Kyle Busch draws Dale Earnhardt comparison from Richard Childress

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Kyle Busch officially joined Richard Childress Racing on Tuesday, and the racecar driver’s new boss compared the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion to one of the legends of the sport.

Busch will replace Tyler Reddick in the No. 8 car starting next season. Busch had spent his career with Joe Gibbs Racing.

Childress explained at a news conference in North Carolina he saw Dale Earnhardt Sr. when he looked into Busch’s eyes.

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Team owner and Hall of Fame member Richard Childress looks on prior to a NASCAR Xfinity auto race at Darlington Raceway on Saturday, May 7, 2022, in Darlington, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)

"We started talking and we talked about championships. And we talked about winning races. I looked at him in his eye and I seen that look in Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s eye," Childress explained. 

"He’s like, ‘We’re gonna win.’ I’d seen that look before and watching Kyle, I watched his talent for many years since he started in the Busch Series. Just how he handles a car the guard control, the way he drives a car, and take no prisoner attitude. That’s the Dale Earnhardt style that I was accustomed to racing with. And I think Kyle has that modern style of racing that Dale Earnhardt had in his time."

Busch invoked Earnhardt’s name earlier this year when he won on the dirt in Bristol. He said he felt like "The Intimidator" when boos were raining down on him at the Tennessee track.

Dale Earnhardt drove the No. 3. He was nicknamed "The Intimidator." (Jed Leicester/EMPICS via Getty Images)

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