Kurt Busch’s 2022 season didn’t end the way he expected or wanted it to. Busch hasn’t raced since sustaining a concussion during a wreck in qualifying at Pocono Raceway last July.
But Busch transitioned into a competition role at 23XI Racing, and he and brother Kyle Busch saw a lot of each other while Kyle was driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, given that both JGR and 23XI are Toyota teams.
The dynamic has changed since Kyle moved to Richard Childress Racing, which fields Chevrolets. The brothers—both NASCAR Cup Series champions—aren’t as closely aligned, though Kyle did induct Kurt into the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame in June.
“Yeah, I got to work with him on the sidelines last year being with the Toyota camp for the last half of the year, but really haven’t seen a whole bunch of him and haven’t talked a whole bunch with him – just not working with that group anymore,” Kyle said on Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
“Being with Team Chevy, we’ve kind of I guess re-distanced a little bit. But you know, it was not due to what he wanted as a timeline of stepping aside and being out of the car.
But the way it all went down, the way he’s handled it, the way he’s still been a part of 23XII and working with Tyler (Reddick) and Bubba (Wallace) over there – I think he’s an instrumental part to some of the success they’ve had early on.
“We’ll see what his choices are going forward on if he continues that.”
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