Kyle Busch reflects on tough NASCAR Cup season: 'It’s been a lot of sleepless nights'

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Kyle Busch may be competing for the chance to win a third NASCAR Cup Series championship as the summer turns to fall, but it has not been easy.

Busch picked up a victory on the dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway earlier this year, helping him clinch a spot in the NASCAR playoffs. However, the NASCAR star who has 60 wins in his career on the circuit is still hoping to have a team for 2023. His contract with Joe Gibbs Racing, who he has been with since 2008, ends at the end of the season, and he may have to find a different team.

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Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 Snickers Toyota, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on August 21, 2022 in Watkins Glen, New York. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

"It’s been hard as hell. It’s been a lot of sleepless nights figuring out what your future is and all that sort of stuff," Busch explained to NBC Sports on Saturday, a day before he competed at Watkins Glen in the NASCAR race. "Everybody’s like, ‘Oh, well, you’ve made plenty of money, you’re fine, you don’t have anything to worry about. And I’m like, ‘Yeah, that’s true, but you still want to do what you love to do, right?’ … I’m in the same boat.

"I’m a racer. I’ve only ever known how to race. Nothing else. Trying to do other business projects and things like that, but none of them have really like blown up and taken off. So it has been hard, and figuring out all of that is certainly tough. The last time I went through this (changing rides) was 15 years ago, and it was a learning experience. It was hard then, too, but it was nothing like now. Then it was just me,