Kurt Busch talks about his retirement from the NASCAR Cup Series

Kurt Busch discusses his retirement from the NASCAR Cup Series following the announcement at Daytona International Speedway.

[autotag]Kurt Busch[/autotag] suffered a concussion during a qualifying wreck at Pocono Raceway in July 2022. Unfortunately for Busch, that was the last time he sat in a NASCAR Cup Series car as an active driver. In fact, it has finally led to the 2004 Cup Series champion announcing his retirement from NASCAR at Daytona International Speedway last weekend.

Busch retired with one championship and 34 Cup Series victories, including one in his final season with 23XI Racing at Kansas Speedway. Following the announcement, Busch talked to the media about his retirement and was asked about his future plans.

“It’s difficult to know which avenues will lead to what in the short-term futures,” Busch said. “I’m still wanting to get doctor approval and get cleared. That’s the first step. That’s what I need to do personally. Then, I will have opportunities to talk to different motorsports teams and sponsors on doing other races.”

“But, the perspective and taking a little step back from being in the car every week, the joy that I’ve found is that everything has slowed down for me to help analyze the data, give advice to (Bubba Wallace), to give advice to (Tyler Reddick), the engineering staff, the team members at (23XI Racing). It’s really neat to have all of this current knowledge and having the opportunity to digest it and give back to this team. That’s the short-term goal.”

Busch also said he is “happy and complacent” and doesn’t regret having this opportunity at NASCAR’s top level. It is disappointing to see the former Cup Series champion retire due to a concussion but he is enjoying his post-racing career. Now, the next step for Busch is to be cleared and continue to improve his health.

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