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After watching the interviews and reading them online following Sunday's Lenox 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, I'm confused about what Kyle Busch was saying.

And because I'm confused, I'm not going to make false assumptions. Speculation, though, is definitely going to happen.

Kyle was undoubtedly in horrible spirits after finishing 25th in the rain-shortened event. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver has won five times in 2008 and leads the point standings, so he's just not used to running poorly.

Add to that getting knocked around under caution by Juan Pablo Montoya, and you can bet Busch wasn't going to be too happy in his post-race interview. Luckily, though, he obliged to the media's request and talked about his race. That's, though, where his comments got a little quirky:

"We missed something all weekend. I knew it was going to be a dismal day and I was trying to make the most of it," Busch said.

"If we had stayed out, we could have won the race, but I just didn't feel that was the right way to win a race. I didn't feel like we had a shot to hold off the guys that were going to be behind us."

So is it safe to assume that Kyle simply didn't want to win the race? Was he the one who made the decision to come to pit road when his brother didn't?

Juan Pablo Montoya's brutal honesty is so, so refreshing.

Following Sunday's Lenox 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, JPM fully admitted that he intentionally spun Sprint Cup point leader Kyle Busch late in the event under caution after the two had bumped on track. Before we go any further, watch below at 0:46:



As you can see, the discontent among the two began when Busch drove JPM up the hill in turn one. The two continued to make contact down the backstretch and when the caution came out for the crash between Clint Bowyer and Sam Hornish Jr., Busch banged into Montoya's drivers side.

That was enough to break Montoya's last straw.

The superspeedway races have certainly seen some of the more spectacular crashes in NASCAR history. They range from hit-n-runs causing a single car to go flying to pileups involving half the field or more.

Kyle Busch's wreck on Saturday was reminiscent of Tony Stewart's airborne roll crash last year and Elliott Sadler's in 2003 and Ryan Newman's at Daytona and ...

Of course, no one will forget last October in 'Dega when Brian Vickers took out leaders Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson, his then teammate, on the last lap for the win.

Here's a look back at some of the more memorable wrecks at Daytona and 'Dega.

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Talladega 2006 Tony Stewart Gets Airborne	Talladega 2003 Elliott Sadler's Talladega Tumble
Daytona 2007 Clint Bowyer Fiery Flip	Daytona 2003 Ryan Newman's Wild Ride
1996 Winston Select 500 Ricky Craven gets thrown up onto the catch fence and then across the track	2003 Aaron's 312, Talladega Johnny Sauter flips in a 27-car pileup, the biggest in the modern era
1988 Daytona 500 The King Does Cartwheels	2000 Daytona Geoff Bodine, NCTS Tumble
1984 Busch Clash Ricky Rudd twirls his car like a ballerina -- before the safety evolution	1960 Daytona 500 The biggest pileup in NASCAR history. 68 cars in the field, 37 of them involved

More History

• 2001 Daytona 500 - Claimed the life of seven-time Winston Cup Champion Dale Earnhardt in a head-on collision with the wall that did not appear to be that serious. The Intimidator's fatal crash led NASCAR to mandate the use of the H.A.N.S. device for all drivers to protect them from head and neck injuries.
• 1998 Talladega - Restrictor plates were born after Bobby Allison destroyed the catch fence and almost flew into fans at 200mph
• 1994 Talladega - The reason Mark Martin hates going to Talladega
• 1979 Daytona - A wreck on the track is followed by the most infamous fight in NASCAR history