🇺🇸 Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch was an American established professional who raced nationally across NASCAR's three main series and IMSA endurance racing. He competed for Joe Gibbs Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity and Cup Series, and owned Kyle Busch Motorsports in the Truck series. Busch was FIA Platinum graded in sportscar racing. His final indexed season was 2024 in NASCAR Xfinity.[1]

Busch's career spanned 24 seasons from 2003 to 2026, accumulating 778 starts across four championships. He won the NASCAR Cup Series title in 2019 and dominated the Xfinity Series with five championships between 2008 and 2014, all with Joe Gibbs Racing. His record includes 162 wins and 326 podiums across all series. In the Cup Series, he took 21 wins and 73 podiums from 326 starts, competing primarily on oval tracks; in Xfinity, he recorded 102 wins and 193 podiums across 368 starts, again on ovals for the vast majority of his appearances. His NASCAR Truck series record, which he drove for his own team, showed 39 wins and 60 podiums from 83 starts.[2]

Throughout his career Busch finished ahead of elite-level drivers including Denny Hamlin, whom he beat 204 times across their shared series, and Christopher Bell, defeated 125 times. He was a regular and closely matched opponent to Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick, both established professionals and multiple Xfinity champions. Busch raced a single endurance entry in IMSA WeatherTech's GTD class in 2020 for AIM VASSER SULLIVAN. He died in 2026.