How dare anyone out there boo Kyle Busch after all he's been through!
He was banned from competing in NASCAR until he was 18. He lost his seat at Hendrick. Even Dale Earnhardt Inc. snubbed him.
He turns things around with Joe Gibbs and starts winning races at an amazing clip. But all you people care about is hating him and Toyota.
HE'S A HUMAN! What you don't realize is that Kyle is having an unprecedented season and all you do is write a bunch of crap about him.
No driver has performed at this level in years. But he acts like more of a jerk because you people boo and put pressure on him, more and more and MORE AND MORE!
LEAVE HIM ALONE! You're lucky he even puts up with you! LEAVE KYLE ALONE!
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A lot of you people talk about how he's nothing like Dale Earnhardt because of the way he blatantly wrecks people to win races.
Speaking of wrecking people, didn't Dale Earnhardt give a few drivers the chrome horn in order to win races?
Leave Kyle alone, please! Leave Kyle Busch alone! Right now! I mean it!
Anyone that has a problem with him, you deal with me, because he doesn't deserve any more of your complaints right now.
LEAVE HIM ALONE!
...Nah, I'm just kidding. That's the beauty of this sport: The fact that we are free to choose our allegiances to drivers, instead of feeling pressured to support the local team based on proximity.
Now, you may not be a Kyle Busch fan, and I'm not always one either. But at least in our sport, we can feel free to support—or hate—a driver based on his or her performance, instead of based on how close he or she is to home.
I wish that a lot more people would recognize that Kyle Busch is the next big thing for our sport, and it's because of his talent more than Toyota's dollars—but I guess there's still a massive anti-Toyota sentiment in the sport preventing people from accepting Busch's dream season.
I just hope people would hate him just as much if he drove a Chevrolet.
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about 1 month ago
If Kyle Busch was driving a Chevrolet than people would still hate him just as much as they do now. The fact that he drives a Toyota just gives them more reason to.
But the reason that he's already hated is the same as why people didn't like Dale Earnhardt, because they won--a lot. Which is fine go out and win, but Kyle always takes it a step further by not being able to keep his mouth shut.
Numerous times he has trashed his team, teammates and other drivers. He repeatedly said that he would wreck other drivers that raced him hard. Yes, he repeatedly said that, and NASCAR did nothing to stop an impending assault with a deadly weapon (a 34 hundred pound stock car).
He blamed Brad Keselowski when Kyle clearly took himself out when he dove into turn 3 at Darlington. He also trashed his own teammate, Jason Leffler, when something went wrong.
When he wrecked Jr. at Richmond, he could have handled it with class and respect, instead he refused to take blame and instead acted as if it was no big deal. Only because he wasn't on the receiving end of it. He then said in the media center that he had to "put up" with Jr. not winning and he continues to this day to trash Jr. Nation every chance he gets. Someone needs to tell him that's not the way to get them to stop throwing things at you.
It would be a totally different story if he knew how to just drive the car and keep his mouth shut. It always does him in. It's hard to like a guy who doesn't like anyone else.
As for the bowing. Sure Carl does flips and Tony climbs the fence, that's all innocent, but when Kyle Busch bows, many see it as a sign of disrespect. He appears to be saying, I'm better than you and you need to like it. Or worship my greatness.
So I don't see people leaving Kyle Busch alone anytime soon when he brings it all on himself.
from about 1 month ago
Bowing? Disrespect? Hell, I respect him even more because of it. He's actually acknowledging the fan's reaction to his win for better or worse! He encourages people to act out their emotions, to come out of this up-tight, neo-con prison of good manners that we suffer from now.
What? Is it that he's not a humble, politically correct role model? More power to him then.
about 1 month ago
First off, Busch isn't the only driver to ever be affected by the not until you're eighteen rule. Anyone heard of this kid with amazing talent- I think his name is like, Joey Logano or something? Boo who, NASCAR changed the rules that's nothing to sympathize for him about. And uh, Kelly... people did like Earnhardt. It's why they partly hated Jeff Gordon... the whole Earnhardt-Gordon rivalry. Yeah. Anywho, Kyle Busch is hated because he disrespects the fans.
LEAVE HIM ALONE! You're lucky he even puts up with you! LEAVE KYLE ALONE!
