I heard this story the other day about a racing family and thought I’d share it with you.

The story starts with a weekend of racing beginning on a Friday night at a local track. The storyteller is going for a championship, so every point is important as he competes against his brother, who is not racing for the title, in the same race.

I’ll let the person who told me the story tell it to you. Enjoy.

“Friday night, we’re racing for the lead, we’re battling back and forth and having fun and leading. He was supposed to let me win. Dad told him he was supposed to let me win.

“He didn’t let me win. I finished second by about four inches. I was really, really mad. We raced again Saturday. All through practice I was the fastest car. I qualified on the pole with a new track record. I started the trophy dash sixth. I blasted to the front and won the trophy dash. In the (main) race they actually inverted more than they normally did. I don’t know why.

“I started 12th, I think, and he started 11th. I busted my way right up through the field and got up to the lead pretty quick. The race went green the whole way. When I got out front, I stretched it out and (my brother) worked his way to the front a little slower and got to second. Well, he never caught me. He got to about a straightaway back and stayed there. I won the race that night.

“The best part of the story is you would think we would both be kind of happy, that was fun. I won. You finished second. I beat you. The maddest person in the tech area? Who was the maddest person? My dad.

“My dad was the maddest person you have ever seen after a race when both his boys finished 1-2 and you know why? He basically grabbed the both of us and said (the storyteller says with a smile) ‘You two ever run my equipment that hard ever again, I’ll kill you both.’

“We’re always supposed to put on a show and have fun and just race each other, but I ran hard. I ran the hardest I’ve ever run. With Legends cars, you run them to the rev limiter. You run 10,000 rpm getting into the corner, so every corner mine was hitting the chip. Pops was pretty upset.’’

The storyteller? Kyle Busch.

By finishing second to his brother Kurt on that Friday night, Kyle lost a chance at three points toward the national championship in the Legends division. Kyle said he lost the title that year by those three points.