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Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional
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driver. He competes full-time in the
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, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet ZL1 for
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and part-time in the
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, driving the Nos. 07 and 7 Chevrolet Silverado RSTs for Spire Motorsports. A highly accomplished racer, Busch is the
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champion and a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, winning titles in
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and
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. He currently ranks 9th on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins list and 1st in overall wins between the top three NASCAR divisions. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers of his generation and in NASCAR history, known for his dominance across the sport's three major series. Additionally, Busch briefly held the WWE 24/7 Championship. He is the younger brother of
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champion
Kurt Busch Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is an American auto racing driver. He is best known for competing in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2000–2022, last driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. Busch is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series ch ...
. Busch is the former owner of Kyle Busch Motorsports, a race team that competed in the Xfinity Series from
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to
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and the Truck Series from
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to
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. Known for his aggressive driving style and demeanor, he has earned several nicknames over the years, including "Rowdy" and "Wild Thing". He is also called "the Candy Man" due to his longtime sponsorship with Mars Inc., "Shrub" as a playful nod to being the younger brother of Kurt Busch (with a small bush being called a
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), "Kyle Kush" because of his partnership with cannabis company 3Chi, and the self-proclaimed "KFB."


Early life and career

Busch was born and raised in
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. He was introduced to racing at the age of six, driving a makeshift
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around the
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in his family's neighborhood. Although he couldn’t reach the throttle, his father, Tom, controlled the gas pedal while Busch focused on steering and learning the basics of driving. Growing up, Busch spent time working in the family garage alongside his father and older brother, Kurt. By the age of ten, he had taken on the role of crew chief for Kurt’s dwarf car team. Busch began his driving career in 1998, shortly after turning 13. Between 1999 and 2001, he won over 65 races in Legends car racing, claiming two track championships at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. In 2001, he transitioned to
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, securing 10 victories at the Bullring that season. At 16, Busch began competing in the
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, driving the No. 99 Ford for Roush Racing after replacing Nathan Haseleu, who was released midway through the 2001 season. He debuted at Indianapolis Raceway Park, finishing an impressive 9th in his first race. In his second race at Chicago Motor Speedway, he led until his truck ran out of fuel with 12 laps remaining. Busch was fastest in practice for the 2001 Auto Club 200 at
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in Fontana, CA, but was ruled ineligible to compete. This decision stemmed from an interpretation of the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, which prohibited individuals under 18 from participating in events sponsored by tobacco companies due to the CART FedEx Championship Series, running at the same venue that weekend, was sponsored by
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. Tim Woods III replaced Busch in the No. 99 Ford and finished 25th. Busch competed in six Truck Series races in 2001, with two ninth-place finishes at IRP and
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. Six weeks after the Fontana incident, NASCAR implemented a minimum age requirement of 18, starting in 2002, to prevent similar incidents. This decision was influenced in part by Winston's sponsorship of NASCAR's premier
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. Following the new age restriction, Busch transitioned from NASCAR to the American Speed Association National Tour, where he finished 8th in the standings. In 2002, Busch graduated early with honors from Durango High School in Las Vegas, to focus on his racing career. That same year, he debuted in the ARCA RE/MAX Series at
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, finishing 12th in the No. 22
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for WP Motorsports.


NASCAR

Busch holds several NASCAR records, including the most wins in a season across the top three series in the modern era, with 24 wins in 2010. He also has the most all-time wins in all three national series, with 231 as of April 12, 2024. Busch set the record for most wins in a season in the Xfinity Series with 13 in 2010 and holds the overall record with 102 wins. He also has the most wins in the Truck Series with 66. Busch is the only driver in history to have 60 wins in each of NASCAR's top three series. In 2019, he tied the record for consecutive top-ten finishes to start a season, matching Morgan Shepherd's streak of 11. His victory at
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in 2023 made him the record holder for most consecutive seasons with a win, at 19, a streak that ended in 2024 with a winless season. At 19 years and 317 days old, Busch became NASCAR's youngest-ever pole winner in a Cup Series race at
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in 2005. He also became the youngest driver to qualify for the
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in 2006. Busch made history as the first driver to win a race and a championship in a Toyota in the Cup Series, claiming victory at
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in 2008 and securing the 2015 Cup championship. He is the only driver to win four consecutive spring races at
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(2009–2012) and was 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 to have won championships in both the Cup Series and Xfinity Series. In 2005, he became the 14th of just 36 drivers to win a race in each of NASCAR's three national series. In 2009, Busch made history as the first driver to win two top-tier NASCAR races on the same day at
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. In 2010, he became the first driver to win races in all three of NASCAR's top series in the same weekend at
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, a feat he repeated at the same track in 2017. Busch made history by winning the 2009 Crown Royal Presents the Russell Friedman 400 at
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on his 24th birthday, becoming only the second driver in NASCAR history to win on their birthday. Twelve years later, on his 36th birthday, he captured victory again in the Buschy McBusch Race 400 at Kansas Speedway, joining
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as the only two drivers to win on their birthday twice. In 2010, Kyle Busch Motorsports made an impressive debut, becoming the first Truck Series organization to win the owners' championship in its inaugural season, recording eight wins, 16 top-five finishes, and 21 top-ten finishes. As of the completion of the 2022 Daytona 500, Busch holds the record for the most lifetime laps led in the history of the race, leading 324 laps, without ever securing a victory in the event. In December 2021,
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announced it would end its primary sponsorship with Busch and
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after the 2022 season. On September 13, 2022, Busch revealed he had signed a multi-year contract with
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, beginning in 2023.


Late model racing

Busch has maintained an active presence in regional late model stock car racing, frequently competing in events with his own Kyle Busch Motorsports cars. One of his most significant victories came in December 2009 when he won the 42nd Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in
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. He repeated this achievement in December 2017, claiming his second Snowball Derby victory. On July 10, 2011, Busch won the 32nd annual Slinger Nationals at Slinger Speedway in Wisconsin. Two weeks later, he claimed victory in the 38th annual TD Bank 250, presented by New England Dodge Dealers, at Oxford Plains Speedway. This marked his third attempt to win the prestigious event, which is New England's largest short-track race. Busch became only the second active NASCAR Cup Series driver to win the race, joining
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, who achieved the feat in 2008. Reflecting on the victory, Busch said, "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 dominated the weekend by winning the preliminary Pro All Star Series Oxford 150 the night before, completing a sweep of the event. In June 2012, Busch won the eighth annual Prelude to the Dream at Eldora Speedway, defeating
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in the
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all-star event. In July 2013, Busch dominated the Howie Lettow Memorial 150 at the
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, winning the darkness-shortened event. He led every practice session, set the fastest qualifying time, and outpaced defending race winner Travis Sauter and NASCAR Truck Series regular Johnny Sauter in the 43-car field.


Other racing

Busch was among several American drivers considered to drive for the US-based
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team, US F1. However, he declined the offer, citing poor timing. The team ultimately folded due to economic issues before ever competing in a race. Busch was also scheduled to test drive a Toyota F1 car at the end of the 2008 racing season but had to cancel due to his obligation to attend the 2008 Nationwide Series banquet. In 2020, Busch competed in the
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with AIM Vasser Sullivan, driving a Lexus RC F GT3 alongside Jack Hawksworth, Parker Chase, and Michael De Quesada. He contributed four and a half hours behind the wheel, helping the team secure a ninth-place finish in the GTD class and 26th overall. Nitrocross, a
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series founded by former NASCAR driver
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, invited Busch to compete in the November 2021 race weekend at Firebird Motorsports Park. Busch placed fourth in the Supercar Final, while Pastrana claimed the victory. In 2023, Busch competed in the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX), participating in events at Motor Mile Speedway on July 27 and
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on August 3. At Motor Mile, he battled
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and Clint Bowyer for the win in the closing laps, ultimately taking the checkered flag. This made him one of only four drivers in SRX history to win in their debut race. The following week at Berlin Raceway, Busch secured another victory, going 2-for-2 in the series. On November 14, 2024, Busch announced that he would run the
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in January 2025. He finished 3rd in the second F-feature, but failed to qualify for the D-feature after finishing 15th in the second F-feature after starting from the back of the pack.


Personal life

Kyle Busch married Samantha Sarcinella on December 31, 2010, in
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, an event featured in a one-hour special on the
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. Sarcinella, a native of St. John, Indiana, graduated from
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with a degree in
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. The couple has two children: a son born in 2015 and a daughter born in 2022. He has earned several nicknames over the years, including "Rowdy" (from Rowdy Burns from the movie
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) and "Wild Thing", "the Candy Man" due to his longtime sponsorship with Mars Inc., "Shrub" as a playful nod to being the younger brother of
Kurt Busch Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is an American auto racing driver. He is best known for competing in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2000–2022, last driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. Busch is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series ch ...
(with a small bush being called a
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),"Kyle Kush" because of his partnership with cannabis company 3Chi, and the self-proclaimed "KFB."


Charity efforts

In 2006, Busch established the Kyle Busch Foundation after visiting St. John's Home in
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. The Foundation is dedicated to providing essential resources for underprivileged children across the country. In 2008, Busch launched the "Kyle's Miles" program in partnership with Pedigree to support dogs in shelters and breed rescue organizations. After winning his first Cup Series race at California on September 4, 2005, Busch and team owner
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donated their winnings to the
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to aid Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Busch announced the donation during an appearance on ''
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'', earning widespread public praise.


