With the green flag in Sunday’s Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, Kyle Busch made his 750th career start at NASCAR’s highest level. He’s the 14th driver to achieve the feat and is the only active driver to reach that threshold.
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While his last 108 starts have come under the Richard Childress Racing banner, a majority of his races came with Joe Gibbs Racing, where he spent 15 seasons. Fifty-six of his 63 career victories came driving the No. 18 Toyota, earning championships in both 2015 and 2019 as he made the Championship 4 five consecutive years.
The 40-year-old Las Vegas, Nevada, native first debuted in Cup with Hendrick Motorsports, making six starts in 2004 before driving the No. 5 Chevrolet for three full-time campaigns. He won four races in 114 starts before making the transition to JGR ahead of the 2008 season.
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Despite a disappointing season, Busch ended the year on a high note, finishing fifth in the season finale for his third top five of 2025. He banked 10 top 10s and recorded a 17.9 average finish, the third worst of his 21 full-time seasons.
Busch exits Sunday’s race at Phoenix on a 93-race winless streak, the longest of his career. He won three of his first 15 races upon joining RCR in 2023, but has been on the outside of the playoffs each of the last two years.
Denny Hamlin, who finished sixth Sunday at Phoenix in a heartbreaking end to his championship campaign, is scheduled to join the 750 club in the fall of 2026. He made his 700th start in June at Nashville Superspeedway.