busch_top_tens first_busch_race updated birth_place years_in_busch total_busch_races achievements last_busch_race birth_date busch_wins best_busch_pos article_title busch_poles name
0 2005 kroger 200 -lrb- irp -rrb- july 24 , 2012 mooresville , north carolina 2 18 2002 sunoco super series champion 2006 at & t 250 -lrb- milwaukee -rrb- 09 december 1985 0 57th - 2006 joel kauffman
 0 joel kauffman
joel kauffman

joel kauffman -lrb- born december 9 , 1985 in mooresville , north carolina -rrb- , is a stock car racer .
he was the driver of the # 12 supercuts dodge charger for fitzbradshaw racing in the nascar busch series he was slated to run a full schedule , but after not performing in any starts for the team , he was released .
kauffman began his racing career at the age of ten when he began racing mini-sprints in indiana .
when he was twelve , he became the youngest driver in the national modified midget association to have finished in the top-three in the points standings .
in the year 2000 , he began running asphalt races , and won the cra kendall late model series rookie of the year award in 2001 and won the cra sunoco super series championship the very next year .
in 2003 , kauffman ran the united speed alliance racing series , and won rookie of the year that season .
he eventually caught the eye of fitzbradshaw racing .
he made his nascar debut at the kroger 200 in 2005 , starting 26th and finishing 25th .
he ran six more races that season , his best finish being a 22nd at the ford 300 .
he was slated to drive for fitzbradshaw racing full-time in the busch series , along with teammate , tracy hines , both competing for rookie of the year .
however , after a lack of results , kaufmann was quickly released .
