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| Busch celebrates his Cup win at Bristol Motor Speedway. |
Busch's Tennessee coup, along with his confrontation with Brad Keselowski and his taunting of the Bristol crowd, has once again got people talking 'bout Rowdy - for better or worse.
One faction has dubbed him the best thing to happen to NASCAR since Dale Earnhardt. Others say Busch IS the new Earnhardt. Meanwhile, those who disagree call such comparisons with The Intimidator pure NASCAR blasphemy.
Granted, there's a great biographical rift separating the two drivers. For one, hardscrabble Earnhardt dropped out of school to work as a mechanic while Busch learned to drive on a Vegas cul-de-sac.
But what's more to the point is how well do fans really know the accomplishments of either driver? Are their driving personalities so similar that comparisons are warranted, or is this all a bunch of bunk?
To that end, answer the questions below with either "Busch" or "Earnhardt" and judge for yourself . Click on the comments for the answers.
1. Who has more Cup wins during his first five full-time years in Cup competition? (full-time meaning years in which the driver ran every race)?
2. Who has the most wins in what's now the Nationwide Series?
3. Who has more wins in a single Cup season?
4. Who won the Cup championship his first full-time season in the sport?
5. Who said the following -
"Second place is just the first place loser."
"It's no secret how much I want to win as a driver, and I want to win as a team owner just as badly."
"If you're not a race driver, stay the hell home. Don't come out here and grumble about going too fast."
"We were lucky, but a lot of times you make your own luck."
"If I had to go back and do it all over again, which I can't, I'd probably do it again"
"I'm not happy unless I am winning,"
"You can't let one bad moment spoil a bunch of good ones."
"I was either going to move him out of the way or he was going to get out of the way."
"I was waving at the crowd."
"You've got to be closer to the edge than ever to win. That means sometimes you go over the edge, and I don't mean driving, either."
