"Trying my best" - Kyle Busch’s wife Samantha shares efforts to make family time amid busy off-season
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch’s wife Samantha has shared how she will try to balance family time amid a busy off-season.
The final race of the Cup Series this season is set for November 10. Busch, who did not make it to the playoffs, will be trying to earn a win to keep his 19-year streak alive. The championship race at Phoenix this Sunday will be his last chance.
Samantha, who is a lifestyle blogger, is active on Instagram and recently answered a question about how much time she gets with her family when the racing season ends. She revealed that her schedule is already filling up, but she will try to set aside some downtime.
"Honestly this off season is already getting jam packed but trying my best to block off some down time. Literally just nights to sit at home and watch a movie as a family it's been a crazy busy year."
Samantha has over 240 thousand followers and also runs a shop selling racing-inspired clothing.
Samantha met Kyle in 2007 and the two got married on New Year's Eve in 2010. They have two kids, 9-year-old Brexton, and Lennix, who was born in 2022.
Kyle Busch and Samantha head to Phoenix for final race of 2024
Kyle Busch's wife also revealed what she likes to do in Phoenix. She answered another question and said that Scottsdale in the Phoenix metropolitan area is one of her favorite hiking spots.
"I love hiking! Phoenix/Scottsdale has always been one of my fav places," Samantha wrote.
Meanwhile, NASCAR's championship weekend at Phoenix will be the last opportunity for Kyle Busch to earn a victory this year. The 39-year-old has won at least one race every season for the past 19 years of his Cup Series career.
However, he has failed to win one this year despite close calls. The Richard Childress Racing's No. 8 Chevrolet driver lost to Chase Briscoe by 0.361 seconds at Darlington and by 0.047 seconds to Harrison Burton at Daytona.
"We had a couple of second place finishes, some close opportunities, some missed chances there, which really hurt, being able to get in the playoffs, for one. But two, to just scratch of the 20-year question mark. And so here we are again, the last weeks of the season, trying to get that victory to have one this season," Kyle Busch said in October.
The two-time Cup series champion Busch has not landed a top-10 finish in the last eight races. He finished 28th during last weekend's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville when a wheel fell off his No. 8 Chevrolet during a restart.