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Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 8
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for Richard Childress Racing and part-time in the
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, driving the No. 51 Chevrolet Silverado for
Kyle Busch Motorsports Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. They formerly competed in the CARS Tour, ARCA/CRA Super Series, Southern Super Series, and the ARCA Mena ...
. KBM runs multiple trucks in the Truck Series. Busch is the
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champion and the 2015 and
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Cup Series champion. Busch is also a WWE 24/7 Champion. Busch is the younger brother of
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champion Kurt Busch. He is nicknamed "Rowdy" and "Wild Thing" for his driving style, "The Candy Man" due to his longtime sponsorship with
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, and the self-titled "KFB".


Early life and career

Busch was born in
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. His first driving lessons came at the age of six when he drove around the cul-de-sac of his family's Las Vegas neighborhood in a makeshift
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. Although he could not reach the throttle, Busch still was able to pick up the basics from his father Tom, who controlled the gas pedal as Busch drove the vehicle. Busch worked in the family garage with his father and older brother Kurt as he grew, becoming crew chief for his brother's dwarf car team at age ten. Busch began his driving career in 1998, shortly after his 13th birthday; from 1999 through 2001, Busch won over 65 races in
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, winning two track championships at the
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Bullring short-track, before moving to
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s; Busch scored ten victories in late model competition at the Bullring during the 2001 season. At the age of 16, Busch began competing in the
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, driving the No. 99 Ford for Roush Racing as a replacement for
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, who was released midway in the 2001 season. He made his debut at
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, posting a 9th-place finish in his first race in the series. In his second race at
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, he was leading until his truck ran out of fuel with 12 laps to go. Busch was the fastest in practice for the 2001 Auto Club 200 at
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in Fontana, CA, when he was informed he was not allowed to participate in events at the track, due to the fact that the CART FedEx Championship Series, running at the track the same weekend had its race sponsored by Marlboro cigarettes. Busch was decreed ineligible to compete due an interpretation of the
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of 1998, prohibiting people under 18 years of age in participating in events sponsored by tobacco companies; Tim Woods III replaced Busch in the No. 99 Ford for the event and finished 25th. Busch competed in a total of six races in the Truck Series in 2001, finishing ninth twice, at IRP and at
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. Six weeks after the Fontana incident, NASCAR imposed a minimum age of 18 years starting in 2002 to prevent incidents of the sort from happening again; this was partially because Winston was the series sponsor of its premier
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at the time. When the age requirements were put in place, Busch switched from NASCAR to the
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(ASA) National Tour, finishing 8th in points. In 2002, Busch graduated a year early with honors from Durango High School in Las Vegas, Nevada to focus on his driving career. That same year, he made his debut in the
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at
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, finishing twelfth in the No. 22 Chevrolet for WP Motorsports.


NASCAR

Busch holds several records in NASCAR competition, including the most race wins in a season across the top three NASCAR series the modern era, with 24 wins, which he accomplished in 2010. He holds the record for most all-time wins in all three of NASCAR's national touring series with 223 (as of April 17, 2022). Furthermore, he holds the record for the most Xfinity Series wins in a season with 13 in 2010, and the most overall with 102. Busch also holds the record for most overall wins in the Truck Series with 61. As of 2022, he is the only driver in history to have 60 wins in each of NASCAR's top 3 series. At Dover on May 6, 2019, His 10th place finish tied the record of consecutive top-ten finishes to start a season by tying
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with 11. As of 2022, he is tied with Richard Petty for the most consecutive seasons with a win, at 18. At age 19 years and 317 days, Busch became NASCAR's youngest ever pole winner in a Cup Series race at
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in 2005. He is the youngest driver to qualify for the
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, in 2006. Furthermore, Busch became the first driver to win a race and a championship in a Toyota in the Cup Series, winning at Atlanta Motor Speedway during the 2008 season and the 2015 Cup championship. Additionally, he is the only driver to win four straight spring races at
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(2009–2012), and was also the inaugural winner of the first Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway, in 2011. Busch, who began his NASCAR career in 2003, is one of only six drivers who have won a championship in both the Cup Series and the Xfinity Series, and in 2005 became the 14th of only 36 drivers to win a race in each of NASCAR's three national series. In 2009, Busch became the first driver to win two of NASCAR's top touring series races in the same day (at Auto Club Speedway), followed in 2010 as the first driver to win races in all three of NASCAR's top three touring series in the same weekend (at
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), which he did again at the same track in 2017. When Busch won the 2009 Crown Royal Presents the Russell Friedman 400 at Richmond International Raceway as he turned 24, he was the second of just three people to ever win on their birthday. Twelve years later, on his 36th birthday, he won the
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. By winning for the second time on his birthday, he joined Cale Yarborough as the only two drivers to win on their birthday twice. In 2010, Kyle Busch Motorsports became the first Truck Series organization to win the owners' championship in its debut season after recording eight wins, 16 top fives, and 21 top-ten finishes in 2010. Busch also recently holds the record for most laps led in the Daytona 500 (32 laps led by Busch) without winning it, breaking it as
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led 31. In December 2021, it was announced that M&M/Mars was leaving Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing as primary sponsor at the end of the 2022 season. On September 13, 2022, Busch announced he signed a multi-year contract with Richard Childress Racing starting in 2023.


Late model racing

Busch has maintained an active schedule of regional
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racing, running his own
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cars in various events. His biggest win came in December 2009 when he won the 42nd running of the
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in Pensacola, Florida. Busch won the Snowball Derby again in December 2017. On July 10, 2011, Busch won the 32nd annual
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at Slinger Speedway in Wisconsin. Two weeks later, Busch won the 38th annual TD Bank 250 presented by New England Dodge Dealers at
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; it was his third attempt to win the event. Busch became only the second active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver to win the event, New England's largest short track race, joining
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as the only other active Sprint Cup driver to win the race with his victory in 2008. Busch stated "I've had this one on my list of big races that I wanted to win and now that I've done it, it feels great - it was everything I thought it would be." Busch also won the preliminary
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Oxford 150 the previous night, sweeping the weekend's events. Busch won the eighth annual
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at
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in June 2012, beating
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to win the pay-per-view all-star event. In July 2013, Busch won the second running of the Howie Lettow Memorial 150 at the
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, beating defending race winner
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and NASCAR Truck Series regular
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to win the darkness-shortened 43-car event, having led every practice session and setting fast time in qualifying.


Other racing

Busch was one of several American drivers under consideration to drive for the US-based
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team US F1. Busch declined the offer, stating that the timing was wrong; the team folded due to economic issues without ever competing in a race. Busch was scheduled to test drive a
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car at the end of the 2008 racing season, but was forced to cancel the test due to his commitment to attend the 2008 Nationwide Series banquet. In 2020, Busch ran the
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for AIM Vasser- Sullivan, driving a
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alongside
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,
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, and Michael De Quesada. Busch drove for four-and-a-half hours as his team finished 26th overall and ninth in the GTD class.
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, a rallycross series founded by former NASCAR driver
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, invited Busch to run the November 2021 race weekend at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. Busch finished 4th in the Supercar Final, with Pastrana winning the race.


Charity efforts

In 2006, Busch founded the Kyle Busch Foundation following a visit to the St. John's Home in
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. According to the Foundation, "The Kyle Busch Foundation is dedicated to providing essential tools for less fortunate children throughout the country.". Busch also has personal sponsorship deals in place with Monster Energy and Electric Visual, with both appearing on his late model at one time or another. During the 2008 season, Busch announced the "Kyle's Miles" program in association with Pedigree to help dogs in shelters and breed rescue organizations. After Busch's first Cup Series win at California on September 4, 2005, he and car owner
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donated their winning shares from that race to the American Red Cross to help benefit those in need after Hurricane Katrina. Because of this, Busch had an appearance on ''
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'', which during the interview he announced the donations, which gained huge public attention and praise.


Personal life

Kyle Busch married Samantha Sarcinella on December 31, 2010, in
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, which was featured in an hour special on Style Network. Sarcinella is a native of St. John, Indiana, and a graduate of
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with a
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degree. Their son, Brexton Locke Busch, was born on May 18, 2015. The couple welcomed a daughter, Lennix Key Busch, on 10 May 2022. He is often nicknamed "Shrub", as the younger brother of Kurt Busch, a small bush being called a shrub. Busch also uses the nickname "Rowdy", after '' Days of Thunder'' character Rowdy Burns.


Legal issues

On May 24, 2011, Busch was cited for reckless driving and speeding near Troutman, North Carolina, driving in a speed limit zone. He issued a public apology in which he stated he got "carried away" test driving a
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. On August 23, 2011, he received a $1,000 fine and had his license suspended for 45 days after he pleaded guilty to speeding. He was also ordered to serve 30 hours of community service and placed on one year of unsupervised probation. On April 29, 2014, Busch was cited for traveling in a speed limit zone on NC 73 in
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. Busch claimed he thought the speed limit was . The officer claimed Busch had a "disrespectful attitude."


