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Renowned NASCAR Driver Kurt Busch
Kurt Busch was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 4, 1978 and is well known as a NASCAR driver. In the Nextel Cup Series he pilots the #2 Miller Lite Dodge and on a part time basis drives the #39 Penske Truck Rental Dodge in the Busch Series. The first NASCAR championship that Kurt won was in 2004 and in 2005 he drove the #97 Sharpie/Irwin Industrial Tools Ford for Roush Racing. With a win in the Busch Series he became one of sixteen drivers to win the top three NASCAR divisions.
Kurt Busch gained his first national exposure in 1998 at the Tucson Raceway Park during the Winter Heat Series. His big break came when tragically Chris Trickle was shot leaving Star Nursery team looking for a new driver. It was here that Busch found his opening to the team and then proceeded to win the 1999 AutoZone Elite Division Southwest Series championship.
In 2000, at the age of 21 years, Busch started racing on the Winston Cup circuit. Here he drove in seven races but had dismal year-ends with no wins, no top five’s or top ten’s, finishing 48th altogether. In 2001 Kurt Busch ran for rookie of the year honors but won no races, however he did receive 3 top 5’s and 6 top 10’s. Kurt also achieved his first pole positioning when he gave the quickest qualifying lap in the Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway and finished the year in 27th position. Busch almost won the 2002 championship finishing 3rd that year. The next year was inconsistent with good wins and bad loses and was made worse with his continuing feud with fellow driver, Jimmy Spencer.
While attending a Formula One race in July 2005, Busch got engaged to girlfriend Eva Bryan. Their wedding took place a year later during one of Kurt’s off weekends in Virginia. Their wedding was recorded and later was aired on national television. The couple now live in North Carolina and travel together to the race tracks each week. Kurt’s younger brother Kyle Busch also has the knack for racing and competes full-time in both the Busch series and the Nextel Cup.
