Kyle Busch has already explained NASCAR shift with Jimmie Johnson comparison.

 

As Kyle Busch previously mentioned, he’s started to get more applause from NASCAR fans, but this isn’t always a good thing. The No. 8 Chevrolet driver acknowledged earlier this year that the encouraging response might indicate the end of his Cup Series racing career.

Busch has won two championships in the premier racing series throughout his illustrious 20-year career in the NASCAR Cup Series. However, the 39-year-old just finished one of his worst personal campaigns in recent memory, going winless for the whole season for the first time in 2024 and failing to register a single Cup victory.

During his appearance on the second episode of “Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour,” Busch compared his career path to that of a number of NASCAR greats who came before him. He specifically mentioned Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon, who both lost when their careers were nearing the end.

In 2015, Gordon’s last season as a full-time Cup Series driver saw him make it to the Championship Four, but he failed to finish first in the final race. In contrast, Johnson’s final year before hanging up his racing gloves in 2020 saw him settle for zero victories and an average finish of 17.29.

The applause sort of starts arriving when they reach the conclusion of their careers since they don’t win as much. People begin to realize that they are nearing the end of their journey. He’s all right; we might pull for him now. Perhaps that indicates that I’m nearing the end of my journey.

But Busch insisted that he isn’t ready to give up motorsports just yet, telling Harvick that he wants to keep racing until his son Brexton turns sixteen. When I consider it, Brexton will turn sixteen in eight years. I’ll be about 45 in eight years,” he remarked. That’s what I’m looking for, in a sense. I’m hoping to stay that long.