Will Flu Impact NASCAR’s Final Chase Races?

With the Center for Disease Control reporting widespread flu symptoms in 41 states, including North Carolina (host to the fifth race in NASCAR's Chase for the Championship), it is no wonder that the illness is starting to impact the garage area. Last week, Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M's/Susan G. Komen for the Cure Toyota, was so sick with the flu and other complications, that he had to step out of the car for both the Nationwide and Cup races. “It felt like a cold was coming on and then I got a really, really bad fever and then got cold chills and everything and had a hard time sleeping all week because of the cold chills and stuff,” Busch said about the week leading up to the California races. “I don’t know if it was th...

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