1. The Good: His dominance
Dominance. That's the word that best describes Kyle Busch as a NASCAR driver, and it has led him to over 200 victories across the sport's top three series. Between all of those glowing accomplishments and his record of 16 consecutive seasons with a victory, just two seasons short of Richard Petty, it's safe to say that the best thing about Busch's career is his ability to dominate.
Of course, his performance isn't exactly what it used to be, especially since he has an average finish this season of 13.5, but he isn't too far off the pace. In the end, Busch might not be the super consistent entity that he used to be, but he still could very well limp into a championship on luck. That's how Jimmie Johnson won his seventh and last championship in 2015, and he is still regarded as one of the best drivers in history.
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2. The Bad: His injuries
Believe it or not, there was a time when no one thought Kyle Busch would ever get behind the wheel of a stock car to begin with. Who could blame them? They watched Busch's Toyota Camry spin out of control and plow head-first into the inside retaining wall of Daytona International Speedway. The impact was immediate and even caused his car to go airborne momentarily. Even worse, it resulted in fractures in both his feet that would leave him unable to competing that Sunday's Daytona 500. This marked the first time in his career that this happened.
While Busch did ultimately go on to win his first championship that year, it came at the cost of his future health. Unfortunately, he finally seems to be dealing with the pain caused by that massive crash at Daytona, and it's probably hindering his career quite a bit. In fact, if Busch eventually goes down as one of the all the time greats in NASCAR history, experts will probably wonder what he could have achieved if he had never been injured during that fateful afternoon in 2015.
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3. The Ugly: His temper
It's no secret that Kyle Busch has had quite the temper throughout his career, and while his good days now vastly outweigh his bad ones, it remains to be seen how those incidents will affect his overall legacy. For example, Kyle Busch was racing hard for position with Ron Hornaday during a 2011 Truck race when the two made contact and ran up into the wall. A caution was called due to the incident, but Busch decided to get retribution during the pace laps by riding Hornaday's bumper and sending him into the wall. The incident also damaged Busch's car.
While that might sound like just a racing deal, one has to remember that Hornaday was competing for a championship at that time and was effectively robbed out of the title by Kyle Busch. Of course, Busch was parked for two races after the incident and was fined a sizable amount of money, but costing someone a championship leaves a bad taste in fans' mouths. Add that to Busch's other volatile actions in NASCAR over the years, and you very much have a mixed history. You also have someone who isn't fully a hero, or bad guy, making him a sort of anti-hero.
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