Mark Martin: Kyle Busch Top Talent In Cup Today

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[Martin] particularly relishes the possibility of working with Kyle Busch, who is strongly considering replacing Earnhardt after NASCAR's most popular driver was named as his replacement at Hendrick Motorsports in 2008.

"I would embrace that challenge," Martin said.

Martin and Busch are as opposite as two can be in terms of driver temperament. Martin is the Martha Stewart of NASCAR, all about being polite and doing the right thing on the track. Busch is more the -- gender aside -- Paris Hilton with his bad-boy image and aggressive driving style that often draws criticism from his peers. Martin couldn't help but have a positive impact on that.

"Mark Martin makes anybody a better driver," Petty said. "Mark is so knowledgeable and so patient with everybody he works with, it doesn't matter if he's talking to me who has raced as long as I have or a kid who is 8 years old."

The 22-year-old Busch is neither an also-ran like Petty nor an 8-year-old, even though he sometimes acts like one. According to Martin, Busch is the greatest talent on the track today.

"And that's big for me to say that when Tony Stewart is out there, Jeff Gordon is out there and Kurt Busch is out there," Martin said. "To have an opportunity to possibly have some influence on what he did with that, that's cool."
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I wouldn't agree 100%, though. I wouldn't say Kyle Busch is the greatest talent on the track, but I would say that he has the most potential to be good. Mark will be good for Kyle if it all pans out.
I think Kyle is twice the driver that Dale Jr. is but if he gets in the 8 car it will be difficult to win, given the situation that DEI is currently in. It's going to take DEI a while to get the bugs worked out of the new teams and the new shop.
 
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