain came, and now it's nice and dry, so just have to go fight for more points in another week.”

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