Is Tony Stewart a better driver than Kyle Busch??

Question

I'm super curious about this seeings as how Kyle has 7 wins so far and Tony has 0. If you say Tony is shouldnt he have more wins than Kyle Busch at this point or at least A win?? After all doesnt he have this major horsepower advantage like Kyle that he didnt have last season even though he was higher in points?? Why is Tony and Denny running bad?? Do the Toyotas have a horsepower disadvantage or what??

Answer 1

You may not agree with me....but I feel Tony is better. The only reason we're seeing goose eggs in the win column is maybe Tony is too loyal to Chevrolet??? If Tony is as loyal to Chevy as he claimed he is during Stewart-Haas press conference why would he or Chevy want to see the #20 in Victory Lane in a Toyota??? Lame duck season? Just a theory.

Answer 2

Tony is one of the greatest nascar drivers, but it's just isn't a great year for him.  He had a couple of races in the bag but some bad luck took him out.  Kyle is having a great year, kinda like Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon did last year.  Plus, Tony has been distracted to say the least, he badly wants to be driving a chevrolet and next year he will.  But I know he wants to win for Joe Gibbs while he's still there.

Great answer winter glory.

Answer 3

yaaaay Winter!!  Tony is having a rough season so far.  I do think we will see him climbing a fence somewhere!  maybe even Pocono.  He's a better driver. he's a Champ! Kyle is having an awesome year so far.  But he isn't a champ.  Yet.  

Answer 4

It's just that Tony is getting the bad cars...Kyle is getting the juiced up horsepower hogging cars.

Tony should win soon, I can tell you he has to.  It would be uncharacteristic of him to not win.

And oh yea, Tony is the better driver.

Answer 5

What's more important? More wins or more championships? I hear Kyle Busch is the next Dale Earnhardt. But from the same mouths I hear  Dale Earnhardt was a dirty driver.  I guess if you want to ignore Tony's  history and past win and championships then sure Kyle is the best. While you are at it go ahead and ignore Jeff Gordon's wins, Jimmie Johnson's win, and their championships.

How can you take one person that has had a great 1/2 season and then say he's the best their has ever been? That seems to be what you are implying.

Answer 6

win all the races you want Tony's got 2 cups so id rather have a driver that can get me cups and stuff then a snot nose lil brat any day  

Answer 7

Tony is definitely the better driver

Answer 8

First off the hp advantage is in the nationwide series NOT the cup series (get it right people) and while yes Kyle has proven to be a good driver to say he is better than a 2 time champ at this point is well pointless let him get a few more years and maybe a championship or 2

Answer 9

tony is better than kyle... a couple wins in a season that is a little over halfway doesnt even come close to 2 championships... plus tony can still win races... and being a better driver doesnt always mean winning more races it means having a successful career that is stable... kyle hasnt had a very stable career in my opinion and until now tony was very stable in his career maybe not personally

Answer 10

Yes.  Tony is a many time champion in many different types of cars.  Kyle has won a championship in.....nothing.

Everybody has a hot streak once in awhile.  Kyle has more wins this year than the entire rest of his career combined.  Before this season he had a habit of being very fast and wrecking a lot of cars.  The new car is a tank so he doesn't have to worry about abusing it anymore.

Tony has had several very good races this year only to have bad luck cost him wins and good finishes.  Everybody has a cold streak once in awhile too.

Answer 11

Kyle Busch has more talent

Answer 12

no idea..lol

Answer 13

i know where you're going with the "supposed horsepower advantage" and how they should be equal and therefore "better than all the others," but i don't see what that has to do with who is the better driver. even if toyotas did have an hp advantage in cup, which they don't, what difference would that make in determining who is better between kyle and tony? they both drive toyotas for the same team. there should be no horsepower difference between them - jgr builds their own engines.

i think that RIGHT NOW kyle is the better driver - he MAY even be more talented, but that's such an objective measure. kyle is riding a wave and that wave may crash it may not, but he's getting all he can out of it right now - winning everywhere he goes, driving everything he can, and running for multiple teams. tony is pre-occupied. he's a professional and will give it his all, but he had to give it his all in the past in order to win two championships. and at least once, his "all" wasn't enough to get him into the chase. and that was while he wasn't going through the whole move to ownership of his own team, and all the media scrutiny and extra work and pressure that brings on. time will tell who ends up being "the better driver" for all posterity, but for right now, and right now only, kyle's the man in the front seat.

