Kyle Busch Reveals a 2-Word Secret Behind William Byron’s Dominance

To date, Kyle Busch remains one of the most outspoken personalities in the NASCAR Cup Series. While this approach has turned into controversy more often than not, the Richard Childress Racing driver was at it again. This time around, he went unfiltered as he spoke candidly about Hendrick Motorsports superstar William Byron.

The #24 driver has been in stunning form this season, with three wins already to his name in the first eight races. While his skills behind the wheel have been more than impressive, Busch has a different perspective on it.

Kyle Busch feels fortune played a key role in William Byron’s success.

he watched racing, he grew up in Charlotte, so he knew what it was. He got on the simulator, he was playing on that and thought it was fun, thought he was pretty good at it, and then kind of asked his dad to get a start into racing in go-karts and legends cars and that sort of stuff, and he won and everything that he was in.”

While Busch did not deny that Byron had his own set of challenges, he claimed the HMS driver had it easy as compared to others. He said, “William worked at it, but I think he had good people around him that taught him what to do about it. His dad was not a car guy like he was not in the garage working on cars, figuring out cars, and all that sort of stuff, but he still became a really good race car driver without having all of that knowledge and that background.”

It was then that he used two words to specify Byron’s secret to success. Kyle Busch said, “So, he probably had a god-given talent that fortunately he found and was able to go do what he loved to do with that and made the most of it.” Surely, Busch did not mean to undermine Byron’s progress by any means here. However, Rowdy’s statements look a tad contradictory given what William Byron said after his recent success at Martinsville.