Kurt Busch Interview

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Fox Sports

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.8 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Harvick sits down with Kurt Busch for a wide-ranging and reflective conversation following Busch’s induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on this episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour. Busch looks back on growing up in a racing family, the early career moments that helped launch him to the top level of the sport, and how key turning points shaped both his driving style and his mindset over time. He opens up about the lessons he learned along the way, what advice he would give his younger self, and how perspective changed as his career evolved. The interview also touches on Busch’s involvement in the FOX Sports documentary We’ve Lost Dale Earnhardt: 25 Years Later, reflecting on the lasting impact of Dale Earnhardt and how that era continues to influence NASCAR today. 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Kurt Busch Joins The Show! 1:00 - NASCAR Hall of Fame 11:02 - Reflecting On The Past 14:28 - Growing Up In A Racing Family 20:38 - Adapting To The Next Gen Car 25:30 - Remembering Dale Earnhardt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It still feels like those moments of winning the Daytona 500.
0:04.0	I always look at the things that I screwed up and I wouldn't change but a couple of them.
0:07.0	I wish I had learning comprehensive.
0:09.0	When I drove by, it was an eerie feeling and then none of us knew what to do next.
0:14.0	Yeah, on two ball five. Welcome to Kevin Harvick's Kevin Harvick's
0:21.9	Welcome to Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour, presented by NASCAR on Fox.
0:28.3	I'm Kevin Harvick, and today our guest is 2004 Cup Champion,
0:33.6	recently inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
0:36.5	Kurt Bush, Kurt, thanks for taking the time to join us today.
0:41.2	Of course, Kev.
0:42.2	Good to see you again, man.
0:43.2	It's good talk to you.
0:44.0	It's be fun.
0:45.2	Yeah, yeah.
0:46.1	Well, first, let's just talk about just the Hall of Fame.
0:49.9	I mean, it is so weird to sit here and interview you, and we've both been out of the car for
0:57.1	for a couple, at least a couple of years now. And now you've been inducted into the NASCAR Hall of
1:03.4	Fame. I mean, that just has to be surreal to look back and think, what in the world just happened?
1:09.4	I had a career. I'm in the Hall of Fame.
1:12.1	How did all that feel when you had to give that speech and take in all those moments?
1:18.3	It still feels like those moments of winning a championship or winning the Daytona 500. You've been in
1:26.2	both of those, Kevin. and it's like this high of
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