3. The Ugly: His temper
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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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