A Different Kyle Busch

Regardless of if you like Kyle Busch or not, you have to give it to the guy. He drives the hell out of a racecar. After Sunday’s race at the Las Vegas Motorspeedway, Kyle continued to prove why he is one of the top drivers in the series. Not just because he won the race, but I kept my eye on him on Saturday when he wrecked in the Nationwide race. Clearly, Kyle made a mistake and took himself out by trying to race too hard too early. After the wreck he got out the car apologized to his crew and did his interviews and moved on. I know some people may say it’s way too early to draw any conclusion from that, but you have to start somewhere.

This is a different Kyle Busch. The 2009 Kyle Busch seems to have surrounded himself with some pretty good people and they have been giving him good advice. That can only be good for Kyle. Keep in mind the guy is only 23 years old. This is his 5th season racing in the Cup series and he had done more and been through more than some drivers that have been racing for twice as long. I wonder if we were given so much at 23 how we would handle it. I think that’s what people need to look at when they judge Kyle. Sure he has had his moments, but haven’t we all? We’re just not in front of millions of people when we have those moments.

Anyway back to the point I was making, Busch was in his hometown of Las Vegas and he had something to prove to the hometown fans. This race for him was special and he let that be known. How many drivers talk about how great it would be to win in there hometown? Just like Tony Stewart winning Indy or Denny Hamlin at Richmond they claim these places as their home tracks. Kyle and his Brother Kurt claim Vegas as theirs. Kyle spent they entire week in Las Vegas relaxing and having fun, but the most important thing he wanted to do this weekend was to make sure he walked away a winner on Sunday and he did just that.