Kyle Busch is King Of The Mountain

By Mark Young

There is no denying this one people.  Kyle Busch is the hottest driver in NASCAR.....period.  This kid has made the transition from Hendrick Motor Sports to Gibbs Racing in seamless fashion.  Perhaps he is out to prove to Rick Hendrick the decision to show him the door to make room for Dale Jr.  Perhaps he is finally maturing a little and taking advantage of that maturity to take care of his equipment early in a race to have something at the end of the race.  I think it is just because this guy can flat out drive the wheels of of anything he straps into.

U WANT SOME?

Now I have been one of the first ones to jump Kyle case when he runs his mouth and says something stupid.  I ripped him a new on when he climbed out of the car at Bristol last spring after winning the first ever COT race and promptly said the car sucked.  I challenged his maturity at the end of last year when he had problems and whined and complained over the radio.

One cannot deny that Kyle is king.  He is leading the Sprint Cup Series point standings as well as the Craftsman Truck Series standings.  He is second in the Nationwide Series Standings as well showing me that the proof is in the pudding.  Three different series, three different types of car (er truck too), whatever he has touched he has dominated.

I could have chosen Carl Edwards, who has started out well.  I could have kept Ryan Newman on top for back to back top tens.  Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson can't be left out of the running as well but to me there is only one obvious choice.  So write the date down somewhere, Mark Young has given Kyle Busch props instead of grief.

I have a feeling it won't be the last time this year either.