“Not a whole lot you can adjust" - Kyle Busch calls out limited practice under new NASCAR rules

During a recent interview, Kyle Busch was asked for his thoughts on driving in NASCAR now compared to when he started out as a youngster back in the day. And it was during his response to that question that the Richard Childress Racing driver called out one aspect of the sport today.

Speaking on the Pat McAfee Show, Busch claimed that the lack of practice in modern day NASCAR is something that is hindering drivers and teams from understanding and working on their cars before the race.

"The last three or four years, ever since COVID, they've really cut out practice. So when we get to a racetrack, we go out on speedway for 20 minutes, have practice, and then we qualify, and then we go right into the race. Years prior, before COVID era, it always was like 2 or 3 hours of practice that you would have for a given weekend.

"So a lot more time to fine tune the cars, to work on the cars, pretty much now when you show up to the track, you get in, you get a little bit, and there's not a whole lot you can adjust on the cars with the rules," Busch said.

It's worth mentioning that Dale Earnhardt Jr. also recently demanded that NASCAR have more practice before races.

Kyle Busch wanted to "light the world on fire" as a young driver

When Kyle Busch made his debut in NASCAR, he was only 16 years old. Speaking about that time on the aforementioned show, Busch said that when one is a young driver coming into the sport, they want to do nothing but "light the world on fire."

"You want to prove and show everybody who you are, and why you should be there. I tore up a few things in my earlier days. I crashed a little bit trying to carry that speed and just not being able to harness it or perfect it to the level what some of these other guys do when you're jumping into the sport," he explained.

Now, with 63 Cup races, two Cup championships under his belt, Busch has claimed that he's had "an amazing career" and a great time to accomplish all that.

So far this season, Busch has a couple of finishes inside the top 10 and one inside the top 5.

But is it a lack of practice before races that's holding him back from getting back to his usual dominating ways, or is it simply the fact that he had his peak era then and that era has passed now?