NASCAR: Kyle Busch brilliantly trolls fans using reverse psychology

Kyle Busch trolled fans with a genius display of reverse psychology pertaining to the fact that he competes in so many NASCAR Xfinity Series races.

Any discussion about NASCAR Cup Series drivers competing in Xfinity Series races is sure to evoke images of the #18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota driven by Kyle Busch doing burnouts.

Because that’s usually what happens.

Every year, Busch competes in the maximum allowable amount of Xfinity Series races despite the fact that he is a full-time Cup Series driver, a former Cup Series champion and the ninth winningest driver in Cup Series history.

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He knows fans don’t like it. But he also knows he’s allowed to do it.

As of now, Cup Series drivers who have three or more seasons of full-time experience in the Cup Series are permitted to compete in as many as seven Xfinity Series races per season. Starting next year, that limit is set to be even stricter, dropping to just five races per year.

Busch has stated multiple times that he will retire after he reaches 100 career Xfinity Series victories, and he currently trails that mark by just four victories following a four-win 2019 season in which he competed in races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, ISM Raceway, Auto Club Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Watkins Glen International, Bristol Motor Speedway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

He reiterated this claim again last weekend, and in doing so, he made a sarcastic remark that he knew fans wouldn’t like. Here is what he had to say, according to Jayski.

"“I would be there by now and I would have been out of it by now but apparently NASCAR and the fans love me there so much they keep make limitations on keeping me there.”"

It’s no secret that Busch would like to compete in Xfinity Series races more often and the fact that he is limited to competing in only a handful of races per year irritates him.

It’s also no secret fans would like him to be restricted even further. But at the same time, further restrictions would also keep him in the series longer until he reaches 100 wins.

So in essence, Busch is channeling his own frustration to troll fans, and he is doing it by using their own complaints against them. Why? Because based solely on their complaints and nothing else, you’d think they want him in the Xfintiy Series forever.

In other words, sure, go ahead, make the limit one race per year — Busch could end up being there “stealing candy from babies” for another decade.

With Busch currently at 96 career Xfinity Series victories, he may very well not get to 100 next year, unless he rips off four victories in a five-race span, something he hasn’t done in the series since the 2017 season.

Had the limit been more lenient in the past, he’d be there by now, and had it not been lessened from seven races to five for next year, he may have had an easier time getting there next year — after all, he did just win four races in seven starts this year.

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But NASCAR fans insist on continuing to restrict Rowdy, and in a roundabout way, that’s only keeping him in the Xfinity Series for a longer amount of time.

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