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2-time NASCAR champion Kyle Busch had a rather interesting view of Dale Earnhardt Jr. taking on the crew chief duties for Connor Zilisch this weekend. Dale Jr. will be the eyes of his own team's #88 car during the Xfinity race at Pocono. The Richard Childress Racing driver labeled Dale Jr.'s decision as a "publicity" stunt ahead of the Cup Series qualifying at Pocono.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. talked about making his crew chief debut this weekend and said:
“I’m excited to help Mardy and those guys out. Mardy texted me a couple weeks ago about doing this, and I said I’ll do it. We’ve got a really good staff, a group of people like (Mike) Bumgarner and Patrick (Martin, interior specialist) on this team, so (there) shouldn’t be any problems or anything that we can’t handle.” (Quotes from nascar.com)However, Kyle Busch was not necessarily convinced by Dale Jr.'s latest decision. As a driver and a previous team owner himself, Busch laughed at the reporter's question when asked about the "difficulty Dale Jr. might face in transitioning".
Busch stated: (Quotes from 4:30)
"It's all publicity. He's just going to be a warm body sitting on top of the box. They have got enough stuff from the shop and enough technologies these days of being able to have the crew chief still involved."Kyle Busch added to his point by mentioning that he could do the same thing, but the guys in the garage would be controlling the narrative anyway. Furthermore, the RCR driver also made it very clear that he has no interest in crew-chiefing in the future.
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