NASCAR’s so desperate for new superstars, they have to manufacture them

Kurt and Kyle Busch can't stand the thought of wankers being made into superstars

In a radio interview last Thursday, veteran Kurt Busch said he believed NASCAR was giving younger drivers such as Chase Elliott, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Erik Jones “a free pass" to become a superstar. After losing superstars like Dale Earnhardt Jr., Danica Patrick and Carl Edwards, NASCAR is desperate to manufacture replacement superstars regardless if they have any real talent.

During an appearance on “The Domenick Nati Show," Busch said, “What I think he is trying to say is that we are promoting these guys and they don’t have the race wins yet. I mean there is ‘zero’ in the win column for a guy like Chase Elliott, there’s zero for Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones, all those guys, you know," Kurt Busch said.

“You know (Kyle) Larson’s out there; he’s young; he’s winning. They need to push him. I see him as a future champion. I think what Kyle is saying is these guys have been given a free pass, so to speak, to become a superstar and we haven’t seen the success on track translate to what’s being shown to the world, so to speak."