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Kurt Busch | |||||||
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![]() Busch at Daytona International Speedway in 2023 | |||||||
Born | Kurt Thomas Busch August 4, 1978 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||||||
Achievements | 2004 Nextel Cup Series Champion 2003 IROC Champion 2010 Coca-Cola 600 Winner 2010 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Winner 2011 Budweiser Shootout Winner 2017 Daytona 500 Winner 1999 NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour Champion Has won a race with all current engine suppliers (Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota) | ||||||
Awards | 2000 Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2014 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2023) | ||||||
NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
776 races run over 24 years | |||||||
2022 position | 30th | ||||||
Best finish | 1st (2004) | ||||||
First race | 2000 MBNA.com 400 (Dover) | ||||||
Last race | 2022 Ambetter 301 (New Hampshire) | ||||||
First win | 2002 Food City 500 (Bristol) | ||||||
Last win | 2022 AdventHealth 400 (Kansas) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
30 races run over 5 years | |||||||
2013 position | 104th | ||||||
Best finish | 39th (2006) | ||||||
First race | 2006 O'Reilly 300 (Texas) | ||||||
Last race | 2013 Subway Firecracker 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
First win | 2006 O'Reilly 300 (Texas) | ||||||
Last win | 2012 Subway Jalapeño 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
28 races run over 3 years | |||||||
2012 position | 87th | ||||||
Best finish | 2nd (2000) | ||||||
First race | 2000 Daytona 250 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 2012 Fred's 250 (Talladega) | ||||||
First win | 2000 Sears DieHard 200 (Milwaukee) | ||||||
Last win | 2000 Motorola 200 (Fontana) | ||||||
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IndyCar Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
2014 position | 25th | ||||||
Best finish | 25th (2014) | ||||||
First race | 2014 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of December 25, 2021. |
Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978) is an American former auto racing driver. He last competed full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2022, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry TRD for 23XI Racing. He is the 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion and the 2017 Daytona 500 winner. He is the older brother of two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch.
Busch has driven for Chip Ganassi Racing, Stewart-Haas Racing, Furniture Row Racing, Phoenix Racing, Penske Racing, and Roush Racing in his Cup career, which began in 2000. He is the winner of thirty-four Cup races and won his championship in the first season using the "Chase for the Cup" points format. With a 2006 win in the Busch Series, he became one of only 36 drivers to win races in all three of NASCAR's top divisions: the Cup Series, the Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. His early career received significant media attention as his aggressive driving style led to incidents with other competitors, while also having confrontations with his team members and members of the media itself. His later career saw him gain a reputation for helping his race teams improve their programs over time, and is the only driver to have won at the Cup level for the four manufacturers (in order) Ford, Dodge, Chevrolet and Toyota.[1]
In addition to his stock car racing career, Busch has also raced in the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and in the National Hot Rod Association. In 2023, he was named to NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers.