No matter what happens with Kyle Busch’s contract, the two-time NASCAR Cup Series winner says his future will be changed.
Busch, 37, is entering the last year of his present Joe Gibbs Racing contract and has not yet agreed to an extension with the Toyota team.
Busch claimed on Saturday that he had been considering offers from other teams but had not been informed that going back to JGR was no no longer a possibility.
Busch did not picture himself in this circumstance at the beginning of the 2022 season.
The present procedure was initiated when Busch’s No. 18’s longtime sponsor, Mars Inc., declared it would stop supporting NASCAR at the end of the current season.
“I’m a racer and only ever known how to race, nothing else, trying to do other business projects and things like that, but none of them have really blown up and taken off,” Busch said. “So, it has been hard and figuring out all of that is certainly tough.
“And the first time I went through this was 15 years ago and it was a learning experience. It was hard then too, but it was nothing like now. Then it was just me, myself and I. I didn’t have (wife) Samantha, I didn’t have a son. I didn’t have a daughter. All I had was an agent that was helping me.
“It’s way, way harder because now you have Kyle Busch Motorsports that you’ve got to think about, you’ve got a building that you’ve got to pay on, you know, you’ve got a building note and all that sort of stuff. So, there’s a lot of pieces and that’s why it’s not so simple.”
If not to JGR, where would he go?
This week, it seemed as though one route for Busch had been blocked off because two open spots at Stewart-Haas Racing now appear to be taken.
Greg Zipadelli, chief competition director for SHR, stated that Custer’s comeback to the No. 41 was the recent plan. Additionally, Aric Almirola will delay retirement for another year and rejoin the No. 10 Ford, according to a report from Motorsport.com on Friday.
Busch advised that if he were to leave JGR, he should look for a new team that would give him an opportunity to compete for championships.
“I don’t feel like it’s fair to me or my family or anything else if we’re going to have to spend less time together moving forward because we are going to have to change our lifestyle, no questions,” he said. “There’s a big change coming.
“And so, is it worth it to go run around and not have an opportunity to win right away versus building something versus jumping in something that can win? All those questions are certainly being weighed out.
“Again, that’s also why it’s not so simple and so easy. So, thankfully there are opportunities out there. There are Cup jobs available. But again, it will not look the same as what it has for the last 15 years.”
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