The only active multiple champion at NASCAR has no idea where he will be next year.
Kyle Busch has been sponsored by M&M's since he joined Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008, but the company informed the team ahead of the season that it was leaving NASCAR at the end of this year. That started a sponsorship search at JGR that will be key in retaining Busch, who won last week at Bristol to tie Richard Petty with a victory in 18 consecutive seasons.
Following Saturday's qualification at Talladega Superspeedway, Busch was very clear about his future in the No. 18 Toyota.
He would like to know when his plans are.
Yesterday.
Is he anxious about the uncertainty?
I'm not getting excited about it. It happens if it does. If it don't, it don't. It was goodbye.
Leaving JGR is an option.
Ask Joe.
Since Busch won at Bristol, JGR vice chairman Coy Gibbs has not been available to speak to reporters.
I don't deal directly with the sponsorship stuff. We have a couple people we are talking to, so we are excited about that. It helps if you win.
It was at times a slippery slope to decipher Busch's curt remarks Saturday. When Busch was asked if there would be another Cup seat open for him, he said it was probably not, but when pressed to say if he would retire, he grew frustrated.
Really? He asked, what are we doing?
Busch has been with JGR for 14 years, and the team signed him after he was fired from Hendrick. When Dale Earnhardt Jr. became available, the team found him untamable and cut him loose.
Busch has been rewarded with two Cup Championships with the driver. Busch leads all active drivers with 60 Cup wins, and he has won more than 200 races in NASCAR.
Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., and Christopher Bell are part of a four-driver lineup at JGR.
Busch and his wife are expecting a daughter next month, and he spends a lot of time working on his son&s race career.
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