Popular Searches:

  1. UFC 106
  2. Tito Ortiz
  3. FIFA
  4. NFL Preview
  5. Allen Iverson

NASCAR - Sports Rumors

Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:18 am EDT

U.S. Formula One wants Kyle Busch

By Mark J. Miller

“KyleThe United States Formula 1 team doesn't have its first race till next April in Bahrain but the team would apparently really love to have NASCAR driver Kyle Busch behind the wheel, according to USA Today.

The 24-year-old Busch recently excited the folks in Formula 1 by saying that he wouldn't immediately say no to Formula One. His idea is that he'd win a championship in NASCAR in the next few years and then take a few years in Formula One. And there's no reason to think he won't. After all, the guy has won 58 races in NASCAR: 16 wins in the Sprint Cup, 28 in Nationwide, 14 in Camping World Trucks.

Still, the guy's contract with Joe Gibbs Racing doesn't run out till the end of next season and there's really no reason to think he's going to skip out to F1 just yet. But the U.S. team will certainly do everything it can to convince Busch.

Source: USA TodayNew Window

digg delicious
more

25 Comments

Post a Comment
  1. mastiff44@...
    1. Posted by mastiff44@... Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:13 am EDT

    Report Abuse

    Go, please, today;.....go
  2. Jprez
    2. Posted by Jprez Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:39 am EDT

    Report Abuse

    Does he need a pen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  3. Jake
    3. Posted by Jake Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:39 am EDT

    Report Abuse

    How to humble Kyle in one easy lesson - put him in a Formula I car. Even the slowest drivers there came up thru the ranks of Formula Ford, F3, etc. - lightweight cars that handle like a go-kart on steroids & run only road courses, which are unlike any track in the U.S. Kyle has -0- experience in anything even remotely like F1 & all the talent in the world isn't enough.
    Just look @ the current F1 champ - in his 10th season in F1. He started racing go-karts when was 8 years old (won all 34 races in 1991), won the Formula Ford Championship & won in F3 before jumping to F1 - all he's ever done is drive lightweight, super-sharp handling cars. Kyle jumping over would be like expecting a Greyhound Bus driver to win a race in a Corvette.
  4. uncle smacker
    4. Posted by uncle smacker Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:40 am EDT

    Report Abuse

    You will not be missed
  5. L n D
    5. Posted by L n D Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:38 am EDT

    Report Abuse

    Man, like the world doesn't hate us Americans enough already??...lol
  6. bodymarshallbill
    6. Posted by bodymarshallbill Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:30 am EDT

    Report Abuse

    What's up with F-1? Do they need someone to school their drivers on how to be a prick who would wreck his own mother (or brother) to win a race? Send him over there and void his passport so he can't come back!
  7. Steve T
    7. Posted by Steve T Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:33 am EDT

    Report Abuse

    Sounds like a good way to become irrelevent, considering that Formula 1 is not very popular in the U.S.
  8. DRL
    8. Posted by DRL Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:54 am EDT

