For Kyle Busch, racing is not just about his own career anymore. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion has been quite invested in his five-year-old son Brexton’s recent exploits as a racer as well. In doing so, Kyle is already teaching Brexton about both ‘sides of a coin’ as an athlete.

Brexton has already won a few races since he started competing last year on the junior circuit. However, he has also faced defeat, which left him absolutely heartbroken, despite finishing second. The will to win, Busch says, is hereditary.

“He came off the track one time, he finished second. He was crying, just hysterically crying, saying ‘He beat me’ and ‘I lost” and all that stuff,” Busch said during a recent interview. “I didn’t teach that. That’s hereditary,” he added.

The younger of the Busch brothers in NASCAR, Kyle, then spoke about the lessons he has learned over so many years in the sport. He now wants to pass those lessons on to his son at an early stage itself, something that will help him in racing as well as in life.

Kyle Busch explains the lessons he wants to teach his son

“Fact of the matter is, life is not easy. If it were easy, everybody would be able to do everything, right? There are certain individuals that are going to be able to do certain things,” Busch said.

Busch says he now understands many things that come along with being a racer, being a little older. While everyone wants to just win as the sport and its competitive nature itself demand the same, losses are going to come everyone’s way, no matter what.

The 35-year-old has learned this through his experiences and wants to use those “moments of growth” to already teach his son about the various aspects of being a sportsman.

“You see his defeat, you see it as being beat and you’re supposed to win at everything that you do or what you do. Because this is a performance-based business and you have to win to stay around.”

“In all reality, you can have some losses, you just have to tolerate those losses. Everybody does that in different ways. Trying to teach that this early on is a unique opportunity for me,” he added.

Busch is grooming his son’s career as well along with his own

The Joe Gibbs Racing superstar has been accompanying Brexton at many venues off late. He is seen motivating and coaching his son during the tough moments.

Busch himself was forced to tolerate many losses in the 2020 NASCAR season. He won just one race and struggled all year. However, 2021 brings a new season and a new opportunity for Busch to gun for his third NASCAR Cup Series title.

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