Kyle Busch

Birthday: 05/02/1985
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV , United States

YEAR-BY-YEAR CUP SERIES RECAP

2011 -- Finished 12th in series points. ... Made fifth Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup in six years after missing in 2009. ... Improved Loop Data Driver Rating six points over 2010. ... Held out of Texas-2 for over-aggressive driving in weekend's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. ... Second-most top-five finishes (14) in his career. ... Won inaugural pole at Kentucky. ... Average start of 15.3. ... Won at Bristol-1, Richmond-1, Kentucky and Michigan-2. ... Average finish of 13. ... Five DNFs dropped laps-completed percentage to 95.3. ... Had series-best 45 bonus points. ... Led league in five key Loop Data categories: Driver Rating, Quality Passes, Average Running Position, Fastest Green Flag Speed and Laps in Top 15.

2010 -- Finished eighth in series points. ... Made fourth Chase in five years after missing in 2009. ... Had three wins (Richmond-1, Dover-1 and Bristol-2). ... Became first driver to sweep all three national series events in one weekend at Bristol in August. ... Won from pole at Richmond. ... Was second in championship for four weeks, in top five 17 out of 36 weeks; as high as third during Chase. ... 10 top-fives, 18 tops-10s. ... Average start 15.8. ... Average finish 14.0. ... Had eight consecutive top-10s in spring that left him second in standings to Kevin Harvick.

2009 -- Finished 13th in series points. ... Had one pole after posting two in 2008....Won at Las Vegas (giving Joe Gibbs Racing its first win there), Richmond and Bristol twice ...His four wins was tied for third best in the series, trailing Jimmie Johnson (7) and Mark Martin (5). ... Won Gatorade Duel No. 2 preceding the Daytona 500 and led a race-high 88 laps in the season-opener but finished 41st after being involved in an accident on Lap 125 of 152. ... Posted the exact driver rating as 2009. ... Was 10th in points after 19 races but fell out of Chase position by finishing 38th at Indianapolis and never returned to the top 12 slots. ... Led 232 laps in finishing 11th at Texas, his first race with new crew chief Dave Rogers. ... Former crew chief Steve Addington was reassigned within Joe Gibbs Racing but left during the offseason to be crew chief for Busch's older brother, Kurt, at Penske Racing.

2008 -- Finished 10th in series points. ... Made the Chase for the third time. ... Finished with a career-best eight wins. ... Set a record for the most wins in the three NASCAR national series with 21 (eight in Cup; 10 in Nationwide and three in Trucks.

2007 -- Finished fifth in the series standings. ... Made the Chase for the second time. ... Finished with one win, 11 top-fives and 20 top-10s. ... Won the first Car of Tomorrow race at Bristol. ... Announced a 2008 move to Joe Gibbs Racing, leaving Hendrick Motorsports.

2006 -- Finished 10th in series points. ... Finished with one win, 10 top-fives, 18 top-10s and one pole. ... Earned first Chase berth. ... Victory came July 16 at New Hampshire. ... Pole came in April at Phoenix. ... Spent only four weeks out of the top 10, the first two following the season-opening Daytona 500 and the first Fontana event in February, and the next two following back-to-back June events at Michigan and Sonoma.

2005 -- Finished 20th in series points. ... Won two races as a Cup Series rookie, one of only six drivers with multiple rookie victories. ... First victory came Sept. 4 at Fontana. Second followed Nov. 13 at Phoenix. ... First pole came Feb. 27 at Fontana. ... Finished with nine top-fives and 13 top-10s.

2004 -- Finished 52nd in series points. ... Ran six races, debuting in hometown of Las Vegas; started 18th and finished 41st. ... Best finish a 24th at Fontana Labor Day weekend race. ... Named 2005 full-time driver for Hendrick Motorsports' No. 5 car.

PREVIOUS RACING HISTORY

In 2011 won eight races in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Joe Gibbs Racing and six races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for his own Kyle Busch Motorsports. ... In 2010, established NASCAR Nationwide Series' single-season victories record with 13. ... One of the drivers who helped win 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series owners' championship for Joe Gibbs Racing. ... 2004 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year. Won 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship. ... In 2003, won two ARCA events, driving for Hendrick Motorsports. ... In 2002, finished eighth in ASA standings. ... In 2001, his junior year in high school, made six NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts for Roush Racing; had two top-10 finishes. ... Started racing Legends Cars at the age of 13. Won two Legends Cars championships at hometown track, The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Ended up with 65 Legends victories. ... Moved to late model competition in 2001 and won 10 races at Las Vegas.

NOTEWORTHY

Established Kyle Busch Motorsports' NASCAR Camping World Truck series team for the 2010 season, starting with two trucks. ... Continued to run late model program out of the KBM shop. ... Older brother Kurt won 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. ... Graduated with honors from Durango (Nev.) High School in 2002, a year early, to accelerate his racing career. ... Learned how to surf in Hawaii in the 2006-07 offseason. ... Active on Twitter: @kylebusch.