If he can't stand the heat, get out of the street Kyle. Buying a ticket to the races helps him make money, so if he doesn't like it he can go race in Formula One for all I care. This sport has been filled with drivers loved and hated, white hat black hat... it's part of sports, period! They can hate him for whatever reason they want, and honestly Rowdy doesn't seem to be giving a damn, because he's still an ass hole.
Busch may be talented, but the fact that he's a complete ass to the fans and hasn't earned respect from his competitors... not cool man, not cool.
And Chris... I hated him just as much when he was with Hendrick :) Plus, what's wrong with the die hard NASCAR fans (who, since Brian France doesn't seem to effing realize, BUILT this sport) hating Toyota? It's just another part of France's money making mission, and getting farther and farther away from real racin'. But that's another article for another day.
from about 1 month ago
I know that people liked Earnhardt but I didn't make it clear on what I meant here. I was trying to draw the comparison between Kyle being hated because he wrecks people and wins and how Dale used to do the same thing. I still remember Dale's "rattle his cage" comment.
But more to the point, Kyle Busch will never and is not Dale Earnhardt, because he may have the "talent" but he doesn't and never will have the class and to most people that's what's most important.
from about 1 month ago
Dale Earnhardt, at the same age as Kyle Busch, was not as classy as he was towards the end of his career. Don't compare a 40-something year old to a 20-something year old and call it fair.
The only reason Kyle Busch is not Dale Earnhardt is because he doesn't have the fan support. I wholeheartedly think that anyone who supported Earnhardt for his use of the chrome horn, but not Busch, is a hypocrite. They drive very similarly. I do not once remember Big E taking the blame for a wreck - but I may be wrong on that one.
from about 1 month ago
There were many of us who couldn't stand Ironhead until Gordon blew him away and humbled him. Even then it was only gleeful sympathy.
There was no bigger asshole in the history of NASCAR than Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip was a distant second with Tony Stewart right there on DW's bumper and just ahead of Bobby Allison.
10 years ago another asshole came to NASCAR and people hated him. He made the front pages too often for his really mean and nasty attitude towards fans, autograph hounds and photographers and actually shoved and punched some of them. His crew chief and crew had to sit him down and lecture him on his manners and the NASCAR way. 10 years later he's a NASCAR elder statesman and loved by even his opponents fans. To me he's still a piece of crap.
I'm a fan, a NASCAR fan, been a fan since 1955. Kyle Busch has never disrespected me, dunno where you get "disrespect the fans" deal. In 2006 at Dover he handed me a cool one while I was working in the infield because he knew that I was there for 16 hours straight, he signed a ton of autographs that day. He always bows to the fans when he wins and encourages the stands to participate in his pre-race and post-race shows. He works his "bad guy" thing incredibly well, well enough to put NASCAR on the front pages of every Monday newspaper in the country. He LIKES it when people throw stuff at him and he's saving NASCAR from itself this year.
Kyle Busch does nothing more than any big shot driver has ever done. He plays DW's '70's shtick like he's a twin and has almost mastered Dale Earnhardt's whine. He certainly has acquired a young Tony Stewart's ability to push other drivers out of his way. Perhaps he has Bobby Allison's psychotic insecurities in play too.
Your KB hatred is personal and really has nothing to do with the driver, it has to do with your guys getting blown away by talent. It's the same with Toyota haters, it's irrational but real. Perhaps fans should delve into their own reasoning for the lack of respect for a future champion.
Sad.
from about 1 month ago
Actually, the rule was coined "the Kyle Busch" rule... he was the driver (at the age of 17) that made NASCAR make the change.... so, shows you the pure talent....
about 1 month ago
Let me clarify: This is a satirical article. I modeled it off of Chris Crocker's poorly-constructed "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!!" rant, piece for piece.
But now I do feel that I have to defend my not-entirely-serious statements.
Kelly, I don't blame Kyle one bit for saying he has to "deal with" Jr. Nation. He's having one of the best seasons ever in the modern era of the sport - for comparison, at the halfway point of his 10-win 1996 season, Jeff Gordon only had 5 wins. But, of course, because Junior isn't winning, his fans give Kyle crap - not only because he's winning so much, a la Gordon in the Earnhardt-Gordon rivalry Jen mentioned, but because Kyle left the seat that Junior now occupies.
And, as much as I love Carl's flips and Tony's fence-climbs, I would actually say that the bow is more classy than either of them. True, the flips and fence-climbs are fun to watch, but you can't deny that they're gratuitous. At least the bow has a semblance of grace to it.
