Dale Earnhardt Jr. Admits to Having “Mixed Feelings” About Kyle Busch’s Historic Win, but There’s a Catch

For the longest time, Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were rivals on the track. Their outspoken personalities haven’t helped their cause one bit. Despite retiring from the NASCAR Cup Series, Dale Jr. has been very active off the tracks. Having witnessed Busch win the Auto Club 400 on Sunday, Junior had some contrasting feelings. What he said despite that is too good to be true.

Busch made the headlines as he registered his first-ever win for Richard Childress Racing. While Dale dislikes the two-time Cup Series champion, he admires RCR due to his past links. The win last Sunday brought out a number of emotions in him with an unexpected acceptance.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in a dilemma after Kyle Busch’s Fontana win

Speaking on his podcast, The Dale Jr. Download, Junior had a lengthy discussion concerning Busch’s Fontana win and RCR. With his former rival winning, he said, “I had some sort of mixed feelings about it you know, I don’t really know how I felt about it but I was happy for Richard and I think Kyle is, there is some conversations about Kyle’s one of the greatest drivers to ever do it.”

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Kyle Busch recorded a win in the NASCAR Cup Series for the 19 consecutive year, surpassing King Richard Petty. It was his 61st Cup Series win in total. Without a doubt, he is one of the best in the sport’s history.

Post this win, two Hendrick Motorsports racers were in awe of the former Joe Gibbs Racing driver’s achievement. However, despite his mixed feelings, Dale said, “We heard it from Kyle Larson, from Chase Elliott after the race [Kyle being great]. They are like, why is everybody surprised about this? Why is this such a big deal?

“He’s great, he’s good and I think that’s all true. I agree with that.” Such positive words from Junior would have meant a lot to Busch. In fact, Dale added some more details to these statements.

Dale feels Busch is nearing his peak

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Discussing the best racers in NASCAR, Dale Jr. said, “I think there’s probably eight roughly drivers that you could put in the argument of the five best to ever do it. Kyle’s one of those eight. Everybody’s gonna have a different Mount Rushmore, right? Kyle is definitely in the conversations as one of the rawest talented race car drivers that’s ever came into them.”

Furthermore, the former Hendrick Motorsports racer explained how age is on Kyle’s side right now. He said, “37 to 43 [age] is probably every driver’s peak moment in terms of when, where, you know, risk-taking and experience and savviness and patience. All those things sort of cross at a point in a person’s life and in NASCAR and Stock car drivers, it seems to be that 35 or 37 to 43 years.”

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Junior adds, “You know he’s [Kyle] really coming into that I could what could be his best years as a driver now whether you know what that means in terms of like true victories and success on the racetrack remains to be seen.” There is weight to what Dale said, and it makes it only more interesting to see how Busch goes about his business this season.