NASCAR superstar Kyle Busch has his immediate future sorted out, and now he’s already thinking about his longterm future in the sport and how he would like to retire.
During a recent interview on SiriusXM Business Radio’s show, “Cars & Culture with Jason Stein,” Kyle Busch was asked how long he plans to race as a full-time Cup series competitor. And he gave a pretty thorough answer, explaining that he would like to end his career at the same time his son Brexton is beginning his.
“I would say in a perfect world – I’ve kind of dreamt this up a little bit – in a perfect world, I would retire from Cup racing when Brexton is 15 years-old and I would go run a year of Trucks,” Kyle Busch said according to Motorsport.com
“I’d go run a full Truck series season to see if I can win a Truck series championship because that, I would be the first one to have ever won all three (national) series of NASCAR, you know, the championship, which I’ve won the most races across all three of those divisions, than anybody combined.
“So, I would do that and then when Brexton turns 16, him and I can split that truck where he can run the shorter track races and I can run the bigger track races. So, for two years, because you have to be 18 to run the big tracks, so for two years we would split it. And then when he’s 18, he takes it over, and then when he runs it and takes it over and hopefully wins a championship, then he moves on and then I’m out.
“Like, I’m done. You know, that would, that would be it for me. So that would probably put me around, I guess 49, 50-years-old.”
It’s a pretty bold plan, and the NASCAR world had plenty to say about it on social media.
Doesn’t that completely defeat the purpose of the two other series? Like I know cup drivers have always done it, but I still think it’s right
— MHL (@MichaelHLF1) July 20, 2023
he has won it as owner
— hsh316 #NFB #tcot ✝️🇺🇸🇵🇷 (@hsh316) July 20, 2023
This would be quite the way for KB to end what has already been a remarkable career.#NASCAR https://t.co/jzriyVFF1Y
— Nick DeGroot (@ndegroot89) July 19, 2023
If all goes as planned,
Kyle Busch will stop competing in the Nascar Cup Series full-time in seven years. The two-time Nascar Cup winner outlined his "dream" plans for his eventual retirement from Cup Series competition. pic.twitter.com/Tuy6WOaeQa
— Nascar Now (@nascarnowdc) July 19, 2023
I like Kyle Busch's plan of becoming the first Cup/Xfinity/Truck champion when his son is 15 and then splitting a truck ride after.
I find it funny that Austin Dillon could theoretically foil his plan.
— mearn (@mearn) July 19, 2023
Kyle Busch opens up about his ideal succession plan when son Brexton is old enough to race Trucks: Kyle Busch doesn’t know when he’ll be ready to call it a day on his NASCAR career, but when that day comes, he’ll have a succession plan. Speaking recently… https://t.co/qNv3TuGPMF pic.twitter.com/aZU9FHxBK1
— tickets4dc (@tickets4dc) July 16, 2023
It does sound like the perfect way to end his career, we’ll have to see if that’s how it works out for him.
