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 Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 12:00 am Post subject: Busch Driver: Kyle Busch |
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Kyle Busch began competing in legend cars at the age of 13. He got used to winning championships early -- he won two Legend Car track championship at his hometown track -- Las Vegas Motor Speedway. When all was said and done, Busch had gathered 65 legand car victories.
Busch, the younger brother of NASCAR star Kurt Busch, moved on to Late Models in 2001 and had similar success, garnering 10 victories at the LVMS bullring. He made his NASCAR debut in 2001 as well, snagging a pair of top-10 finishes in six starts at the age of 17.
Knowing that his future was in racing, Kyle graduated from Durango (Nev.) High School a year early, getting his diploma in 2002. Kyle was prohibited from returning to NASCAR after the sanctioning body announced that drivers, crew members and other participants in the Busch series, Truck series and all NASCAR Touring series must be age 18 or older in order to compete.
Undaunted, he finished eighth in the ASA season standings and third in the rookie standings.
In May of 2003, Kyle surprised the racing world by signing not with Roush Racing, who employs his brother Kurt, but rather Hendrick Motorsports. That decision quickly paid dividends, as he finished second in his Busch Series debut at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He then added another second-place finish at Darlington in August.
Despite a career full of lofty expectations, ouwardly, Kyle appears to take it all in stride.
"There's no pressure that I put on myself," he said. "There are probably a lot of other people that want to see me do exactly what those guys do, and hopefully I'll be able to do that."
He credits brother Kurt with helping him with the learning curve. "I think I've definitely been able to use all of his driving abilities. He's probably one of the best out there, and I've seen him race from driving Legends cars and Dwarf cars back in Vegas, so I know exactly how he grew up.
"I knew what set-ups where underneath those cars and I actually got to drive all those cars as well and to win races in them. It's really neat to have been able to do that. He goes out there and wins races and I can do the same thing."
Kyle is currently in 2nd place in the 2004 Busch Series with 4 poles and 5 wins, and is 176 points behind leader Martin Truex Jr, with 3 races left.
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