In popular media

Busch is a cover driver in '' NASCAR Kart Racing'' and appears on the cover of '' NASCAR Heat 2'' after winning the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race cover competition. He is also a playable driver in '' Forza Motorsport 6'' through the NASCAR expansion pack, which includes his No. 18 Camry with M&M's and Interstate Batteries sponsorship. Alongside
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and
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, Busch provides commentary in the expansion as one of the "voices of motorsport." Busch made a cameo as a West Virginia state trooper in the 2017 film '' Logan Lucky''. That same year, he appeared as a celebrity contestant on '' The $100,000 Pyramid''. As of August 2019, Busch and his wife starred on CMT's former reality TV show ''Racing Wives''. In 2022, an American documentary titled '' Rowdy,'' which focused on Kyle Busch's NASCAR career, was released on June 29, 2022. Busch, a professional wrestling fan, has appeared on
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programming multiple times, including guest hosting ''
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'' in 2009 and returning on December 2, 2019. During his 2019 appearance, he briefly won the WWE 24/7 Championship by pinning
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, with NASCAR's
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serving as guest referee. R-Truth later reclaimed the title. The event was part of a cross-promotion with
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and NASCAR's awards banquet.


Legal issues

On May 24, 2011, Busch was cited for
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and
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near Troutman, North Carolina, after driving in a zone while test-driving a Lexus LFA. He later apologized, admitting he got "carried away." On August 23, 2011, he pleaded guilty to speeding, receiving a 1,000 fine, a 45-day license suspension, 30 hours of
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, and one year of unsupervised probation. On April 29, 2014, Busch was cited for driving in a zone on NC 73 in
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. He claimed he believed the speed limit was , but the officer noted Busch's "disrespectful attitude." On February 6, 2023, news reports revealed that Busch had been arrested in Cancún, Mexico, in January for handgun possession. According to the prosecutor, Busch was sentenced to 42 months in
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and fined 1,100, though details about how the sentence would be served were not disclosed. Busch later issued a statement apologizing for his lack of awareness regarding Mexican laws and stated that he considered the matter resolved.


Rowdy Energy

Rowdy Energy, was an
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company based in
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, was founded in 2019 by NASCAR driver Kyle Busch and beverage entrepreneur Jeff Church. The drink, named after Busch's nickname "Rowdy," was launched in 2019 by Busch and Jeff Church, co-founder of Suja Juice. Busch created it as a healthier option for himself and his fans. The first batch was produced in January 2020, with ten flavors available online, including seven sugar-free, Keto-certified options. The traditional drinks contained 60% less sugar than other popular energy drinks. Rowdy branding first appeared at the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona when Busch was seen with a Cherry Limeade can and wearing a Rowdy Energy hat. The logo also appeared on his
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helmet, and Busch drank a Rowdy Energy after his race exit. Rowdy Energy is listed as an associate partner on KyleBusch.com. In late 2020, the brand sponsored Formula D driver Ken Gushi. It also sponsored races like the Southern Super Series' Rowdy Energy Twin 100s at Five Flags Speedway and Sprint car racing's the TRD KKBM Giveback Classic. Additionally, Rowdy Energy sponsored sprint and midget car driver Rico Abreu. On January 10, 2024, Busch announced that Rowdy Energy had ceased operations and closed its doors in the following weeks.


Motorsports career results


NASCAR

( key) (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

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points


ARCA Re/Max Series

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


Camping World East Series


Superstar Racing Experience

( key* – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner.


Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

( key) (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. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...
*Two-time
NASCAR Cup Series The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...
Champion (2015, 2019) *Two-time
NASCAR Cup Series The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...
Regular Season Champion (2018, 2019) *2009
NASCAR Xfinity Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level NASCAR Cup Series, Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a Undercard, support ...
Champion *Seven-time
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck-based stock cars. The series i ...
Owner's Champion (as owner of Kyle Busch Motorsports - 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) WWE * WWE 24/7 Championship (1 time) Media *Two-time Best Driver ESPY Award winner (2016, 2019)


See also

* List of all-time NASCAR Cup Series winners *
List of NASCAR Nationwide Series champions The NASCAR Xfinity Series Drivers' Championship is awarded by the chairman in NASCAR to the most successful Xfinity Series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a NASCAR rules and regulations#Championship points system, points system b ...
* List of NASCAR race wins by Kyle Busch *
List of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions file:NASCAR Bill France Cup 2022.jpg, The current NASCAR Cup Series trophy, the Bill France Cup 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 seas ...
* List of people from Las Vegas


References


External links

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Official profile at Richard Childress Racing
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Busch, Kyle 1985 births Living people American company founders American people of German descent American Speed Association drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers ARCA Midwest Tour drivers Drink company founders Hendrick Motorsports drivers Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Kyle Busch Motorsports drivers NASCAR Cup Series champions NASCAR Cup Series regular season champions NASCAR drivers NASCAR team owners NASCAR Xfinity Series champions Racing drivers from Las Vegas Rolex Sports Car Series drivers WWE 24/7 Champions RFK Racing drivers Chip Ganassi Racing drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers 21st-century American sportsmen Durango High School (Nevada) alumni