Busch embracing role as NASCAR's bad boy

(AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) Kyle Busch is NASCAR's most hated driver. And he loves it.

Viciously booed during pre-race introductions, Busch soaked up the venom by encouraging Saturday night's crowd at Darlington Raceway to keep it coming. And when he heard a member of Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s crew jeer him as he passed by on the parade lap, Busch smugly flipped him the bird.

This kid doesn't need to be popular, not as long as he's winning races.

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