MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Two-time NASCAR Cup Collection champion Kyle Busch shouldn’t have used a slur referring to the mentally disabled throughout a post-race interview and NASCAR was proper to order the tempestuous driver to endure sensitivity coaching, staff proprietor Joe Gibbs stated Tuesday.

Busch apologized on social media for utilizing the slur whereas complaining about driver Brad Keselowski following Sunday’s race at Martinsville. NASCAR stated Busch should full the coaching earlier than the beginning of the 2022 season due to language utilized in violation of NASCAR’s conduct pointers.

“I believe Kyle is aware of he shouldn’t have used that phrase,” Gibbs stated. “I believe NASCAR’s response to it’s applicable.”

Busch, the Cup champion in 2015 and once more in 2019, has two wins this season for Joe Gibbs Racing however did not qualify among the many championship 4 drivers for Sunday’s race at Phoenix Raceway.

“We have to do a greater job of giving Kyle what it takes in a automotive,” Gibbs stated. “Then, after all, he has to have a look at himself. He tries to investigate. I do know Kyle does that. He will get annoyed. He is extraordinarily aggressive. However I do know that he does a very good job of what can he do to do a greater job subsequent 12 months.”