NASCAR: Kurt Busch to miss final two races of NASCAR’s regular season

Kurt Busch said Thursday he’ll miss the final two races of NASCAR’s regular season, bringing it to six races the 2004 champion has been sidelined with concussion-like symptoms.

Busch wrote on Twitter he’ll miss the Sunday race on the road course at Watkins Glen International and then the Aug. 27 regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway. Busch crashed July 23 during qualifying at dangerous Pocono and has not driven the No. 45 Toyota since.

“As much as I want to be back in the car, the time is still not right,” Busch said on Twitter. “This decision was not an easy one, but the right one.”

Ty Gibbs will again replace him.