Kyle Busch reveals how racing style has changed because of son Brexton

As Kyle Busch gets older and his 10-year-old son Brexton‘s racing career continues to take off, the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion can see himself changing on the racetrack. Busch wants to set a good example for his son and if he’s going to do that, he needs to implement the same practices during his races, he said on a recent appearance on Denny Hamlin‘s “Actions Detrimental” podcast.

“I think a lot of it, too, Brexton racing,” Busch said. “… I think Brexton racing and my messages that I’m trying to deliver to him, I’m now taking more sense in of understanding. Like, I can’t do something this way when I’m trying to teach him that way. So, I need to do that and that, so it makes more sense that I’m living by my word.”

It makes sense. Perhaps some of the things Busch did on the racetrack during his career, he doesn’t want to see Brexton develop a habit of doing. And Busch added that sometimes, it’s Brexton who’s keeping him in check.

Nonetheless, it’s certain that Brexton has a bright future ahead. Brexton scored the biggest win of his career in January, taking the checkered flag in the Junior Sprint A-Main at the 2025 Tulsa Shootout, capturing his first Golden Driller trophy. He started first in the 20-lap race and led the entire way.

Kyle Busch outlines path for son Brexton to enter NASCAR

In March at Millbridge Speedway in Salisbury, N.C., he went head-to-head against his dad for the first time. Kyle Busch finished third, Brexton coming in sixth. Brexton is on the right trajectory and Busch has a plan for his future.

“I don’t think there’s a right path,” Busch said. “He’s getting more into the Legend car right now. He turns 10, he can’t race a Legend car until he turns 10. That’s this week, so he’ll actually race his Legend car debut this week at Hickory. There’s a lot more racetracks around our area for Legends cars, pavement racing Legend cars than there are the Dirt Micro. … For KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports), KMB still exists, it’s the Legends cars, the Micros, the Bandoleros. It’s just that stuff that I’ll keep doing with Brex.

“But the next level, so when he turns 12, it will be Late Model stuff, so getting him into Dirt Late Models, getting him into Pavement Late Models. I’d like to keep him on both, just learning that sense of all the different vehicles that you can drive. Don’t stay in anything too long that you learn those bad habits that keep you good at that, that doesn’t allow you to keep your mind open and fresh to new things.”