Super speedways, Cookie-Cutters, Road Courses, Short Tracks. He's won on all of them.
Be it Cars, Trucks, Scooters, and probably Tricycles.
He's the young kid, 23 years old, from Las Vegas.
He went from Hendrick Motorsports to Joe Gibbs Racing. He went from driving for the all-American Chevrolet to driving for the foreign (built in the U.S.) Toyota.
Yes we're talking about "Rowdy" Kyle Busch, the villain of NASCAR. The Darth Vader of NASCAR.
And he doesn't care. Say what you want to about him, he leads in almost all major NASCAR stats for the season.
Most importantly, WINS.
He is just the type of racer NASCAR needs. If he needs to run five-wide on a road course to win, he would. Although not the most popular driver on the circuit, he is certainly one of the most talented and aggressive.
He doesn't settle for the weekly "follow the leader" role that we often see in NASCAR these days. He doesn't race to have a good points day. He wants "W's".
With seven wins so far in the Sprint Cup this season, Busch is on pace to top former teammate Jeff Gordon (13), and NASCAR legend Richard Petty (13), in the win column for a single season.
All this comes on a team in its first year with a new manufacturer and crew chief—a team that hasn't seen success like this since Bobby Labonte won the 2000 Winston Cup.
He gets booed viciously while he's introduced and booed when he wins. Just last night, while being stuck in the mud, the crowd was booing him being stuck. But no matter how much you boo him, he just gets it done on the track.
Sound familiar?
There was once an aggressive "second place is the first loser" driver, Dale Earnhardt, Sr., who was booed but loved week in and week out.
Now the comparisons of Rowdy to Earnhardt Sr. are pretty far fetched. The boy has a long way to go to fill those shoes, but the sport does need someone who by Rowdy's standards, losing is not an option. You go out and compete every week to win.
Some of the legends would be proud of what he does on the track. Doesn't matter who is out front, he is going to find a way to get there. He not only does for NASCAR, but for the sport: Racing.
Call it what you want, and say what you want about him, "Rowdy" has what it takes to succeed in this sport.
Racing needs more drivers like him.
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