{"id":1577349,"date":"2023-09-24T11:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T15:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1577349"},"modified":"2023-09-24T11:57:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T15:57:02","slug":"kyle-busch-villain-denny-hamlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/kyle-busch-villain-denny-hamlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch Talks About Life After Being a Villain and Grades How Denny Hamlin Is Doing in His New Role"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Kyle Busch<\/a> never shied away from playing the villain while at Joe Gibbs Racing. Before this season, his first with Richard Childress Racing<\/a>, the two-time Cup Series champion admitted a willingness to continue playing that role with his new team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n It hasn't happened. Just the opposite. Fans no longer shower the 38-year-old driver with boos on driver introductions or in Victory Lane, where he's made three trips this season<\/a>. Interestingly, his former JGR teammate, Denny Hamlin, has taken the mantle of the sport's most villainous character. Before the playoff race at Texas, Busch addressed what it's like not being booed anymore and how he thinks the three-time Daytona 500 winner is handling his new role.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nKyle Busch willing to play the villain role with RCR in 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n