Some final thoughts before the Sprint All-Star Race
Kyle Busch wants to race Formula One. There hasn't been a successful American Formula One driver for decades. Could Busch be that driver?
He would definitely attract attention. His anctics would be unrivaled in a series that prides itself on keeping its drivers anonymous.
His curiousity, and it is no more than an experiment at this point, does make some sense in a number of ways.
He drives for Toyota and could bring the car manufacturer a level of respectability in Formula One.
He is polarizing, meaning there would probably be as many American race fans rooting for him to succeed and against him to make a fool of himself.
And he might be talented enough, certainly aggressive enough, to give some of the top F1 drivers a run for their money.
Would his equipment give him a chance... That might take some time to develop.
Busch is already racing everything he can. He's in every NASCAR series that will pay him to race. He owns a team in the Camping World Series. There's no doubt he has a passion for racing that few have.
But will race fans have a passion to wake up at 4 in the morning to watch him race in Turkey? Will racing in Monaco have the same appeal as racing in North Carolina on Memorial Day weekend?
Probably not. But it sure would be fun to see if he can ruffle some F1 feathers like he does in NASCAR.



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