Submitted by NASCAR Ranting and Raving Blog

Kyle Busch won again this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway. Like him, or not, he is tearing up the NASCAR circuit this year and has put himself solidly as the front runner for the Championship this year.

Kyle has now amassed 70 bonus points that will be awarded at the start of The Chase. That is a lot of points to have headed into the 10 race shoot-out to determine the Sprint Cup Champion.

In fact, Kyle now has a 262 point lead over 2nd place Dale Jr in the overall standings. He can take off the next race and still have the point lead even if Dale Jr won the race and got the most laps lead point bonus.

At this level of competition and in this day and age, that is a pretty good feat.

Now, I’m not going on record here predicting that Kyle will be this year’s Champion. I mean look at what happened to Jeff Gordon last year. Jeff went on a tear during the season - he even had a huge point advantage before The Chase - and ended up loosing the Championship in the final 10 races. I know Jeff didn’t have as many bonus points as Kyle does now, but what happened to him may also happen to Kyle if he isn’t careful.

I also have a feeling that based on Kyle’s aggressive-on-the-verge-of-wrecking driving style and overall negative attitude, he won’t have many allies out there on the track in the final 10 races either - except maybe his teammates, but I don’t see Stewart helping Kyle out if he too is in the hunt for a Championship this year.

None-the-less, whether you might be a fan or a fellow competitor, you can’t turn your back on Kyle Busch because you never know what he is going to do next.

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