Is Kyle Busch hurting the Truck Series?
Cup superstars moonlighting in the Nationwide Series is a frustrating sight for me, but it’s the reality we live in and I have to deal with it. Cup superstars making laps in the Truck Series, though, is where a line has to be drawn. Kyle Busch, after a second-place finish at Daytona and a first at California, is leading the Truck Series point standings. The same Kyle Busch that has made the Chase in the Cup Series the last two years is excited to be out front, knowing it will be short-lived as he will only run in a handful of races. Busch is hurting the Truck Series, he is hurting other drivers, and he either doesn’t realize it or doesn’t care. The 22-year-old Busch is a phenomenal driver, one of the best the Cup Series has to offer. It’s that fact that disturbs me as to why he feels the need to run in the Truck Series at all. He’s not gaining anything from it. He doesn’t need the money — in his short four-year Cup career he’s already eclipsed $18 million. I’m sure he’s doing OK for h
