Joe Gibbs’ Star Responds to Kyle Busch Adopting His Progressive Masterplan for 8-Year Old Racer Son

Kyle Busch has an enviable race-winning streak in the top three NASCAR series. The two-time Cup Series champion is a source of inspiration for budding racers across the globe. Incidentally, there is already someone on a path to follow in his successful footsteps. And this young racer happens to be a lot closer to home.

Brexton Busch, the 8-year-old son of Kyle Busch, was born to drive with aplomb. The emerging star started racing at five and ended last year with a remarkable 32 race wins. Recently, a Joe Gibbs driver with a history with Kyle Busch Motorsports commented on his achievements.

JGR’s No. 20 recommends dirt racing for Brexton Busch

Joe Gibbs Racing is ready to take on the Kansas challenge. After a lackluster race at Darlington, their #20 driver has regained his pole position for the Casino 400 this weekend. Before beginning his successful NASCAR career in 2015, Christopher Bell spent the better part of the early 2000s honing his craft through dirt racing.

In 2014, he partnered with Kyle Busch Motorsports to win several sprint car races in a similar fashion to Brexton Busch. During the pre-race interview for the next playoff race, Christopher Bell was questioned about Kyle Busch’s intention to model his son’s racing career after him.

Naturally, Christopher Bell was pleased about Brexton’s initial journey. He wondered about Kyle Busch’s plans for his son in terms of dirt or pavement racing. However, he knew that dirt racing was an important part of a racer’s formative experiences.

Bell responded, “It’s been fun following Brexton’s career, for sure. I’m glad that Kyle has got him starting out basically right where I did 20 years ago. It’s cool and I’m excited to see Brexton’s career path too. What way Kyle take, if he is going to stay dirt track racing or go pavement racing? But hopefully, Kyle is seeing the advantage that dirt track racing provides a young driver.”

The #20 Toyota driver then compared another budding racer with Brexton Busch.

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Christopher Bell thinks this young racer is ahead of Kyle Busch’s son

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NASCAR has a long history of veterans preparing the next generation to take their seats. Whether it was Dale Earnhardt Jr coming out of the ‘Intimidator’s shadows or Kurt Busch leading the way for his younger brother Kyle, The legacy left behind by experienced racers paves the way for newer ones aiming to fulfill their racing dreams.

Christopher Bell, along those lines, gave wings to budding teenage racer Gavan Boschele. Bell launched his own racing team at the start of this year, which debuted at Volusia Speedway Park for a sprint car event. The team included Boschele, who went on to register a double victory in the USCS sprint races in Tennessee later in the year.

Bell stated further in the interview that he was closely monitoring Boschele’s career trajectory. He enjoyed watching his races just as much as those of Brexton Busch. However, Boschele was older than Brexton and might join the big leagues sooner than the little Busch driver.

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The Joe Gibbs racer said, “Gavan, you know, along the lines of Brexton (Busch), it’s been fun to follow him. And he is a couple of steps ahead of Brexton because of his age. But he’s doing an amazing job for our sprint car team. And I think the sky is the limit for him. Maybe in a couple of years, he might be sitting up here, talking with me.”

It looks like a throng of new racers are sharpening their skills to overtake the current stalwarts in the coming years.