Driver Profile: Kyle Busch

Driver of the #18: Kyle Thomas Busch (Sprint Cup Series)

Nickname: Kyle
Birthdate: May 2nd, 1985
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Resides: Mooresville, North Carolina
Marital Status: Married- Samantha
Children: None

Rookie Season: 2005
Years in Sport: 8
Starts: 257
First Race: 2004 UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 (Vegas)
Poles: 8
First Pole: 2005 Auto Club 500 (Fontana)
Wins: 23
First Win: 2005 Sony HD 500 (Fontana)
Top-Fives: 80
Top-Tens: 121

Team: Joe Gibbs Racing
Years with Team: 4
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Sponsor: Mars/Interstate Batteries
Car Make: Toyota
Highest Points Finish: 5th (2007)
Lowest Points Finish: 52nd (2004)

Career Highlights:

• Holds the record for the most wins won in a season in all three of NASCAR's top series (modern-era)
• One of the two drivers to win a race on his birthday.
• 2005 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year.

Courtniee's 2012 NASCAR Prediction for Kyle Busch:
       Kyle Busch will try to again show the "New Kyle." Busch will prove he has championship potential, winning a number of races. However, come Chase time, he will get in clinching a Wild-Card spot. He will struggle in the Chase. Final Standings: 7th.