Kyle Busch Compares Ugly Situation to Dale Earnhardt as He Entails How His NASCAR Team is a “Burden” in Contract Talks

As the NASCAR racing future of Kyle Busch remains in doubt, he feels that his team Kyle Busch Motorsports, which also uses Toyota cars, could be more of a burden than any help.

During an interview, when asked if Kyle Busch Motorsports being Toyota’s flagship team gives him leverage, Kyle Busch replied, “I’d like to think that it does. But also could be a burden and a little bit of a headache, where some other teams you talk to, don’t want to carry the burden of that. They don’t want to have anything to do with it. That’s a frustration too.”

He added, “There are 50 families over there that are important to me that we keep that thing going as best that we possibly can. Obviously, I have to look out for myself and my family’s future but also all of them.”

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Kyle Busch Motorsports is a two-time Truck Series Championship-winning team. The fact that they also use Toyota’s there was a chance that Toyota would favor him more and manage a deal for him.

Kyle Busch compares his situation to the one Dale Earnhardt faced back in 1998

Back in 1998, the senior Dale Earnhardt, who is also known as “The Intimidator” did not have a ride and was relinquished to the free market. Kyle seemed to compare his current dilemma with that of Earnhardt’s.

He was asked about his thoughts on being the only driver with multiple championships to his name, sitting without a seat for next year. Kyle responded by saying, “I hate to make comparisons, but somebody told me a week or so ago, it would be like Dale Earnhardt in 1998, three or four years after winning his last championship, being on the free market and not having a ride. That just sounds crazy.”

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However, Dale did find a seat later on with Richard Childress Racing and went on to clench his first historic Daytona 500 win after previously attempting the same for years.

There’s still hope for Kyle despite the situation. There is always a possibility of something remarkable happening. We can only hope that he gets a contract extension preferably with Joe Gibbs Racing itself.