Hard Turn

A NASCAR BLOG BY Jeff Owens

NASCAR needs a bad guy

May 9
For years, fans have complained about NASCAR’s stars being too boring, too vanilla and not mixing things up or showing any emotion.

There are few aggressive drivers anymore and no colorful characters as in the old days, they complained.

Their cries were so loud that NASCAR even vowed to loosen up a bit, allowing drivers to be a bit more aggressive in their actions and a bit more outspoken in their comments.

Finally, we have that driver.

And what do NASCAR fans do? Complain about him being a dirty, immature driver who needs to be muzzled and throttled.

Kyle Busch is exactly the kind of aggressive, hard-charging, win-at-all-costs driver fans have been longing for. He talks a big game, he doesn’t back down from anyone, he shows emotion, and he sometimes creates controversy.

Yet, when he does, he is vilified.

Fans should be happy that they now have a driver who is the opposite of the politically correct robots who permeate the Sprint Cup circuit.

If you want to declare Busch the sport’s new bad guy and biggest villain, great.

The sport desperately needs that.

Average Rating: 5.0

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3 responses to "NASCAR needs a bad guy"
  1. 1
    Robin Drummond said:
    May 9, 2008 at 2:14 PM

    Considering Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart stay with Joe Gibbs, he'll have the two best "bad guys" NASCAR has right now. Go Gibbs Racing!

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    Worm Dirt said:
    May 9, 2008 at 8:27 PM

    It's been this way since the begining of recorded history..... an INDIVIDUAL breaks from the mainstream to blaze his own path.....not content to just float around the waterpark on the lazy river of mediocrity....and the herd,.. so sedated and fat.. and happy.. and possessive of their ridiculousness.. and content with the comfort of inertia.. to just exist and follow.... fighting and barking and spitting at the fact that inertia by definition will someday end.... hates this "radical" threat....hates it worse than a ninja in the middle of the night sneaking into their office to let the air out of their office chair inflatable hemmorhoid donuts..... can't stand to look into the mirror held up to their own faces because they forgot what they were looking for seventeen channels and eight bags of fritos ago........AND so it is for Kyle Busch....AND so it is for Jeff Owens. sic transic gloria.

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    paul mathews said:
    May 13, 2008 at 4:15 PM

    I have a new name for Kyloe Busch,Pee Wee instead of wild thing. Anyone else notice the resemblence ???

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