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Kyle Busch yearns for the return of the “Big Three” of NASCAR amidst Chase Elliott’s dominance: “Can We Bring That Back?”

Published 08/04/2022, 10:54 AM EDT

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Back in 2018, the NASCAR Cup Series saw three drivers absolutely decimate the field, long before the arrival of the new generation of cars. Those three were names were of Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr, and Kevin Harvick. However recently, Kyle Busch was hit by nostalgia during an interview and expressed his wish to re-live the past and bring those days back to life.

During an interview, Busch said, “I look back on what was it 2017, 2018, where you had the ‘Big Three’ right? You had Martin Truex Jr. and you had Kevin Harvick. It was us every weekend, it seemed. And then, you know, Denny would pop in there, Logano would pop in there, a couple of other guys maybe. I want to go back to those days. Can we bring that back?”

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Speaking about the Next-Gen cars he said, “I think the theme of this year is just the Next Gen, It’s just the unknowns of everything around this car.” According to Busch, everyone on the grid is trying to understand the new mechanics of the machinery that they are driving this year.

Busch then spoke about Chase Elliott’s utter dominance in the current season. Further mentioning that while they had both good and bad days this season, nobody was as lucky as Elliott, who scored a staggering four race wins.

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Busch hopes to see the return of the “big three”, but according to him with how things are going on this year it might be a far-fetched dream.

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With a shift in M&M’s marketing strategy, the company decided to walk out from NASCAR at the end of this year. That leaves Kyle Busch without any sense of security for a seat next season.

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Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing have been on a hunt for a while now to find another sponsor in order to keep the two-time champion within the team. After talks with Oracle fell through, the cloud of uncertainty still looms heavily on top of Kyle Busch.

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There have been numerous rumors of Busch leaving NASCAR altogether or maybe moving into another team. However, there has not been any concrete statement regarding where Busch would be for 2023 and beyond.

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Srijan Mandal

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Srijan Mandal is a NASCAR author at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Master’s in Journalism and has been writing for his own blog, 'Noobs Onboard', for a while now, covering NASCAR, F1, W Series, MotoGP, WRC and the WEC. Following motorsports for more than a decade now, he has become a devout supporter of McLaren Racing, Sir Lewis Hamilton, and Ayrton Senna.
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