Kyle Busch: The Wrong End of Mr. Ed

NASCAR drivers are no strangers to nicknames, “The Intimidator”, “The King”, “Iron man”, “Fireball”, “Cotton”, “Wonder Boy” and the legendary “Alabama Gang” are samples of racings historical monikers. Just the sheer mention of one of these labels will garner the attention of the most raucous crowd.

Now we have “Mr. Ed”.

That’s correct, Saturday night Kyle Busch lovingly called Carl Edwards “Mr. Ed”.

Does that make Jack Roush "Willllbbburrrrr"?

For those of you who don’t yet need bi-focals, “Mr. Ed” was a famous TV talking horse, of course.  

It puzzles me as to why Kyle would make this assessment. Could it be Carl’s smile? If that’s the case, then isn’t Barney, that lovable purple dinosaur, more fitting?

Ok, so maybe it is more, the hair, the eyes, the smile... anyone else thinking Opie Taylor?!

In the past few days Kyle has been compared to Pee Wee Herman.

Now this I can see.

Pee Wee entered a movie theatre and was caught with his fly open. This caused an immediate plunge in his popularity.

Kyle entered the NASCAR theatre and has been caught with his mouth open.

I believe Kyle’s post race antics and comments have a much deeper message: one of position.

My synopsis is this:

—A regulation horse of course has 4 legs.

—In Saturday’s race, Kyle finished “behind” Carl.

—The post race interview was filled with Kyle spewing crap.

It doesn’t take a GPS to figure out Kyle’s geographical position in this horse, of course, saga.

You think you're all grown up Kyle. But, let me be the first to tell you, you're not. It wasn’t that long ago Mrs. Busch was escorting Wally and The Beaver to their cars before each race.

You’re a twenty-something punk living in a Nick—at—Night world.

Hear my words Gilligan, “Grow up and learn some respect before the skippers of this industry reduce you to a minnow”.

You might win a championship Kyle, but until you migrate to the other end of that horse, you will never be a true champion.

Ask your brother Wally about that.

Of course, as always, it’s just my opinion.