Kyle Busch
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Busch at the 2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350
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| Born | Kyle Thomas Busch May 2, 1985 Las Vegas, Nevada |
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | ||||||
| Achievements |
2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion All-Time Wins Leader in Xfinity Series (86) 2015, 2016 Brickyard 400 Winner 2012 Budweiser Shootout Winner 2011 Quaker State 400 Inaugural Winner 2009, 2013, 2016 Can-Am Duel Winner 2008 Southern 500 Winner 2008 Aaron's 499 Winner 2009 Snowball Derby Winner 2009 Winchester 400 Winner 2011 TD Bank 250 Winner 2012 Prelude to the Dream Winner |
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| Awards |
2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year 2004 Busch Series Rookie of the Year 2016 ESPY Awards Best Driver |
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| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 427 races run over 14 years | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 18 (Joe Gibbs Racing) | ||||||
| 2016 position | 3rd | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st (2015) | ||||||
| First race | 2004 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 (Las Vegas) | ||||||
| Last race | 2017 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
| First win | 2005 Sony HD 500 (California) | ||||||
| Last win | 2016 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
| 328 races run over 14 years | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 18 (Joe Gibbs Racing) | ||||||
| 2016 position | 85th | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st (2009) | ||||||
| First race | 2003 Carquest Auto Parts 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
| Last race | 2016 Ticket Galaxy 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
| First win | 2004 Funai 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
| Last win | 2016 Ticket Galaxy 200 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 133 races run over 14 years | |||||||
| Truck no., team | No. 51 (Kyle Busch Motorsports) | ||||||
| 2016 position | 80th | ||||||
| Best finish | 14th (2008, 2010) | ||||||
| First race | 2001 Power Stroke Diesel 200 (IRP) | ||||||
| Last race | 2016 American Ethanol E15 225 (Chicagoland) | ||||||
| First win | 2005 Quaker Steak and Lube 200 (Charlotte) | ||||||
| Last win | 2016 American Ethanol E15 225 (Chicagoland) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of February 26, 2017. | |||||||
Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional driver and team owner. He currently drives the No. 18 Toyota Camry in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the No. 18 Camry in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Joe Gibbs Racing. He also owns Kyle Busch Motorsports, which runs multiple trucks in the Camping World Truck Series. Busch is the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion and the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion.
Busch is the younger brother of 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion Kurt Busch. He also currently holds several records in NASCAR competition, including the most race wins in a season across the top three NASCAR series, with 24 wins, which he accomplished in 2010. He has the second most all time wins in all three of NASCAR's national touring series with 170, 30 behind the 200 of Richard Petty. Furthermore, he holds the record for the most Xfinity Series wins in a season with 13 in 2010, and the most overall with 86.
At age 19 years and 317 days, Busch became NASCAR's youngest ever pole winner in a Cup Series race at California Speedway in 2005. He holds the record for the most wins (5) in a Xfinity Series rookie season, as well as being the youngest driver to qualify for the Chase for the Sprint Cup, in 2006. Furthermore, Busch became the first driver to win a race and a championship in a Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series, winning at Atlanta Motor Speedway during the 2008 season and the 2015 Cup Series championship. Additionally, he is the only driver to win four straight spring races at Richmond International Raceway (2009–2012), and was also the inaugural winner of the first Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway, in 2011.
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