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KYLE BUSCH

poles:
1

starts:
12

wins:
4

BIRTHDAY:
5/2/1985

HOMETOWN:
LAS VEGAS, NV

ROOKIE YEAR:
2004

CREW CHIEF:
ADAM STEVENS

Short bio

For Kyle Busch, 2015 is already shaping up to be a year that he will never forget. There's no doubt the driver who has 141 overall wins among NASCAR's top three divisions as of January 2015 – Sprint Cup (29), XFINITY Series (70), Truck Series (42) – will add to his win totals in this season's competition. After all, Busch has proven that he doesn't have a hard time finding victory lane. Busch's rise to one of the top drivers in the sport and championship contender unofficially began at age 6, when Busch cruised around the cul-de-sac of his family's Las Vegas neighborhood in a makeshift go-kart. Busch was too small to reach the throttle, but that didn't stop him from picking up the basics. His father, Tom, held down the gas pedal while Busch steered the kart on the street. Once Kyle Busch was tall enough to reach the gas pedal, an accelerated pace was set for his future career in motorsports. Throughout his childhood, Busch spent countless hours as an apprentice in the family garage to his father and his older brother, Kurt, learning to build and repair racecars. By age 10, Busch was a full-fledged mechanic and served as crew chief on Kurt's Dwarf car team. In 1998, shortly after his 13th birthday, Kyle Busch's driving career officially began. From 1999 to 2001, Busch earned more than 65 wins in Legends cars as he earned two track championships at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway "Bullring" before moving up to Late Model stock cars. Winning seemed to come naturally no matter what Busch drove, as he captured 10 victories in Late Model competition at the Bullring in 2001. His winning reputation and potential for success began to pique the interest of car owners in NASCAR, and Busch made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut – at age 16 – Aug. 3, 2001 at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis, where he started 23rd and finished ninth for Roush Fenway Racing. Shortly thereafter, an unexpected ruling by NASCAR that enacted a minimum age requirement for competitors in NASCAR's top three series sidelined Busch until his 18th birthday. In addition to the children's homes his foundation supports, Busch and his wife, Samantha, added a new cause in October 2013 with events to support the North Carolina-based Pretty in Pink Foundation. Through money raised at a charity dinner held in Charlotte, N.C. called 'Project Pink,' the KBF initiative raised enough money to cover expenses for 12 breast cancer patients on all of their treatments. They'll look to continue the Project Pink initiative this October in hopes of covering treatments for many more breast cancer patients. Busch and his wife, Samantha, reside in Denver, N.C.

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