Toyota Racing: Driver Spotlight - Kyle Busch

KYLE BUSCH - # 18

 

BORN: May 2, 1985
HOMETOWN: Las Vegas, NV
RESIDENCE: Mooresville, NC

TEAM: Joe Gibbs Racing
SPONSOR: M&M’s, Doublemint Gum, Snickers, Pedigree Dog Food, Interstate Batteries
CREW CHIEF: Dave Rogers
RACE VEHICLE: Toyota Camry

 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Recorded four wins, 14 top-five results, 18 top-10 finishes and one pole (2011)


• Has earned 104 career wins across all three NASCAR racing series, ranking third all-time in NASCAR history


• Recorded three wins, 10 top-five results, 18 top-10 finishes and two poles (2010)


• Earned the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owner’s championship with Kyle Busch Motorsports in the team’s inaugural season (2010)


• Became the first driver in NASCAR history to win all three races at a single race track on the same race weekend (Bristol, 2010)


• Recorded four wins, nine top-five results, 13 top-10 finishes and one pole (2009)


• Became the youngest driver with the most Sprint Cup Series wins (16) before the age of 25 (2009)


• NASCAR Nationwide Series champion (2009)


• Recorded eight wins, 17 top-five results, 21 top-10 finishes and two poles (2008)


• Earned the first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win for Toyota at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March (2008)


• Finished a career best fifth in the final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship point standings (2007)


• Named NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie-of-the-Year (2005)


• Youngest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole-winner in series history (California, 2005)


• Earned two wins in rookie season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (2005)