In recent months, NASCAR fans and media alike have been wondering what has happened to the old Kyle Busch – the hothead who storms away from the press after a race when things haven’t gone his way and the cocky winner who waves and bows to crowds who boo him.
Kyle Busch celebrates after winning both Nashville Superspeedway NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races in which he has started. Busch raises a Gibson guitar Friday in Nashville Superspeedway’s Victory Lane.
The 25-year-old, who turns 26 on May 2, won the Camping World Truck Series race at Nashville last Friday and rather than smashing the prized trophy – a hand-painted Gibson guitar – in rock star fashion like he did in Nashville in 2009 when he won a Nationwide Series race, he handed the guitar to one of his crew members and wished TV viewers a Happy Easter.
To be fair, when Busch smashed the guitar in 2009, he said he did it so he could give each one of his crew members a piece of the trophy. But when fans criticized the move, he seemed unfazed.
Fast forward two years and you hear a calmer, more respectful Busch in post-race interviews. You see a guy who is making wiser decisions on the track. And you have to wonder, where is this new Kyle Busch coming from?
Some think his newfound maturity has to do with getting married last December to Samantha Sarcinella. Some think it has something to do with understanding the rigors of owning a race team in the Camping World Truck Series. And some think he’s just getting older and with age comes wisdom.
While all of those dynamics might be at work in Busch’s life, a new revelation was revealed Thursday night on ESPN’s NASCAR Now program when ESPN reporter Marty
Smith asked Busch about how he got to where he is now.
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