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Kyle Busch Never Gets A Fair Shake

This one is hard to admit, but it’s pretty obvious that it’s impossible for Kyle Busch to get a fair shake with the media and the fans. While the Nevada native did gain a lot of fan support after winning the championship last season, especially after coming back from a brutal leg injury at Daytona, NASCAR still seems unable to resist the temptation of painting him as a whiny brat having a temper tantrum.

Take for example the closing laps of the Richmond race this year, where Kyle Busch was bumped out-of-the-way by his teammate for the victory. Although Busch did keep his composure after the race, the fans and the media still decided to dissect his post-race interviews and claim that he was just being a whiny baby and throwing a tantrum again. In fact, it was NASCAR.com’s top story for an entire day!

It pretty much goes without saying that Busch would have been criticized by the media no matter what reaction he gave during the press conference, but to make it a top story is just asking for attention. In fact, it shows that NASCAR has a sort of reliance on Kyle Busch for controversy and interesting stories, which isn’t very fair to other drivers looking to make a name for themselves and gain media attention.

Busch can get into enough trouble by himself with fans and media making non-stories into huge stories.

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