Finally, somebody calls him out. It's about time.

What has fans up in arms is outright warfare being waged by Truck Series winner Todd Bodine. After being spun out by Kyle Busch on Friday in Kentucky, Bodine was strong enough to come back and win, but then disparaged his opponent in Victory Lane. When Kyle heard those criticisms, he stopped by the Winners' Circle to cause an ugly public confrontation that pushed Bodine to "tell it like it is" from his perspective. In an interview the next day, Bodine defended ripping nfl jerseys
Busch's aggressive driving style, claiming he intentionally races to spin guys out and has no respect of other peoples' equipment, a bully turning his car into a battering ram at will despite an off-track persona Bodine claims he really likes.
"I've walked through (the Sprint Cup) garage area," he said, boasting support for his ranting and raving, "And if there wasn't 10, there wasn't 50 that stopped me and said, '[What Kyle did] was wrong. What you said was right, and finally someone called him out... and what he did by going to Victory Lane was totally wrong.' That confirms to me that this garage is sick of it, too."
Does Bodine really have that much private support? Busch is clearly a love-or-hate individual, his own small rabid fan base overwhelmed by a majority that would rather see him kicked to the curb. From the moment he entered the sport, rising to prominence as a Dallas Cowboys jersey
Cup Series rookie the same year his older brother's immature antics led to a two-race suspension from Roush Fenway Racing, he's been labeled a bit of a marked man battling back from first impressions that sometimes prove impossible to overcome. Armed with a don't-hold-back attitude that creates that type of fiery emotion in people, it's natural his mere presence in the sport creates passionate extremes on either side.
I think part of the problem for Busch in any of these conflicts through the years -- whether it's with Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski, Carl Edwards, or Bodine -- is they've come packaged with the type of wannabe behavior modeled after a Dale Earnhardt mentality of "intimidation." Here's the problem: Earnhardt had multiple titles under his belt, a hard-working blue-collar background and near-universal respect when he started "pushing" guys around. Kyle has none of those bullet points on his resume, perceived as riding up through his younger brothers' coattails on a road to success that was magically laid out for him. You can't go and play the boss when you actually haven't been the boss, right?
I do think owning his own team at the Truck level has done Busch a world of good, his impending marriage also contributing to an overall growth in maturity this year. It's notable that despite all the angst, rivalries, and torn-up equipment Busch has ushered in through the Pittsburgh Steelers jersey
years, one of the men staunchly standing in his corner is Mark Martin, the Dalai Lama of NASCAR's garage. If that guy says Busch is a man to be respected, he's not the type to sit there and state those words at random. So I think while Busch still has a lot of growing up to do, the current state of things within the Sprint Cup garage isn't quite so bad as Bodine's making it seem