Samantha Busch
Kyle Busch |
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Born |
Kyle Thomas Busch (1985-05-02) May 2, 1985 (age 32) 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 (89) 2015, 2016 Brickyard 400 Winner 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race 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 |
Awards |
2004 Busch Series Rookie of the Year 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year 2016 ESPY Awards Best Driver |
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career |
447 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 Overton's 400 (Pocono) |
First win |
2005 Sony HD 500 (California) |
Last win |
2017 Overton's 400 (Pocono) |
Wins |
Top tens |
Poles |
39 |
230 |
24 |
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career |
335 races run over 15 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 |
2017 Lilly Diabetes 250 (Indianapolis) |
First win |
2004 Funai 250 (Richmond) |
Last win |
2017 Overton's 200 (Loudon) |
Wins |
Top tens |
Poles |
89 |
244 |
62 |
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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career |
138 races run over 15 years |
Truck no., team |
No. 51/46 (Kyle Busch Motorsports) |
2016 position |
80th |
Best finish |
14th (2008, 2010) |
First race |
2001 Power Stroke Diesel 200 (IRP) |
Last race |
2017 Overton's 150 (Pocono) |
First win |
2005 Quaker Steak and Lube 200 (Charlotte) |
Last win |
2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte) |
Wins |
Top tens |
Poles |
48 |
108 |
17 |
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Statistics current as of July 30, 2017. |
Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional driver, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team owner. He is the driver of 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 176, 24 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 89.
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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