And Jen, remember that the 18-year-old rule was put in place specifically because Busch was running in the Truck Series at 16. However, the regional series age was lowered from 18 to 16 because Logano was going to enter the series. Opposite motivations there.
Also, I'm really getting sick of the Toyota bashing. If we want to claim that our drivers and manufacturers are the greatest in the world, we need to allow the foreigners to try their hand at things. It's the same way that the "World Series" is not a world series by any means.
There is no reason that Toyota shouldn't have been allowed to enter the series, by any means. The company is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary in the United States and employs more American workers than Ford, Chrysler, or GM. Remember that when Dodge re-entered NASCAR in 2001, it was under the control of the German Daimler corporation.
from about 1 month ago
I agree with the Toyota bashing to some degree. If you don't like them you don't like them, but I do hate hearing abut it all the time lol. The bow, classy? I don't know about that lol he's kinda throwing it in the fans face- not exactly classy, but that's just my opinion.
Busch was the fastest in practice for a Truck race in California in 2001 when he was ejected from the rack by CART officials because the American Racing Wheels 200 was part of a CART weekend featuring the Marlboro 500 CART FedEx Championship Series. Marlboro (not NASCAR) threw Rowdy out of the garage because of the Master Settlement Agreement of 1998 (when Busch was what, twelve??) which prohibits people under the age of 18 to participate in events sponsored by tobacco companies. (The MSA also resulted in sidelining (in 2006) Colin Braun, a then seventeen for Grand-Am Krohn Racing for three sportscar races help with the IRL because Marlboro sponsored both of Roger Penske's cars in the Series. In 2008, four full-time USAR Hooters Pro Cup drivers were banned from participating in the Sears Auto Center 150 in Milwauke because they were under eighteen and the race was also held the weekend of an IRL event and another issue with Penske's cars.
Six WEEKS after the incident, NASCAR imposed a minimum age of 18 years starting in the year 2002 to prevent future incidents like that to happen (because if they didn't, Chris, Busch would've been thrown out of many more garages), and also because the NASCAR Cup Series was then sponsored by Winston. For 2007 (five years after the fact) the Camping World East/West and the north and south Whelen Modifies were able to allow sixteen year olds to compete. NASCAR doesn't allow an IRL race to be held in conjuction with these events.
Look, another reason this was a good rule was the fact that in 2000 we lost a life- that had only lived nineteen years. I really don't think NASCAR wants to see that again- not that I'm saying it would because of his age, but still no one wants to see a sixteen year old KID get hurt, along with all the other drivers. Plus, when/if NASCAR changes the age AGAIN from 18 to 21, name all the people THAT will affect. That could've (if he hadn't been grand fathered in) severely affected Joey Logano.
And I agree with Kelly's last statement one hundred and twenty nine percent. Kyle Busch is a butt hole to fans and is to blame for all the heat he gets. And like I said before... he doesn't really seem to mind :)
from about 1 month ago
Dunno "poorly-constructed" ... it seemed to do the job he wanted it to do.
about 1 month ago
First, I never suppported anyone who has to use the "chrome horn" to win a race. So call me boring if I want to see a nice clean race for the win, not a hypocrite.
Second, it's nice when drivers can have the balls to step up and say, you know what I made a mistake and hit the guy. I'm sorry. But the drivers that fake ignorance and say that it was their fault are just plan arrogant, and there the ones who want others to apologize when they get hit. It's a two way street not a one way there.
As for Kyle having to deal with Jr. Nation, oh well, maybe he should stop taunting them and mentioning Jr.'s name in an interview that has nothing to do with him.
And yes, I am a Jr. Fan and that has nothing to do with why I give Kyle Busch "crap." Jr. is running very well and I'm pleased with his season and sure I wish he had a couple more wins, but hey, they'll come. I give Kyle crap because he deserves it, the same Jr. would if he acts like an immature, classles, arrogant race car driver that can just "shut up and drive."
As for Toyota, I could care less if there here or there not. And I could care less if Kyle was driving one.
As long as he runs his mouth and runs dirty, it's going to bother me...Sorry.
from about 1 month ago
I can't think of a driver in any discipline that hasn't used the old "chrome horn" to win. Help me out ... throw me a name please ... and don't dare throw the junior card 'cuz he's done his share of bump and runs.
Apologize? Admit responsibility? Here's a couple of quotes: "I wasn't going to wreck him but I got to him and turned him around but didn't mean to really turn him around, meant to rattle his cage though" reply: "Have you ever heard him say he means to spin anybody out?"
