NASCAR: Kurt Busch, like brother Kyle, takes aim at young drivers

NASCAR Cup Series driver Kurt Busch decided to take aim at the sport’s younger driver, just like his brother Kyle did earlier this week.

After Kyle Busch, 32, made clear that he is not supportive of NASCAR using primarily the younger drivers of the sport in their marketing campaigns, most of the responses he has received have been full of criticism.

Ryan Blaney, 24, and Darrell Wallace Jr., 24, both criticized Busch for these remarks. Blaney is set to enter his third full-time season in the sport, and Wallace Jr. is set to enter his first as one of the few rookies in the field in 2018.

Veteran Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Clint Bowyer, 38, and Kevin Harvick, 42, also both voiced their support for the sport’s younger drivers, effectively disagreeing with Busch’s stance on the issue.

But another Stewart-Haas Racing veteran driver was actually pretty supportive of Busch’s remarks on this particular matter. That driver, 39-year-old Kurt Busch, happens to be the older brother of Kyle Busch.

Here is what Kurt Busch had to say about the subject discussed by his brother Kyle, according to Motorsport.com.

"“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.“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.”"