“He started racing for the same reason I did” - When Kyle Busch learned to have “fun” in racing again by son Brexton

In a 2021 piece written by Kyle Busch in MensHealth, the 2x NASCAR champion opened up on what he learned from being around his son. Busch, who became a father to Brexton in 2015, revealed how becoming a father changed his life.

The current RCR driver wrote that he thought being a father would be about teaching his son how to lead a good life. However, as he spent time with his son, he realized that his 5-year-old taught him about "tuning the passion" he has for racing.

Kyle Busch touched upon wanting to be his 'own trailblazer' in pursuing his dream. Busch's drive was so strong that he had already mapped out his career in his head instead of waiting for things to happen. As it turned out, the former #18 driver registered some major accomplishments to his name in his career.

And yet, he found himself in an unfamiliar place towards the end of the 2020 season as he tried to keep his record of winning at least one race per season intact. He had done so for the 15 years before 2020. Busch got the win at Texas and kept his streak intact, and as he readied himself for another season, he discovered something in common between his son and himself on the track.

Busch wrote:

"What’s that coming up on my left side, going faster than anything I’ve ever seen before? It’s my son growing up. Brexton is only five and he’s already racing go-karts on dirt tracks, and already winning. He’s already started racing well before I did at his age and I can’t imagine that this will be the last time he passes me. He started racing for the same reason I did: because it’s fun."

Busch added that his son will encounter pitfalls and expectations that he didn't. He also wrote that his son has beaten him "out of the gate" and he doesn't want him to beat his father to "burning out" as well.

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Kyle Busch opens up on son Brexton's racing career and where he needs to improve

Speaking last month, Kyle Busch opened up on what the future holds for Brexton as a professional racecar driver. The #8 driver opined that "a lot of different things" can happen in his son's career.

He touched upon Brexton already having experience of racing in junior sprints, micros, and Bandoleros. Busch said,

"When he turns 10, he can run Legend cars — so we’ll add that in next May. And then at 12, you’re allowed to run the CARS Tour Pro Late Models. So he’ll probably get into some of that at 12."

The former NASCAR team owner added that Brexton also needs to fill up the tank on his road course racing experience. Busch said that his son doesn't have enough of that yet and so he intended to introduce Brexton to go-karting and have him work with Greg Ives and Max Papis during the off-season.