KB isn't doing anything more than any other winning driver has done in their careers. Name one winner that hasn't acted the same way.
Kyle Busch and his immaturity is saving NASCAR right now and a lot of people are picking up the sports page because of him.
Thank god the rest of the world doesn't have to conform to your standards.
about 1 month ago
Kyle Busch is Kyle Busch, and that's why people don't like him. I'm a Harvick fan, and am so because of how he USED to speak his mind and stand his ground... now he's getting more and more vanilla just like the rest of them, and in turn more and more boring. I'm liking Kyle more and more these days. I don't agree with half the stuff he says or does, especially like when he went after Stephen Wallace at Richmond, or the Leffler incident, but it still makes me like him more because he says whats on his mind and shows his true self instead of just being nothing more than a walking, talking, emotionless billboard for his sponsers. Who cares if he's not perfect... it's what makes him fun to watch. I hope he keeps winning, wrecking, and saying really arrogant, stupid things, otherwise I'll go back to not liking him.
from about 1 month ago
GREAT COMMENT -
Kyle is like a chocalate M&M in a series full of vanilla milkshakes.
from about 1 month ago
Well said Chase, well said.
from about 1 month ago
I really think that most drivers are not emotionless... but understand that Nascar is trying to be considered a family sport... some of my best family memories are watching Nascar... Drivers like Kyle Busch that take their attitudes on to the track and then cause accidents are not what the sport is trying to be about...
about 1 month ago
Thanks Chris! You got us going didn't you! 5 Starz babee!
from about 1 month ago
HEY! Let's do a "Leave Kyle Alone" video for YouTube! I'll bleach your hair Chris!
about 1 month ago
I dig Kyle! He is a breath of fresh air and has made NASCAR fun again. Jr is a good driver, but BORING. Heck, he won a race by NOT RUNNING OUT OF GAS. Yawn!
Kyle wins by pushing the gas pedal. I'll take those 7 wins any day.
Go eat another Big Mo bar...
about 1 month ago
Kyle Busch is a beast. Number 3 almost.
about 1 month ago
I hear you man! But.. there's more to the story don't you think.
I mean look at it this way, see my blog, and you might like having him bood.
I remember when there was a certain champion who was hated in the Nascar community. He was even labeled by fans and drivers. He had rivals that were out to get his reputaion snuffed. He became a champion, won the hearts of fans, was congratulated by every nascar team and driver, and died a Hero of nascar. Remember him? Yeah you know who I'm talking about. Won only one Daytona 500 and was paraded to victory lane by every team there. The Intimidator! Dale Ernhardt.
We need Kyle Busch to be the "bad guy". We want him to be bood, at least Jeff Gordon does. He isn't getting as many boos now if you've noticed, as a matter fact, He's sort of becomeing the Hero instead of the villain. He isn't going to be the "prince of Nascar", someone else has that title. But if he keeps getting boos, it means he's getting closer to becoming the Nascar Sprint Cup Champion.
He was (is) the youngest Sprint Cup driver to win a race. He's setting records, with the help of his brother Kurt. I say Boo him and Boo whoo to you. There is a method to this madeness, and the hate for Kyle. It means he's a great driver, and the fans aren't really booing him. The fans are really booing because it's not their driver who's on there way to being in the hall of fame. They are booing him because on the inside they are really sad. Sad to see that they could have been Kyle Busch fans and rejoicing, instead there not fans and are really crying on the inside. So buck up, my friend. You should be sprouting joy. Your line should be thanks for the boos! Because when he wins, you are happy! Boo my driver, hate my driver, be sad! The more you boo, the more you hate, the sadder you are.. The greater Kyle Busch is. Thats fact!
28 days ago
I've have been following Kyle Busch ever since he raced the trucks when he was 16. He has been racing all his life. He always said his dream was to drive a cup car. Well now he is. At a young age he's one of the best there is. Yes, he can be a hot head at times, but doesn't every driver go through that stage?
Look at the veteran drivers of today, for example; Jeff Gordan. For the longest time everyone hated him. He was winning races left and right. Also winning championships like there was no tomorrow. Even though that all sounds good, everybody booed him. All the greats have gone through what Kyle's going through now.
Kyle will contiue to win races, and he will soon win a championship. He's is a great driver, and I know he can overcome anything and will start winning the hearts of everyone.
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