Kyle Busch, aka Rowdy, was a force to be reckoned with. NASCAR fans who just joined after the Netflix series might not be aware, but he was a thunderbolt on track. He has won a race 19 times in a row and has two championships to his name. The Kyle Busch of today, who remains winless with no seat in a playoff and who keeps crashing his car at every possible time, is in stark contrast to the Busch in Hendrick or Joe Gibbs Racing. 

Watching him race has been painful for his fans. And the question of who is at fault keeps arising—is it his car or is it Busch himself? Recently, he has been pushing extra hard and doing maneuvers he shouldn’t be doing. Plus, to make matters even worse, he has been commenting on things that might just ruin his relationship with his current team at RCR. And given that he is with them for another season, it seems like the wrong way to do things. 

It’s either win or wreck for Kyle, says NASCAR insider 

Kyle Busch has been struggling ever since he moved to RCR, and most notably this season, his performance is below par. The major problem seems to be his equipment. He doesn’t seem to be able to work with the car. But as they say in racing, “You got to take what it’s giving you.” Kyle doesn’t seem to get the message. He cannot fail to be among the top guns in the sport, and he is pushing extra hard to get to the podium, and his efforts are leading him to fall flat with the car—quite literally, with all the crashes he has been having.

His frustrations and his way of handling them clearly aren’t going well. But this isn’t just an on-track thing; he is also making comments that could ruin his mojo with the team. Recently, when he was asked if he would want to join his previous teams, he actually didn’t hesitate to say yes! 

Speaking to Bob Pockrass of FOX before the race in Iowa, Kyle Busch was asked about his future. Rowdy replied, “I would say anything is possible, always. Certainly, if I was welcomed I would go back. If Hendrick welcomed me back I’d go back. But right now I’m at RCR with my group of guys and the deal I have right now in place. So, we’re trying to work and build this program and make RCR great again.” This comment was very unwelcome by most people, including spotter Freddie Kraft.

Talking about whether Kyle Busch or RCR is the bigger problem in his podcast, he said they both go hand in hand. According to Kraft, Busch doesn’t seem to be handling the situation well. About the comment Kyle Busch made about his interest in joining his previous team, Kraft had a point to make. He said in his podcast Door Bumper Clear, “It just seemed like a really odd statement for Kyle to make when somebody asked him if he’d go back to JGR or Hendrick, and he said yes. Why would you ever say that when you’re under contract at RCR next year? That’s going to rub guys in the shop the wrong way as well.”

According to TJ Majors, another of Kyle Busch’s weaknesses is that it’s either a win or a wreck for him. He said, “If Kyle has a weakness, this is probably it. Whenever things aren’t going well, he just… I don’t know if he tries too hard or what. It seems like it’s hard for him to just piece together the eighth, the seventh, the runs that they need to get back. It seems like it’s either win or wreck.” And rightly so, we saw that yet again in New Hampshire, where his performance touched a record low.

Kyle Busch doesn’t seem like he can keep up anymore

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Kyle Busch could sweep the weekends once. In fact, that was his “thing.” He could win races in all three trucks, Xfinity, and Cup all at once. But now things have changed since he joined RCR. And if you thought things couldn’t get worse for him after Iowa, you are wrong because all hell broke loose on the track for him in New Hampshire. Busch going into the race on Sunday needed one thing—speed. But that was the only thing he lacked. And while crashes on the surface look like the major problem, speed seems to be the real cause of concern for the No. 8 team.

He struggled through the first half and dropped back to two laps down. Then he tried to push himself and keep up the speed, but in turn, it came at a costly expense. He drove out of the groove on turn 1, came into contact with Gragson, and hit the wall with his rear bumper. But that’s not all. On lap 217, he got all bunched up with the drivers who were coming out of turn 2. And as if his day couldn’t get any worse, he spun again and hit the wall again. New Hampshire was a race he would definitely want to forget.

Moreover, with just a handful of chances left to make it to the playoffs, it seems rather grim for him. Plus, his reactions and comments demoralizing the team are also less than ideal. Right now, working together can mean success or failure for the team.