NASCAR Can Thank Kyle Busch For Exciting Racing

Growing up in Las Vegas must be hard enough for a young  boy.

Growing up with a hobby most people fail to really understand, must be near fatal.

Not knowing what your future holds, can humble the strongest of human beings.

A young man of 11 watched as a shrine, of sorts, was built in his backyard.

Oh, the dreams he must have had.

Yesterday as the Shelby 427 came to a close, those dreams were realized.

Kyle Busch returned home to sacred ground, and with Steve Addington guiding him, added a Championship Belt and trophy to his ever expanding collection.

After last weekends sleeper in California, NASCAR needed something, anything, to keep me watching.

They can thank Busch and the entire No. 18 crew for that.

He almost sweeps last weekend, runs near the front and almost wins this Saturday in the Nationwide race, qualifies on the pole for the Sprint race, then drives from almost last on the grid to win the biggest race of his life.

I said it before and I'll say it again, "Love him or hate him, he can drive a racecar."

When Jeff Gordon, one of the sports best goes on record saying that, "he's tough to catch," you must be doing something right.

I hope Kyle is sincere is his, "not for right now anyway," refusal to Team USA, and their desire to put him behind the wheel of a Formula One car.

Juan Pablo Montoya was quoted as saying how an F1 car is, "a whole different animal," to what Busch knows right now.

It would be a shame to see one of NASCAR 's fine young talents leave before he really shows us how good he is.

I'm getting ready for Atlanta, and hopefully another race to hold my interest a little longer. (I really will watch 'em all, but come on, short track racing is soooo much better.)

George Burns might even have uttered those words himself yesterday watching "Wild Thing," do his thing.

Congratulations to the No. 18 crew again, for a job well done.

Good Night Gracie indeed. BW