    Report Abuse

    Let's see, more money; he's young; see the world; more money... why not. Maybe when he gets back to NASCAR, the car will have improved and Johnson will have retired after 8 titles.
  9. buddytheguerilla1950
    9. Posted by buddytheguerilla1950 Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:09 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Jake gets it! The driver for the new US team will represent America worldwide. Is a NASCAR driver really who we want as our international ambassador? As Jake said, a NASCAR driver doesn't have much chance of winning. It may come as a surprise to some, but F1 is a huge motorsport everywhere else in the world and there is little interest in or respect for redneck racing except in some parts of the US. KB would not have the prestige or name recognition in F1 that he does in NASCAR. I hope they find a talented, type-experienced, and sophisticated driver to be our representative.
  10. bodymarshallbill
    10. Posted by bodymarshallbill Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:39 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    #9, you get it too, and even better! If they are going to send a NASCAR driver to represent America, there could be NO ONE WORSE to send than Crybaby Kyle! Send JPM back or maybe slammin' Sammy Hornish!
  11. Sue
    11. Posted by Sue Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:16 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    No one worse? Really? I guess winning 58 races in his current racing series of choice, not to mention multiple late model wins not counted in the NASCAR total must be pretty terrible then... I am in no way saying that I think he would excel at F1 or that he would even *like* it once he tries it, but I believe he could adapt if that's what he decides he wants to do. As far as his attitude, we typically only see what the media wants us to see, which is Kyle at his ultra-competitive worst (which, I might add, he himself has recognized and is working on this - reference the interview he did with Marty Smith earlier this season).
    What we don't see often is what goes on behind the scenes: him buying his entire team (shop and pit) lunch after a win, him giving opportunities to younger drivers by way of subbing for him in his truck or by way of his late model team, the time he spends (and enjoys) with the children his foundation supports, the tickets he gives to those kids to bring them to his races, and just this past weekend, him personally (face to face) honoring an 11 year old girl with a very special gift who took it upon herself to organize a book drive for his foundation. Believe it or not, Kyle really is a good guy...
  12. RAA
    12. Posted by RAA Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:25 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    I hope he stay's in nascar if he moves on all you jr fans will have to find something else to wine about. maybe they should hire jr so he can go and not win there as well
  13. BUM
    13. Posted by BUM Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:06 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Yes...Make my day...go to F1...
  14. wopp22
    14. Posted by wopp22 Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:27 am EDT

    Report Abuse

    dam that would be a great christmas present
  15. Ed
    15. Posted by Ed Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:38 am EDT

    Report Abuse

    C'mon everyone, why do folks keep fighting the thought that Kyle is the future of nascar, he's accomplished more in a short time than any other driver, next up, Nascar Champion.
  16. rcoobpo
    16. Posted by rcoobpo Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:34 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    NA NA NA NA, NA NA NA NA, Hey Hey Good Bye!
  17. sportsnut888
    17. Posted by sportsnut888 Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:05 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    It would be an interesting move. Hope Kyle talks to JPM and Scott Speed about life in F1, so he gets to see the whole picture.
  18. mastiff44@...
    18. Posted by mastiff44@... Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:36 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    They need a peewee herman in f1. dont wait kyle....... go ......now would be almost quick enough
  19. mastiff44@...
    19. Posted by mastiff44@... Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:23 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    and take yo whiny a$$ brother with you.
  20. WynnDaddy
    20. Posted by WynnDaddy Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:36 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    I’m a long time Jr. fan but for people to say they hope kb leaves is crazy, the great thing about NASCAR is the drama and kb brings it. for one thing it makes rooting for jr that much more fun. and the idea that kb cant make it in f1 that’s just f1 fan talking because the last thing they want to see is a talented nascar driver coming over because we know that there is no better race car driver than a driver in nascar, and given a good car in f1 it would take no time in schooling and dominating f1
  21. 48 rules!!!!
    21. Posted by 48 rules!!!! Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:22 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    That would make my day. GO TO F1 CRYBABY!!!!
  22. 48 rules!!!!
    22. Posted by 48 rules!!!! Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:24 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    Jimmie Rules!!
    Kyle sucks!!!
  23. The Profiler
    23. Posted by The Profiler Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:23 pm EDT

    Report Abuse

    go ahead kyle you'd fit in perfect with those politic playing [profane]s
  24. Wayne P
    24. Posted by Wayne P Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:57 pm EST

    Report Abuse

    all you knuckleheads need to do is listen to what Ryan Newman had to say after his fiasco in todays race. The drivers don't control the race any longer, nascrap does. It sucks and it's unwatchable. And you clowns want Kyle to leave ?? Get real, he's one of the best drivers in nascar, he brings excitement to the race. He's not like most of the other nascrap ass kissing robots, he's there to win. sober up you dumb rednecks !!!!!

Sports Rumors

Add to My Yahoo! RSS

More Rumors