Kyle Busch snubs Christopher Bell and names the “cream of the crop” among NASCAR drivers

Richard Childress Racing veteran Kyle Busch shared his feelings about the best racers in the NASCAR Cup garage.


Kyle Busch snubs Christopher Bell and names the “cream of the crop” among NASCAR drivers

Kyle Busch and Christopher Bell (Via IMAGO)

The 2025 NASCAR Cup season so far has witnessed the impressive performance from Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron (Points leader) and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell (3-win streak). Alongside Kyle Larson, Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney, the duo has been the top-5 drivers in the Next-Gen era.

Recently Richard Childress Racing veteran Kyle Busch shared his feelings about the best racers out their while talking about his preparations in the current era and who he sees as inspiration, in a podcast with Kevin Harvick. He named William Byron and Kyle Larson as the cream of the crop, as they are competitive every week as well as inspire the No:8 teams strategies.  

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The cream of the crop is Kyle or William with this (Netx Gen) car. I would say those two are the guys that are most competitive each and every week. We try to rely on them a lot.

Kyle Busch said via Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hours.

Further talking about the point, Harvick highlighted his team’s relationship with Hendrick Motorsports. The No:8 Crew Chief Randall Burnett have a relationship with Byron’s team as he went to the same school as one of their engineers while Busch is close with Rudy Fugle as they have worked together in the past.

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Randall [Burnett] got a good relationship with the engineer on the 24 (Byron). They went to school together. I’ve got a really good relationship with Rudy [Fugle]. He worked at KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports) for 10 years.

Kyle Busch added.

Kyle Busch shared details about his relationship with Kyle Larson

In the same podcast with Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch talked about the relationship he has with Kyle Larson. He is racer that is more similar to him on all aspect of racing, as well the career, among all others racers in the community.

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Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson (Via IMAGO)

Busch is close Larson off the track as their son’s Brexton and Owen race together. This gives them more opportunities to be together and the chance to discuss new ideas about how to improve their end product in the elite Cup division.

Kyle and I, we’re close off the racetrack. Our kids race with one another. I bounce some ideas off of him. That’s how I look at it right now, but there’s no clear-cut definitive driving style I would say.

Kyle Busch said.

Kyle Busch shares thoughts on upcoming Homestead race

The RCR veteran is set to tackle the challenges of the upcoming Homestead Miami race this weekend and shared his feelings about it. It’s a unique mile and a half track where he has performed well over the years and winning the championship twice at the track makes it more special.

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Kyle Busch (Via IMAGO)

I’ve always looked forward to going to Homestead-Miami Speedway. It’s a unique mile-and-a-half. We’ve run well there. I’ve won there. It’s been a great track for me. I’ve won two championships by winning races there. It’s always been a fun race track.

Kyle Busch said.

The comments from Kyle Busch shows they are determined prove themselves and end the two-year long winless streak. It would be interesting to see how the veteran will perform this Sunday, with the likes of Byron and Larson being his big challenger.