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In the moments after winning the final NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway before the track undergoes a polarizing reprofiling over the summer, and just before beginning a scorching news conference targeting Speedway Motorsports Inc. for recent decisions, Kyle Busch wanted a memento.
The two-time Cup Series champion asked SMI executive Donald Hawk to send him a chunk of pavement after the bulldozers arrive next week.
"Other than getting into my teammate Daniel Hemric and him crashing, I sure am glad to win the final Xfinity Series race on a real Atlanta racetrack," Busch said. "Because the next one is just going to be a showpiece, and it’s going to be shit."