In popular media

Busch is one of the cover drivers of '' NASCAR Kart Racing''. He is also featured on the cover of '' NASCAR Heat 2'' after winning the cover driver competition at the
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. Busch is featured as a playable driver in ''
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'', via the NASCAR expansion pack. The expansion features twenty-four paint schemes from the 2016 Sprint Cup Series season, including Busch's No. 18 Camry with primary sponsorship from M&M's and Interstate Batteries. Busch, along with
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and
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, provide commentary in the expansion as the "voices of motorsport." Busch had a cameo as a West Virginia state trooper in the 2017 film '' Logan Lucky''. In 2017, he appeared as a celebrity contestant on ''
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''. As of August 2019, Busch and his wife star on CMT's ''Racing Wives'' reality TV show. A professional wrestling fan, Busch has also appeared on
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programming several times, including guest hosting ''
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'' in 2009, and 10 years later on the same program on December 2, 2019. During the latter appearance, he won the
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, pinning
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with fellow NASCAR personality Michael Waltrip as
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; R-Truth reclaimed the title later in the show. That event was part of a cross-promotion with NBC Sports with NASCAR's prize-giving banquet. In 2022, an American documentary, ''Rowdy'', was produced which focused on the NASCAR career of Kyle Busch. It was released on 29 June 2022.


Rowdy Energy

Rowdy Energy is a
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business based out of
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that specializes in energy drinks. The business is co-owned by Busch, who founded it with beverage entrepreneur Jeff Church in 2019. The drink is named after Busch's nickname "Rowdy". It was launched in 2019 by both Busch and Jeff Church, who had co-founded Suja Juice in 2012. In an interview with ''
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'', Busch said he created the drink, "Just to have a healthier option for the fans, for myself." According to the company's
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channel, the first run of drinks were produced in January 2020. The drinks are available online in ten flavors, including seven sugar free options that are Keto certified. The traditional drinks have 60 percent less sugar than other popular energy drink brands. Rowdy branding was first spotted at a race track during Busch's
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performance when, in the opening hour, Busch was seen with a can of the Cherry Limeade flavor and wearing a Rowdy Energy branded hat. The logo also appeared on Busch's
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helmet and he was seen drinking one of the beverages following his exit from the race. Rowdy Energy is listed as an associate partner on KyleBusch.com. Outside of NASCAR, Rowdy Energy became a sponsor of
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driver
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in late 2020. The brand has also served as the naming rights for races such as the Southern Super Series' Rowdy Energy Twin 100s at
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in July and
sprint car racing Sprint cars are high-powered open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, N ...
's TRD KKBM Giveback Classic presented by Rowdy Energy in November. Rowdy Energy is also the sponsor for sprint and midget car driver Rico Abreu.


Motorsports career results


NASCAR

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)


Cup Series


=Daytona 500

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Xfinity Series


Craftsman Truck Series


Camping World East Series

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points


ARCA Re/Max Series

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)


Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)


24 Hours of Daytona


Awards and honors

NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. The privately owned company was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948, and ...
*Two-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion (2015, 2019) *Two-time NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Champion (2018, 2019) *2009 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champion *Seven-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owner's Champion (as owner of
Kyle Busch Motorsports Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. They formerly competed in the CARS Tour, ARCA/CRA Super Series, Southern Super Series, and the ARCA Mena ...
- 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) WWE *
WWE 24/7 Championship The WWE 24/7 Championship was a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It was a tertiary championship open to anyone—regardless of gender or WWE employment status—and carried the special ru ...
(1 time) Media *Two-time
Best Driver ESPY Award The Best Driver ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Best Auto Racing Driver ESPY Award, is an annual award honoring the achievements of an individual from the world of motorsports. It was first awarded as part of the ESPY Awards in 1993. The ...
winner (2015, 2019)


See also

* List of all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners * List of NASCAR Nationwide Series champions * List of NASCAR race wins by Kyle Busch *
List of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions The NASCAR Cup Series Drivers' Championship is awarded by the chairman of NASCAR to the most successful NASCAR Cup Series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results. The Drivers' Championship was first ...
* List of people from Las Vegas


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