Kyle Busch opens up about his ideal succession plan when son Brexton is old enough to race Trucks

Kyle Busch doesn’t know when he’ll be ready to call it a day on his NASCAR career, but when that day comes, he’ll have a succession plan.

Speaking recently with Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports, the 2015 and ’19 Cup Series champion said he’d like to turn over his Craftsman Truck Series ride to his now 8-year-old son Brexton.

“I don’t know,” Busch said of how many years he had left in NASCAR. “I would really like to run a year of trucks before Brexton is old enough and then turn the truck over to him when he’s old enough. But we’ll see how all that plays out. Got to have sponsors first.”

Like his dad, Brexton Busch has proven to be a formidable competitor on the race track. In the 2022 season alone, Brexton Busch compiled 32 wins across 11 different states.

Kyle Busch impressing in 1st season with Richard Childress Racing

Kyle Busch, meanwhile, is enjoying a fine first season with Richard Childress Racing. He sits behind only William Byron in the points standings and has three wins to his name through 19 races. Busch summed up his first season with RCR while talking with Pockrass.

“It’s gone about what I thought,” Busch said. “I guess the three wins is probably a little bit ahead of where I thought we would be. But some of the consistency that I’ve not brought to the team of speeding on pit road, or just issues on the racetrack, incidents on the racetrack, mistakes [I’ve made] have been a lot. And that’s kind of set us behind.

“The team and I have really pushed through and powered through many of those to be able to get good finishes on days that maybe we weren’t really seeing the potential for a good finish. If we can clean that up, we can be better than what we are right now. But I think halfway through our first year, we’ve been strong. And it’s been nice to work with Austin and Richard and Randall and all the guys to continue to push and evolve and see any areas of weakness to work on.”

Busch will start from the rear of the field in Sunday’s Crayon 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway after crashing during Saturday’s qualifying session.