Kyle Busch working on deal to remain with Joe Gibbs Racing

By Jeff Gluck - Associate Editor
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Kyle Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing are working on a contract extension.

Kyle Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing are working on a contract extension.

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All indications point toward Kyle Busch remaining with Joe Gibbs Racing instead of hitting the free-agent market next season.

Representatives for both sides said Tuesday that contract extension talks have picked up recently and are expected to conclude with a new deal by the start of the 2010 season. Busch’s current contract with JGR had been set to expire at the end of next year.

“We’ve had ongoing discussions with them, and it has gotten a bit more serious,” Busch’s agent, Jeff Dickerson, said.

Team President J.D. Gibbs said he was “excited” about getting closer to a deal to have Busch remain with the team and said he didn’t anticipate any deal-breakers standing in the way of extending their union.

“Everything is looking long-term,” he said. “The [M&M] Mars partnership has been great, [along with] Interstate Batteries. Kyle has been really kind of growing, maturing.

“To me, it’s just detail stuff. I feel we’ll be in really good shape, just knocking some stuff out.”

Busch has won 12 races in two Sprint Cup seasons at JGR and won the Nationwide Series championship this season – his first NASCAR title – under the organization’s banner. He was not expected to look elsewhere, despite missing the Chase and having crew chief Steve Addington replaced with Dave Rogers in the aftermath.

Busch said earlier this year that JGR felt like home and that he hoped to remain with the team that has accepted his occasional outbursts.

Team owner Joe Gibbs and son J.D. “like me for who I am,” Busch said. “They see I have the drive and tenacity to try to be the best there ever was.”

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  1. 1
    Mtclimber said:
    Nov 24, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    Darn I was kinda hope Hendrick would ship Jr off and welcome KB back.

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    Robby said:
    Nov 24, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    HAHA, what a joke #1. Hendrick doesn't want that loser back and is happy raking in Jr's cash for JJ. Johnson is top dog at Hendrick, everyone else is second fiddle...

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    DRLDeBoer said:
    Nov 24, 2009 at 6:28 PM

    I think Gibbs is the best chance for him to win a Cup championship.

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    Mtclimber said:
    Nov 24, 2009 at 8:12 PM

    Hey Rob, I 1/2 agree, JR raking in his money yuppa, but KB a loser, yeah right, he is a cry baby whinner, but he's no loser. Kyle is alot of things, but loser is not one of em.

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    JrNation_Idiots said:
    Nov 24, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    Atleast #4 makes sense...

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    Old_school_fan said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    One can be a loser at life and still win races. Winning isn't everything, it's how you handle the daily problems and the things that you lose. KB can handle winning, but he hasn't learnd the art of graceful losing yet. Until that day, he will be a loser, even in victory land

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    gwen_susie388 said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    Getting back to the article, I am surprised a decision hasn't been made yet for KB to remain with Gibbs. I guess the ball is in Kyle's corner now. I just wonder what the hold up is. A CC change was made with Kyle winning all the races he did with that CC, except he didn't make the chase. Kyle is a perfectionist and can drive a race car. Maybe he is thinking of becoming a free agent as he hasn't of yet made staying with Gibbs a done deal yet. They quoted something Kyle said "earlier in the year", but what might he be saying as of right now. The article said they expected to conclude with a new deal at the beginning of the 2010 season. Again, what could the hold up be? It seems to me Kyle is really thinking this thing out really well. I wonder if maybe he is talking to other team owners or maybe he won't give Gibbs an answer until he sees if he makes it in the chase next year or not. I think he can hold out on giving them an answer as long as he wants to because I doubt they are looking for another driver. Maybe Gibbs is putting some stipulations in the contract that Kyle doesn't want. I have no idea and I am just wondering and guessing. There is some reason he hasn't given them the go ahead yet! I don't pretend to know what is best for Kyle and this is just my observations from this article.

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    CrazyClyde said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 1:26 PM

    Based on Kyle's greedy whining attitude, i think he's just holding out for every penny he can squeeze out of Gibbs while holding the free agent trump card. Kinda obvious.

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    bonjg24 said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 4:35 PM

    You know what Crazy??? You really are CRAZY.
    Kyle's attitude over the past couple of years
    when he hasn't accomplished what he wanted to
    has improved so much this year. Guess you haven't been paying attention.

    Kyle has one more year on his current contract
    (thru 2010). I'm sure it will all work out in
    the end....he will have another contract with JGR He will concentrate on the Sprint Cup
    Series...definitely will need a super CC to
    handle this. Yes, Kyle is a perfectionist...
    and that aint easy.

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    bonjg24 said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 4:40 PM

    #8 - You sure are CRAZY. You talk about Kyle
    being money hungry....good grief....he races for
    B.B. for free...never takes a cent!!!! How many
    drivers do that??? Kyle loves to race...Kyle
    loves to win...What in the world is wrong with
    that?????

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    arttidesco said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    There is no where else for Kyle to go he's been and done Hendrik, Penske has a full house and Jack has just been forced to drop a team the deal is good as done especially since Toyota has dropped out of F1 which might have presented Kyle with an interesting alternative :-)

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    gatenpin said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 6:00 PM

    Not only does Kyle race that truck for zero money but he donated his Nationwide winnings one week-end to Sam Ard who is in dire need. Haven't seen any other driver do that. So, when you call Kyle money-hungry, you are just showing that you don't know what you're talking about. I now know that you are really CRAZY!!!!!! Please give Kyle whatever he wants, Joe. You can do no better. He will have that championship in the near future and it should go to your #18 team. GO KYLE!!!!!!!!!!

