Clint Bowyer ignores Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s request, claims Kyle Busch is driving like Dale Sr. with RCR

Kyle Busch has been compared to Dale Earnhardt since his move to RCR earlier this year.

Clint Bowyer ignores Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s request, claims Kyle Busch is driving like Dale Sr. with RCR

Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Credits: Pinterest) and Kyle Busch (Credits @RCR/Twitter)

Two times NASCAR Cup series champion Kyle Busch has been the most impressive river mid-way to the 2023 season. He joined Richard Childress Racing at the end of the 2023 season, ending his one-and-a-half-decade stay at Joe Gibbs Racing. Busch has scored three wins this season and is the front-runner to win the Regular season championship.

Busch has already established himself as one of the greatest of his generation, and the future Hall of Famer still has a long career ahead of him to become one of the all-time greatest. Since his move to RCR, one comparison has been made repeatedly about how similar Busch is to legendary driver Dale Earnhardt.

YouTube video

Former RCR driver and Fox pundit Clint Bowyer is among the few who continue to draw such comparisons, and he recently has once again claimed that Busch is very similar to Dale Sr. in the No:8 car. He pointed out that Busch shares the intimidator persona with Dale and has some similar characteristics.

“They’re literally the front-runner for the championship and have the Dale Earnhardt, if behind the wheel. Now, mind you — I know I’m headstrong when I say this — they have the driver behind the wheel, shows glimpses of what Dale Earnhardt did behind the wheel. His restarts. His Intimidator persona. All of that is in Kyle Busch inside the race car,” Bowyer said in his recent SiriusXM NASCAR Radio appearance.

Discover more: NASCAR rumored to ditch two Road Course races for a return to the oval

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is not a fan of the Dale Sr.-Kyle Busch comparison

Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt, and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

The JRM owner, in one of his recent appearances on his Dale Jr Download podcast, expressed his thoughts on the Dale sr.-Kyle Busch comparison. Dale Earnhardt Jr. pointed out that there is nothing to compare the two and said he is unimpressed with the re-occurring comparison made by commentators during races.

“I think that the comparison ends at they’re winners and they’re champions, but there’s really nothing between the two. And I know both of them pretty well. There’s nothing else that reminds me of either one of them. I wonder why — Clint says that every broadcast very emphatically. I kind of wonder what he sees that maybe we don’t see,”. Dale Jr. said.

Busch, the winningest driver in the sport’s history, has a long way to go before being considered a driver in one of the top 3. One of the biggest hurdles is the seven championships, which might be unattainable for him. But Busch is close to overtaking Sr in the all-time winless. He needs just 12 more race wins to secure. Doing it with RCR will be pretty special as well.

In case you missed it: