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Kyle Busch embraced being ‘Rowdy’ — and NASCAR needed him

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NASCAR needed Rowdy. It needed Kyle Busch. He won 234 races and will be remembered not only as an iconic villain, but one of the best drivers ever.

Thumb through the dictionary and it’s easy to find a slew of adjectives to describe Kyle Busch. Polarizing? Absolutely.

Fearless? Check. Exceptional?

Yes. Unapologetic? Also yes.

Some called him a jerk, aggressive and controversial. Indeed, Busch could be all those things on and off the racetrack. But the word that described him the best was the nickname bestowed upon him when he broke into NASCAR and started dominating tracks with an unabashed style: Rowdy.

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