Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch is an American Professional Stock Car racer. He currently competes in the NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series, full-time in the no.8 Chevolet for Richard Childress Racing.

### First Race

2004 UAW Damiler-Chrysler 400 (Las Vegas)

## Career (Pepsi Cup Racing Series)

In 2005, Kyle Busch debuted for Hendrick Motorsports full-time in The Pepsi Cup Series. He drove the number 5 car and got 2 wins. He also got 9 top 5s and 4 top 10s. He finished 20th in the season standings.

In 2006, Kyle once again got 9 top 5s and 4 top 10s. He was able to get another race win. He placed 10th in the standings.

In 2007, Kyle got 1 win again. He was able to get 10 top 5s and 9 top 10s. He finished 5th in the standings.

In 2008, he signed a 2 year deal with Hendrick Motorsports to return to the number 5 Pop Tart car. GoDaddy also became a new sponsor. Kellogs also stayed. He was able to get 2 wins. He scored 15 top 5s and 20 top 10s. He finished 6th in the season standings.

In 2009, By this time, Kyle's teammates were Jimmie Johnson in the 48, Jeff Gordon in the 24, Jerry Nadeau in the 25, and Brian Vickers in the 55, Ricky Hendrick in the 17 Kyle scored 4 wins this season. He was able to get 19 top 5s and 22 top 10s. He got 2nd in the standings.

In 2010, Kyle's teammates shifted around a little. Johnson & Gordon & Hendrick stayed the same but Jerry Nadeau moved to Joe Gibbs racing in 2010 after J.J Yeley didn't meet their standards in the 18 car. As Brian Vickers moved to the number 25 car from the 55, the 55 went to Michael Waltrip Racing a new NASCAR team and Dale Jr. replaced the 55's spot with the 88 as he left his family team DEI. Kyle Busch grew more and more and got 9 wins and the 2010 championship with 29 top 10s and 14 top 5s. His team also grew a lot as every racer on it won a race in 2010 and Hendrick won almost all the 2010 races between their 5 drivers. Kyle did sign a 2 year deal with Hendrick again.

In 2011, he had the contract year but when Hendrick realized he already signed a contract for 4 season with Joe Gibbs Racing, Kyle Busch was released after the 2010 season. Hendrick's lineup was Gordon - 24, Johnson - 48, Vickers - 25, Dale J - 88, and Ricky Hendrick - 17. Joe Gibbs' was Kyle Busch - 18, Denny Hamlin - 11, and Joey Logano - 20. Kyle did replace Nadeau after his poor performance and Nadeau is now found at Front Row Motorsports where he had an near 2011 Daytona 500 flip and hit the catchfence a little. Kyle got 8 wins in his first Joe Gibbs season and had 29 top 5s and 25 top 10s. He won the championship by breeze.

In 2012, he was able to get 4 wins and 4th in the standings with 21 top 5s and 10 top 10s.

In 2013, he got 8 wins and nearly got a third championship but got 2nd in the standings after a mistake on pit-road at Homestead. The Generation 6 car did not effect Kyle like many other racers. He got 21 top 5s and 20 top 10s.

In 2014, he had a contract year and didn't mess it up as he won 5 races and got 2nd in the standings with 15 top 5s and 21 top 10s.

In 2015, he signed a contract that would go through the 2019 season. He got 10 wins with a dominate season and won his third championship title. He got 20 top 5s an 21 top 10s.

In 2016, he won 2 times. He got 15 top 5s and 20 top 10s. He placed 8th in the season standings.

In 2017, he won 4 times and got 20 top 5s and 29 top 10s. He finished 4th in the season standings.

In 2018, he won only once and got 5 top 5s and 19 top 10s. He finished 12th in the season standings, his lowest since 2005 and 20th in the standings.

In 2019, he had a contract year, he needed to prove something as more racers like Christopher Bell drove through the Truck and Xfinity Series like storm. Kyle came out of nowhere late in the season and got 10 wins on the season. He won his 4th championship. He had 19 top 5s and 30 top 10s.

In 2020, he got another 4 year contract signed with Joe Gibbs. He won only once in 2020 due to the pandemic and lack of practice and qualifying which is one of Busch's secret weapons. He placed 12th in the season standings. He got 10 top 5s and 15 top 10s.

In 2021, he won twice and got 5th in the season standings. He got 15 top 5s and 21 top 10s.

In 2022, he only won once at the Bristol Dirt Race.