18 Kyle Busch

YEAR-BY-YEAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RECAP

2009 -- Won series championship and unified the driver and owner title for the first time since 2006 while driving for Joe Gibbs. ... Nine wins led series and he finished second 11 other times, including placing first or second in 10 consecutive races. ... Swept the Texas Nationwide races and has four consecutive wins there. ... Swept the Nationwide and Cup races at Richmond in May. ... Captured three poles. ... Crushed his single-season record originally set in 2008 by leading 2,698 of a possible 6,715 laps and posted four perfect 150.0 Driver Ratings; he has seven perfect's in his career, best in the series. ... His 25 top-five finishes tied the single-season series record, and in only 173 career starts he has 30 victories, fourth all-time. ... Led at least one lap in all but three races. ... Led the series in six Loop Data categories, including Driver Rating (126.6), the best since the inception of Loop Data in 2005.

2008 -- Finished sixth in series points. ... Collected 10 wins, 18 top-fives, 20 top-10s and four poles in 30 races while driving four different cars for three different teams; Joe Gibbs Racing was his main organization. ... Won on tracks of every distance except superspeedways but finished second at both Daytona races. ... Tied for series lead in poles (four) and consecutive victories (three) and led 1,933 laps. ... Led series with Driver Rating of 118.2, including three perfect ratings of 150.0. ...Tied Sam Ard's record for most wins in a single season. ... Swept Nationwide and Cup races at Charlotte and Texas.

2007 -- Finished 16th in series points. ... Posted four wins (Daytona, Richmond, Kansas, Phoenix) and three poles. ... After four years with Hendrick Motorsports, left at season's end to join Joe Gibbs Racing.

2006 -- Finished seventh in series points. ... Collected one win at Bristol and two poles. 2005 -- Finished 44th in series points. ... Ran 14 races, sharing time with five other drivers in the flagship No. 5 car for Hendrick Motorsports. ... Captured the group's lone victory, winning at Charlotte in May. ... Won the pole at Bristol in August.

2004 -- Finished second in series points. ... Won Raybestos rookie of the year title by setting or equaling 10 of the 11 listed records for rookies... Was the youngest (19) driver to claim the award in series history until Landon Cassill eclipsed that age record by two months in 2008. ... First rookie in series history to lead the point standings (led three times). ... Registered first series win at Richmond among his four victories. ... Won first career pole at Darlington in the spring.

2003 -- Finished 48th in series points. ... Had two top-fives and three top-10s in just seven starts following his 18th birthday. ... Finished second in his series debut at Charlotte in May and was also second at Darlington in the fall. ... Became only the ninth driver to finish in the top two in his first series race.

OTHER NASCAR SERIES RACING HISTORY

2009 -- Finished 13th in Sprint Cup Series standings, winning four times. ... Won seven of 15 Camping World Truck Series events, including five consecutively (Bristol, New Hampshire, Chicago, Talladega, Texas) and finished second four times, all for Billy Ballew. ... Became the first driver to win two national series races on the same day when he won the Camping World Truck and Nationwide Series races at Auto Club Speedway on Feb. 21. ... Fifth consecutive season he won at least once in each of NASCAR's national series, adding to his record. ... Also won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series combination race at Iowa Speedway.

2008 -- Finished 10th in Sprint Cup points. ... Posted eight wins, 17 top-fives, 21 top-10s and two poles in first year with Joe Gibbs Racing. ... Also competed in 18 Camping World Truck Series races for Billy Ballew, winning three, including two in his first three starts at Auto Club Speedway and Atlanta. ... Set the record for the most wins across all three NASCAR national series with 21.

2007 -- Finished a career-best fifth in Sprint Cup points. ...One win, 11 top-fives and 20 top-10s for Hendrick Motorsports. ... Also competed in 11 Camping World Truck races for Ballew, winning two.

2006 -- Finished 10th in Sprint Cup points. ... One win, 10 top-fives and 18 top-10s. ... Competed in seven Camping World Truck races for Ballew with a win at Charlotte, his first start.

2005 -- Finished 20th in Sprint Cup points. ... Won Raybestos rookie of the year honors. ... Youngest driver to win a premier series race when he captured his first career victory at Auto Club Speedway in September (20 years, 5 months, 2 days). Also youngest driver (19) to win a pole in Sprint Cup competition, doing so at the same track in February. ... Had 11 Camping World Truck starts for Ballew, winning three, including his first two starts (Charlotte and Darlington) giving him at least one win in each of NASCAR's national series in the same season. ... Claimed the pole at Michigan.

2004 -- Finished 52nd in Sprint Cup points. ... Ran six races, debuting in hometown of Las Vegas; started 18th and finished 41st. ... Also ran in one Camping World Truck race, starting 16th and finishing 11th at ORP for Rob Morgan.

2001 -- Competed in six Camping World Truck races at age 16, his junior year in high school. ... Best start was third at Las Vegas and had two ninth-place finishes for Roush Fenway Racing, one in his series debut at ORP and the other at Vegas.

NOTEWORTHY

Plans to field two full-time Camping World Truck teams for Kyle Busch Motorsports in 2009, driven by himself and Tayler Malsam. ... Won 2009 Snowball Derby. ... In 2008, he became first driver to compete in each of NASCAR's national series on the same weekend at different tracks (Pocono, Nashville, Texas). ... In 2008, after tying Sam Ard's single-season win record, made a public announcement in Victory Lane that he would donate $100,000 to help with Ard's medical bills. ... In 2003, won the first two ARCA events he ran driving for Hendrick Motorsports. ... Moved to Late Model competition in 2001 and won 10 races at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's "Bullring" and from 1999-2001, claimed more than 65 wins in Legends Cars there. ... Graduated -- with honors -- from Durango (Nev.) High School in 2002, a year early, in order to accelerate his racing career. ... Younger brother of Kurt Busch, 2004 Sprint Cup Series champion.