EDIT: i recognize that you are a toyota fan, but i think that by throwing in their "supposed" hp advantage you not only muddle the question at hand, but you put that thought out there again as ammunition for those people who believe it.

Answer 14

Yes.  Just because Stewart hasn't won this year, doesn't make Kyle a better driver...Tony is a Cup champion, remember??????

Go JR.>>>>

Answer 15

He's definitely a better whiner!!

Answer 16

well the way i see it tony is the better driver even though he may not have any wins yet this year he is the better driver not because he is a cup champ he has more exp in racing but yea he is better than kyle  

Answer 17

Tony Stewart is a better driver than Kyle Busch.  Kyle Busch somehow as pulled out victories because Gibbs has given him a good engine.  Tony has 2 NASCAR Cup Series Championships, Kyle has ZERO.  He probaly won't have one this year, he will s***w up the Chase.

Answer 18

Yes, Smoke is a better driver.

Consider this:  Stewart is a Chevy man at heart.  Yeah, he absolutely wants to win.   But does he really want to win for Toyota?

Answer 19

I am not sure if anyone has brought this fact up, but, who brought Kyle up in NASCAR??? HMS!

As much as i hate admitting it.. HMS is one of the, if not the best orginizations in the racing world. Period.. Bottom line.

Kyle has ambitions and talent, he developed with coming up the ranks, and learned alot at HMS. It sucked he was kept on the back burner for so long.

I am glad he is doing so well with good equipment.

Im got to go with Kyle this season as who is better.

Answer 20

Well, Rowdy has not won a Championship YET. Smoke has 2...so Yep in my book Smoke still RULES.. This yr still has more races left and no Cup for Rowdy yet, re-ask this question in Dec..

Go Dale Jr & Hms

Answer 21

DUH!!!!! KYLE BUSCH SUCKS!!!!!! Kyle Busch keeps wreaking people!!!!

Answer 22

I would say there are about equal.  Tony might even have the edge.  Tony has said he hates toyotas, so I'm almost certain that he is not trying as hard as he could.  Tony has won in everything that has a gas petal.  I know Kyle has 7 wins this year, and Tony has none, but they are still pretty equal in talent.  Both drivers are very talented and I don't think any of them is more talented than the other.  

Answer 23

not this year

Answer 24

if your a real tony fan you wouldnt have any asked ths question

Answer 25

Aww man, you're gonna make me go there on my own favorite driver?

When Rowdy's got himself a couple championships under his belt, we'll talk, till then, Smoke still has him beat.

As far as this season, no one's been better than Kyle.

Heck I even missed the rest of the question, I don't know why Tony hasn't won yet, I know he's had alot on his plate lately.

And Denny's doing okay. He's got a win.

edit: Okay, all the Toyota theories, he HAS won in a Toyota, just not on the cup level, if he didn't want his Camry in vic. lane, why did he win Nationwide races? By saying that's the reason he hasn't won is calling into question his passion to win.

AND did he intentionally have his tire explode within 1/2 a lap of victory lane, just so he wouldn't win in a Toyota?

I get what you're saying about the championship, but come on..you know as well as I do, that everything weighs on the big prize. Why do you think Martin's going to HMS, he wants that championship. Who wants to be the Dan Marino of nascar?

Answer 26

Tony Stewart right now is the better driver.  Busch is having a great year, but Tony has 2 championships. I think I have a idea why Tony is not performing so well this year, he is not happy driving a toyota. Wait till next year when he is back in a chevy.