Bristol Motor Speedway followed in the footsteps of the NBA, MLB and the NHL by playing pre-selected music during driver introductions for the Sharpie 500 on Saturday night. Each driver was allowed to select a song to be played while being introduced to the crowd.

Kyle Busch, by the recommendation of Scott Speed, chose “Amazing” by Kanye West.

With an estimated crowd of 160,000 roaring fans, it is hard to believe anyone could actually hear the song being played, but if they had heard it, the song really gives some insight into Busch’s personality.

The first verse says it all: ‘It’s amazing, I’m the reason, Everybody fired up this evening.'

Whether the crowd was cheering for Busch or booing him, he is certainly the reason for the roaring crowd. Love him or hate him, he is in the race and will be for a very long time.

It is not necessarily his racing that is drawing the fans to Kyle. It is the lure of what will happen next.

Busch has become the Howard Stern of NASCAR. His outrageous antics, trash-talking mouth and crybaby tantrums have become weekly fodder for the media. His behavior has ruffled some feathers in the NASCAR world, and drawn sharp criticism across the board. But, like Stern, when you ask those detractors why they keep tuning in, the overwhelming response is a simple statement: ‘To see what happens next.’

It was not too long ago there was another Kyle Busch-type manufacturing media frenzy week after week in the NASCAR tabloids; his name was Tony Stewart. Not too long before that, his name was Dale Earnhardt Sr. However, unlike Stewart and Busch, Earnhardt did most of his talking on the track, rarely from behind a microphone.

Stewart the owner is certainly a different person than Stewart the driver. Could it be that Stewart has changed his ways now that he is Stewart the owner? It is a well know fact that sponsors pay the bills, and sponsors do not like negative press.

Do more fans like the docile Stewart, or do they want the bad boy back? Are there fans who hated Stewart then, as they do Busch now?

In an interview after the race last weekend, Busch explained his reason for choosing the song he did, and that he really just wanted fans to accept him as the person he is.

So, who is Kyle Busch? Who is Tony Stewart?

Driving skills, determination, attitude, and the love for racing make Stewart and Busch practically the same person. But this year Stewart is a media darling, and Busch is a media goat.

It is not that easy for people to accept someone for who they really are. The wiring just does not allow it. If it were that easy, then Dale Earnhardt Sr. would have won most popular driver before he died.

Mark Martin said following the race at Bristol, that he raced Busch clean because he knew he would have done the same for him.

Does Mark Martin know Kyle Busch?

If longevity is in Busch’s future, then statistically he will be smashing record books instead of guitars. Even with the record books at his feet, Busch will probably never be a most popular driver, or win any award that has some kind of voting.

 I am sure he is not bothered by that.

Kyle Busch is amazing, and for now, he is the reason everyone gets fired up. But if someday he decides to take the same road Stewart has, will we see a different Kyle Busch? Is that what we really want? Can the fans accept a race car driver for the person he truly is?

Tune in to Atlanta to see what happens next.

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