Kyle Busch’s career-altering move appears to have paid off pretty well as he returned to winning ways in Fontana early in the season. However, when the two-time Cup Series champ pulled off his iconic bow celebration, the fans reacted in an unexpected manner, surprising many experts. While talking about the lack of boos after his recent victory, his heartwarming reaction on the matter triggered NASCAR fandom to reveal the real reason.

Kyle Busch recently made an appearance on Barstool Sports’ “Rubbin’ Is Racing” podcast alongside co-host Large Barstool. The co-host revealed that he was surprised by the unusual sight of fans not booing Rowdy after his victory. The response from the 2009 Xfinity Series champ led the fans to take shots at JGR and Toyota.

Kyle Busch on the surprising lack of boos from fans

In the recent edition of Rubbin’ Is Racing, Large Barstool asked Busch, “How come you’ve become Kyle f**king Busch to, you know, Mr Adorable?” The Richard Childress Racing driver acknowledged the unique nickname Barstool gave him while sharing his opinion on the change in fans’ mindset.

Kyle Busch stated, “I don’t know, maybe through all the stuff of last year and all the unknowns of, you know, my future and kinda how everything went down in the exit of JGR and all that. You know people kinda took to, not to my side, I don’t wanna say that, but kinda felt for me a little bit.”

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Further, Busch pointed out that NBC’s initiative last year that was similar to Drive to Survive also helped the fans understand him a little better due to the behind-the-scenes perspective depicted in the show. Moreover, the #8 Chevy driver was also grateful to be back in NASCAR with a new team after his controversial exit from JGR.

Fans react to Busch’s heartening admission

The heartwarming thoughts from Kyle Busch prompted the fans to share why their mindset toward the NASCAR legend changed in recent times. One of the fans commented, “He’s Matured, not driving a Toyota, not with JGR, driving for RCR which has a loyal fan base.”

Another fan wrote, “Because he drove for Toyota. That’s all it is.” This seemed to be the consensus among a large number of fans.

Moreover, many of the fans ended up blaming JGR, with one of them saying, “JGR did him wrong.” Here are some such reactions from the fans. 

Another common theme to emerge from the thread was fans’ fondness for Chevrolet. One of the fans even went on to say that they hate all Toyota drivers equally, but find Kyle to be “OK” as he has moved over to the Chevy camp.  

Taking fans’ reactions into consideration, it can be safely assumed that Kyle Busch’s association with JGR and Toyota was the reason why he was hated so much. Consequently, his move to RCR and driving a Chevy is the reason behind the change in people’s mindset toward him.

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