Ryan Blaney on the inspiration for his Kyle Busch tribute helmet, which he plans to gift to Kyle's son Brexton and the Busch family.
"My thought when Kyle passed was - I've always thought in situations like that, how do you remember somebody and how do you think of all the good that they did in their life and all the success they had.
"I think helmets are a unique thing in our sport, we kind of get to design them, a lot of them have special meaning. And this is kind of my best way of showing my respect towards Kyle Busch and respect to the Busch family.
"The helmet was, I picked out - I think there's about seven or eight pictures of some wins of his, some big wins. Like Bristol sweep weekend, both his championships, his first Busch win, first Cup win, his 100th Xfinity win, his 200th NASCAR win, Brickyard win.
"And each part of the helmet is that scheme that he ran on the car. That's kind of how it's broken up. So my painter did a good job of kind of getting pretty imaginative on it.
"But I hope to run it for one race and give it to Brexton, the Busch family, and they can do whatever they want with it. So just showing respect, and I'm glad people noticed it."
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@NASCAR_Xfinity @jesselovejr1@RCRracing@phoenixraceway Even the undefeated New England Patriots couldnt beat the New York Giants in super bowl XLII. This format is no different than any other sport and its exciting and fun to watch. Congrats @jesselovejr1, you earned it champ!