“Boy Did That Bite Me in the A**” – Kyle Busch Reveals Why NASCAR Management Shouldn’t Be Messed With

Much like any sport, NASCAR also has its sin bin with behaviour that is considered unsportsmanlike. And Kyle Busch is all too familiar. The #8 driver has been a frequent visitor for much of his NASCAR Cup Series career. The 2 time Cup Series champion had a reputation for being aggressive on the track, and often got involved in a few brawls.

Earlier at the Daytona International Speedway, the Richard Childress Racing driver spoke about how it felt to be summoned. Of course, he acknowledged that there are times where the driver knows that they are in the wrong. However, he did confess that at times, the drivers are not willing to openly accept the blame for any incident.

Kyle Busch opens up on what it feels like to visit the stewards’ office

He told Stephen Stumpf, “Getting called to the NASCAR hauler is like getting called to the principal’s office. You have your own reasons of why or what, and you really want to tell them why or what. But you are better off just keeping your mouth shut and taking the beating and walking on and seeing the light come up the next day. I’ve had some meetings there where I knew that I was in the right and I knew I had a point and my point was solid and valid. Boy did that bite me in the a**!”

He also admitted that the prospect of visiting the stewards was less scary than before. He recounted that one of his worst meetings was around the 2005 or 2006 season. At the time, he had to sit in front of Mike Helton, Steve O’Donnell and John Darby.

The good news for Kyle Busch is that he has not had to visit the officials’ office for a while. So it is assumed that he has since matured as a driver and cleaned up his act.

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The 2-time NASCAR champion spoke about being the complainant

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Of course, there is also the other side of the argument as well. There have been occasions where Kyle Busch was the victim and the completely innocent party. According to him, being the complainant was much easier to handle. Though he did caution that walking into the room in an aggressive manner is a pretty bad idea. Kyle Busch also confessed that he often entertained the idea of barging in and saying his piece, regardless of invitation.

Luckily, his team was often there to dissuade him from pulling such a stunt. At the end of the day, everything depends on the situation at hand. The Richard Childress Racing star also said that the officials like to take their ‘sweet a** time’ and make the drivers wait. The last time he visited the office was in 2011 at Darlington, involving an incident with Kevin Harvick.

During that race, the two collided and sent an innocent Clint Bowyer into the inside wall. Kyle Busch then intentionally took Harvick out of the race, so the summoning was pretty justified. Fast-forward to more than a decade later, however, he has not done anything untoward lately, to draw the stewards’ ire.

Ahead of the 2024 Daytona 500, Busch will be eager to keep it that way and gun for his first ever Daytona 500. That is one of the few trophies that are missing from his cabinet.

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