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Kyle Busch Born Kyle Thomas Busch (1985-05-02 ) May 2, 1985 (age 39) Las Vegas , Nevada Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) Weight 185 lb (84 kg) Achievements 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Champion 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion All-Time Wins Leader in Xfinity Series (95) All-Time Wins Leader in Gander Outdoors Truck Series (56) 2018 Coca-Cola 600 Winner 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race Winner 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 22 NASCAR wins at Bristol and the only driver to sweep all three Series in a single weekend two times 2010 and 2017 2008 Aaron's 499 Winner 2008 Coke Zero 400 Winner 1st driver in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series to win on every track competed 2009, 2017 Snowball Derby Winner 2009 Winchester 400 Winner 2011 Oxford 250 Winner 2012 Prelude to the Dream Winner Has a win in all 15 of his full-time seasonsAwards 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rookie of the Year 2016 ESPY Awards Best Driver510 races run over 16 years Car no., team No. 8 (Richard Childress Racing ) 2018 position4th Best finish 1st (2015 ) First race 2004 UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 (Las Vegas )Last race 2020 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona )First win 2005 Sony HD 500 (California )Last win 2019 Food City 500 (Bristol )
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54
280
31
349 races run over 17 years Car no., team No. 8 (Richard Childress Racing ) 2018 position92nd Best finish 1st (2009 ) First race 2003 Carquest Auto Parts 300 (Charlotte )Last race 2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas )First win 2004 Funai 250 (Richmond )Last win 2019 My Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas )
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95
253
65
150 races run over 17 years 2017 position89th Best finish 14th (2008 , 2010 ) First race 2001 Power Stroke Diesel 200 (IRP )Last race 2019 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte )First win 2005 Quaker Steak and Lube 200 (Charlotte )Last win 2019 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte )
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56
119
22
Statistics current as of May 17, 2019.
Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is a NASCAR race car driver. Busch races in the Monster Energy Cup , Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series . Kyle's brother, Kurt Busch also races in the Sprint Cup series.
Busch won his 100th NASCAR race on July 17, 2011. He is only the third driver in NASCAR history to do this. The other two drivers are Richard Petty with 200 wins, and David Pearson with 106 wins.[ 1] With over 50 wins in the Nationwide series, Busch has more wins than any other driver in that series.[ 2] At the end of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series, Kyle Busch won his first Sprint Cup Series Championship.[ 3]
As of December 9th 2019 he is the WWE 24/7 Champion after pinning R-Truth .