Kurt Busch

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Kurt Busch
Busch at Daytona International Speedway in 2023
Born	Kurt Thomas Busch (1978-08-04) August 4, 1978 (age 45) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Achievements	2004 Nextel Cup Series Champion 2003 IROC Champion 2010 Coca-Cola 600 Winner 2010 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Winner 2011 Budweiser Shootout Winner 2017 Daytona 500 Winner 1999 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion Has won a race with all current engine suppliers (Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota)
Awards	2000 Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2014 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2023)
NASCAR Cup Series career
776 races run over 24 years
2022 position	30th
Best finish	1st (2004)
First race	2000 MBNA.com 400 (Dover)
Last race	2022 Ambetter 301 (New Hampshire)
First win	2002 Food City 500 (Bristol)
Last win	2022 AdventHealth 400 (Kansas)
Wins Top tens Poles 34 339 28
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
30 races run over 5 years
2013 position	104th
Best finish	39th (2006)
First race	2006 O'Reilly 300 (Texas)
Last race	2013 Subway Firecracker 250 (Daytona)
First win	2006 O'Reilly 300 (Texas)
Last win	2012 Subway Jalapeño 250 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles 5 23 3
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
28 races run over 3 years
2012 position	87th
Best finish	2nd (2000)
First race	2000 Daytona 250 (Daytona)
Last race	2012 Fred's 250 (Talladega)
First win	2000 Sears DieHard 200 (Milwaukee)
Last win	2000 Motorola 200 (Fontana)
Wins Top tens Poles 4 20 4
IndyCar Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2014 position	25th
Best finish	25th (2014)
First race	2014 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of December 25, 2021.

Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is a former American auto racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2022, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. He is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion and the 2017 Daytona 500 winner. He is the older brother of two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch.

Busch has driven for Chip Ganassi Racing, Stewart-Haas Racing, Furniture Row Racing, Phoenix Racing, Penske Racing, and Roush Racing in his Cup career, which began in 2000. He is the winner of thirty-four Cup races and won his championship in the first season using the "Chase for the Cup" points format. With a 2006 win in the Busch Series, he became one of only 36 drivers to win races in all three of NASCAR's top divisions: the Cup Series, the Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. His early career received significant media attention as his aggressive driving style led to incidents with other competitors, while also having confrontations with his team members and members of the media itself. His later career saw him gain a reputation for helping his race teams improve their programs over time, and is the only driver to have won at the Cup level for the four manufacturers (in order) Ford, Dodge, Chevrolet and Toyota.^[1]

In addition to his stock car racing career, Busch has also raced in the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and in the National Hot Rod Association. In 2023, he was named to NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers.