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Stewart congratulates Busch on tying him in Monster Energy Series wins

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With Sunday's win in the Gander Outdoors 400 at Pocono Raceway, Kyle Busch earned the 49th victory of his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career, tying Tony Stewart for 13th on the all-time wins list. Afterward, Stewart took to Twitter to offer his congratulations on the feat. https://twitter.com/TonyStewart/status/1023694871947890688 Stewart earned 49 victories in 597 starts over the course of his 18-year career, while Busch recorded the same number of wins in 483 total starts. RELATED: Gibbs compares how Busch, Stewart are similar, different "That’s awesome," Kyle Busch said about tying Stewart. "And you keep reaching higher up the ladder and you keep reaching milestone drivers, and Tony Stewart is one of the all-time best -- and one of the drivers that I was a fan of as well growing up so it’s awesome to be able to tie him." Busch would tie Junior Johnson and Ned Jarrett with a 50th career victory. Below is a snapshot shot of where Busch and Stewart rank among other drivers on the coveted list:
Driver Number of wins
Richard Petty 200
David Pearson 105
Jeff Gordon 93
Bobby Allison 84
Darrell Waltrip 84
Jimmie Johnson 83
Cale Yarborough 83
Dale Earnhardt 76
Rusty Wallace 55
Lee Petty 54
Ned Jarrett 50
Junior Johnson 50
Kyle Busch 49
Tony Stewart 49
Herb Thomas 48
Buck Baker 46
Bill Elliott 44
Kevin Harvick 43