Kevin Harvick reacts to Kyle Busch's challenges in Next Gen car, brutal announcer jinx at Texas

Kevin Harvick hoped that Kyle Busch would do some big things in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. On Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, Harvick reacted to Busch’s challenges in the NextGen car and potentially jinxed him in the broadcast booth on Sunday.

“I was trying to brag on Kyle Busch right there,” Kevin Harvick said. “They had put themselves in a position, and we talked about their pit crew and their ranking. They did a great job on pit road to put themselves in position to have a chance to win the race, and the eight car was fast. Had a great sponsor on board with 7-Eleven this week, great brand, looked cool.

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“Everybody’s rooting for Kyle Busch. Everybody wants Kyle Busch to win right now, and I was trying to give the guy some love. And mid-sentence, we’re backed into the fence off of Turn 4. But that just really seems to be the way that it’s going for this eight car right now, whether it’s on pit road with the speeding penalty or slow pit stop or a wheel coming off or spinning out. But we’ve seen this a few times out of Kyle in these positions. This week was no different. Wound up getting a little loose there off of Turn 4 and backed it in the fence.”

Harvick was praising Busch while he was running up front late in the race. But when the 40-year-old spun out, it eliminated his chances to earn at least a top-10 finish.

It’s been a challenging two seasons for Busch. After winning two races in his first season with Richard Childress Racing in 2023, the 40-year-old didn’t win a race in 2024 and is still looking for his first victory this year.

The start of the 2025 season was strong for Kyle Busch. After being involved in a late wreck at the Daytona 500, Busch earned three consecutive top-10 finishes including a top-five finish at COTA. After that run, Busch finished in the top 10 just once in seven races.