Kyle Busch is No. 1

Kyle Busch was asked after the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond International Raceway if he saw how the fans in the stands reacted to the way the race unfolded.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Busch were fighting for the lead when Busch and Earnhardt Jr. collided. Earnhardt Jr. took the worst of the crash and had to pit for repairs. Busch was able to stay out on the track and finish second.
"They were going crazy and you see it, but you don't pay attention to it," said Busch about the fans in the stands. "I don't know why they were telling me I was number one, I was in second place. Clint Bowyer got the lead from me -- they were all confused I guess, too many old (Dale Earnhardt) Jr. Budweisers."
Busch said he doesn't expect much support or sympathy from Earnhardt Jr. fans after what happened at Richmond.
"Oh, yeah. I feel it's like that," said Busch, driver of the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing. "I mean, everybody probably is racing around the race track scared to death of wrecking Dale Earnhardt, Jr., so why wouldn't I be any different? You know that was just a product of good, hard racing. I apologize that's that happened, and I hated that it did. Fortunately he didn't get hurt and nothing like that happened, so he was able to continue."
By the way, Busch took over the lead in the Sprint Cup Series standings and Earnhardt Jr. remained in third.
"He'll see another day of racing," Busch said. "You know, to say that I took away a win away from him, you know, it's hard to say. And if I wanted to do it deliberately, I would have waited for the last lap where I probably could have still won the race. You know, there's a way that it happened and I hated that it did. We just didn't give each other enough room getting into turn three and, you know, I didn't -- I didn't feel like I slipped, but I mean, we just kind of banged simultaneously, and then that's when I got loose and got corrected and he was gone."