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    Pepper said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 6:01 PM

    Gwen you may be right about some stipulations in his contract he may not like. Possibly driving in to many truck races? He is reportedly considering buying Billy Ballew Motorsports truck team.

    I read a few articles this past year saying that Kyle and Hendrick both wanted him to stay at HMS but his ex agent screwed it all up and his spotter Dickerson became his agent and found Kyle a HOME. I think Kyle will be staying.

    As far as him being a loser for his way of acting I have to disagree. There are several drivers that have previously displayed acts not necessarily becoming to a mature individual when they had felt they had a car that should have won the race but for whatever reason they didn't. Stewart comes to mind but NOW Tony has matured and plays the game of being cordial in losing. But INSIDE these guys are PO'd! (Although Tony has gone off on poor ole JR when he was involvled in a wreck recently.) Kyle may or may not get to that point. I feel he's slowly getting there. Only time will tell.

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    goober22 said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    KB is a whinny baby that storms off whenever he does not win! Whoever said that his attitude this year has changed, is as crazy as well! He finished 2nd and he cries about it?! Sorry, but I can't respect that. He doesn't have to like losing, but he needs to learn to accept it as 42 other guys WILL lose each race.

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    tx20fan said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    Only a Jr. fan would say winning isn't everything. THERE is the difference in Kyle and Jr. Winning is everything to Kyle and I love it that people who like vanilla media personalities don't like him. Where is the excitement in the sport right now? It's sure not with Jr. It's with Kyle and Denny and Carl and JJ. The only sure thing Jr. can win is MPD. If someone doesn't want to win races they should get out and let someone in the seat that does.

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    SheilaLovesNASCAR said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 6:37 PM

    Kyle can win in the lesser Series in races that aren't as long and against less fierce competition. He had one good year in Cup. That does not make a Champion. Until he learns respect for the Sport, he will not win the trophy. You can't win them all. No one can. Tony grew up. Maybe Kyle can. Maybe Joe Gibbs is the perfect person to teach him. We'll see.

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    keith308 said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 6:55 PM

    Joe Gibbs may be tired of the cry baby's actions. He is very LUCKY he is still winning otherwise he would be gone the same way Hendrick dumped him. Kyle is a looser and his diecast sales or 10% of other drivers including Dale Jr. who is not winning.

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    Pepper said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 7:37 PM

    Speaking of cry babies I remember listening to Jeff Gordon on the scanner whining about how his crew had taken away any chance he had to win the Brickyard in 95. He matured.
    Kyle's talent is undisputable, lets give his maturity a chance.

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    scary2 said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 7:56 PM

    Question? MTCLIMBER #1 you make comment on Kyle Busch deal at 5:19 on 11/24 when I receive the E-MAIL at 3:58 on 11/25? At 66 years I appreciate seeing you guys go back and forth on NASCAR events. Keep up the chatter, I was at 1965 Daytona 500. seems like yesterday..my guy Fred Lorenzen won..rain shortened

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    wmvjr1960 said:
    Nov 25, 2009 at 8:23 PM

    Why was it necessary to clarify that M&Ms and Interstate are solid? Or that Kylie is "growing and maturing".... BFD ! He will be the highest paid 13th place driver in history. That's right folks.... a proven loser. Most hated driver in the sport. All together now.... booooooooooooo!

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    JrNation_Idiots said:
    Nov 26, 2009 at 2:19 AM

    #14 Is Kyle supposed to be happy about 2nd? I'm going to tell you the same thing I told Chevelle. Kyle does not settle with just being good. He wants to be great. When you settle for 2nd's, that means you're ok with being beat. Take Jeff Gordon for example. The past 3 years he has settled for being number 2 at Hendrick behind Jimmy Johnson. Now he is ok with being number 3 behind Mark. Point is, once you start accepting those 2nd's you get used to it, and it takes away from the desire to win!

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    girlrocker said:
    Nov 26, 2009 at 3:10 AM

    Maybe Kyle storms off because he knows he might say something he'll regret later. And why do the reporters have to be all over the drivers right directly after the race? Granted I want to hear what they have to say but I'm patient enough to wait. These drivers haven't even had a chance to breath and reporters are jumping all over them. Are these reporters egging them on like esp. Kyle? Seems to me that Kyle needs to have a calming down time (when he's mad) before he talks. How do you all feel when something p-ss-s you off at that moment and someone's trying to get you to talk when you don't want to. He's no different. Cut the poor kid some slack. He's an excellent driver and I love to watch him just like I love to watch Tiger Woods play golf. Art in motion. But still Smoke's my fav driver. But I took to Kyle when everyone hated him. Don't know why but I guess there was something about him to like (besides his driving skills).

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    austinh said:
    Nov 26, 2009 at 10:38 AM

    # 21 Your an idiot a champion knows when he has a winning car and how far they can push it they also have the ability to search the track for that fast line without those traits he will NEVER be as you say great Jimmie Johnson has all those and more and Kyle Busch will never even come close to accomplishing What Jimmie has with out learning and accepting these facts.Have a nice day

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    sibbi173 said:
    Nov 26, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    Wouldn't it be just GREAT if Kyle made himself a free agent, and NOBODY else wanted him!! LOLOLOL One can only hope....

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    daviclar38 said:
    Nov 26, 2009 at 4:07 PM

    That wouldn't happen #24. Some other driver would have been fired in order to put Busch in the car. Too much talent!

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