Kyle Busch Opens Up On Son’s NASCAR Future
Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch is giving his son Brexton the opportunity to be the next great racing driver in the family and the nine-year-old racing driver in the making has a lot of options on the track.
“A lot of different things can happen. That’s what we’ve actually been looking at,” Kyle Busch said during an interview with Jeff Gluck of The Athletic. “He races in junior sprints and micros and Bandoleros and stuff like that now. When he turns 10, he can run Legend cars — so we’ll add that in next May. And then at 12, you’re allowed to run the CARS Tour Pro Late Models. So he’ll probably get into some of that at 12.”
Kyle also wants Brexton to develop his road course skills as he matures and follow his father’s path that has led to four career NASCAR Cup Series road course race wins and 29 Top 10 finishes in 56 career starts.
“We also need to get more road racing experience,” Busch said. “I don’t feel like he’s got enough road course stuff yet. So we need to do some karting, and we’re going to do some of that this offseason and work with Greg Ives and Max Papis and some of those guys who have done a lot already with their kids. There’s a road racing series, Trans Am TA2, and he’ll probably get into some of that at 14.”
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In Busch’s 22-season NASCAR Racing career he has accumulated 231 career victories in the Cup, Xfinity and Craftsman Truck Series with three championships (Cup Series in 2015 and 2019, and Xfinity in 2009). He has the record for most all-time wins in all of NASCAR’s national touring series with 231, most overall wins in the Xfinity Series with 102 and most overall wins in the Craftsman Truck Series with 66. Busch is the only driver to have 60 wins in each of NASCAR’s national touring series. Busch began his NASCAR career at the age of 16 in the Craftsman Truck Series for Roush Racing.
“I want to keep him on the dirt and asphalt realm; I don’t feel like you should go one way or the other. I like what we’re doing right now: He gets in his Bandolero car and he knows what he’s got to do on pavement; he gets into his dirt car and he knows what he’s got to do on dirt. So I really like that. We’ll probably stick with some of that mixture. And then by 16, he’ll be ready for some Trucks.”
