Kyle Busch reveals retirement 'consideration' as NASCAR woes continue
Kyle Busch has touched on his career coming towards an end while his wait to win a Cup Series race continues after this weekend in Virginia
Kyle Busch has already admitted that he has considered retirement on a occasions as his streak without a win in the NASCAR Cup Series continues.
Busch watched Denny Hamlin dominate at Martinsville in Virginia to win his first race in the Cup Series in almost a year, at aged 44, which had also been his first on the track in a decade.
Busch, though, remains without a win in the Cup Series since June 2023, remaining competitive with back-to-back second places in 2024, but failing to secure a win.
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The legendary driver is in his final year of his current deal with Richard Childress Racing, and was asked about retirement after the race when speaking to FOX Sports.
He said: "I mean... it was a consideration three years ago. I think daily, you kind of work through those things and thoughts, but when you're still out here enjoying what you want to do while wanting to put yourself in victory lane... we're going to keep working on that."
Much has been made of Busch's winless streak, admitting that he has found it tough to deal with while wanting to be on the winning podium with his son.
He said: "It's tough. I mean, it was really hard last year going winless first year ever in Cup Series competition, not being able to score a victory was really hard.
"So, I don't know, I look through it through my son's eyes sometimes because he talks about how Owen gets to go celebrate with Tiny Kyle and when he wins and he gets to go run out on the racetrack and get a ride to victory lane and all that.
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"And Brexton, when we were in our highs of 2015, 16, 17, 18, even some of 19, we won four, five, six, eight races a year in those years. And so, he was too young to really kind of remember it and take part in those because he wasn't that perfect age of running out to the track, you know. Now that he's a little bit older, he wants to be a part of that and I'm not winning as much.
"So, it is tough. It's more tough on that probably for me feeling bad for him that he doesn't get to enjoy in that as much as I feel bad for me that I don't get to enjoy in being able to go to Victory Lane as much as I once did. But life is life. You just keep fighting it out and keep working with the team and everybody that we've got on this year at RCR and stuff and trying to make it better to get us back to Victory Lane."
