Kurt Busch
Race Car Driver
Johnson wins at Phoenix to cruise into finaleJimmie Johnson (48) and Kurt Busch (2) head into the backstretch after Johnson took the lead during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 race at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. In this article: Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Phoenix, Nascar, Phoenix International Raceway, Chase for the Sprint Cup, Kurt Busch, Jeff Burton, Martin Truex Jr., and Hendrick Motorsports |
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Sports Illustrated | November 13, 2009
Truex claims Phoenix pole; Johnson starting 3rd
...third Martin Treux Jr. turned in a lap of 135.120 mph to win the pole at Phoenix Kurt Busch qualified second, while Chase leader Jimmie Johnson is third AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Martin Truex Jr. bounced back from a midweek NASCAR penalty...
In this article: Martin Truex Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Phoenix, Nascar, Sam Hornish Jr., Texas, Sprint Cup, Chase for the Sprint Cup, and Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
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Bleacher Report | November 14, 2009
Phoenix Happy Hour: Johnson and Martin Can't Shake Each Other
...Happy Hour, laying it down early like all the other top speeds of the day. Busch used the same Chassis this week that led 123 laps in his last two Phoenix starts. Busch has one Phoenix win over his career, along with one, a-hem, suspension...
In this article: Jimmie Johnson, Phoenix, Martin Truex Jr, Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Denny Hamlin, New Hampshire, Hendrick Motorsports, and Jeff Gordon
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USATODAY.com | November 11, 2009
Team notes: NASCAR heads to desert for next-to-last race
...Busch has one win and six top-10 finishes in nine starts at Phoenix. His string of four straight top-10 finishes ended in April when he finished 17th after starting second. "We ran really well in the spring, but I got busted for speeding on...
In this article: Phoenix, Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer, Denny Hamlin, Texas, Nascar, Chevrolet, Mark Martin, and Carl Edwards
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Brant James: The 10 things Jimmie Johnson fears the most
...teammate. This would not be subtle stuff. We're talking frogs from the sky getting Johnson loose in Turn 4 at Texas, cautions from sandstorms in Phoenix, a burning Busch at Homestead. 2. Schedule trickery: What if the rest of the...
In this article: Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin, Nascar, Phoenix, and Texas
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Kansas City Star | November 10, 2009
Points battle tightens as Chase heads to Phoenix
</p><p>Johnson has won three of the last four races at Phoenix. One year ago, Johnson led 217 of 313 laps, but had to hold off Kurt Busch in a green-white-checkered finish. He left Phoenix with a 141-point advantage over Carl Edwards, who...
In this article: Phoenix, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Homestead, Texas, Bill Elliott, and Cale Yarborough
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Kyle Busch's new crew chief ready for 1st tirade
...and will take home $1 million if Kurt Busch wins. The 25-year-old McGee ended up with Kurt Busch by picking him in a random drawing of the 12 Chase for the Sprint Cup championship drivers. Johnson can wrap it up next week in Phoenix, but...
In this article: Kyle Busch, Sprint Cup, Nascar, and Toyota
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Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a professional American race car driver. He drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He is the older brother of Kyle Busch, also a professional driver, and the two have raced against one another on many occasions.
In 2004, Busch finished eight points ahead of Jimmie Johnson to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship in the first ever season using the "Chase for the Cup" points format. At the time, he drove the No. 97 Sharpie/Irwin Industrial Tools Ford for Roush Racing. Busch departed Roush at the end of 2005, moving to Penske Racing and replacing the retiring Rusty Wallace in the No. 2 Miller Lite sponsored Dodge Charger. With a 2006 win in the Nationwide Series, Busch became one of only 18 drivers with a win in all three of NASCAR's top divisions (Sprint Cup, Nationwide, and Camping World Truck Series).
Busch is a second-generation NASCAR driver his father Thomas also raced. He was the runner-up finisher in the closest finish in NASCAR history at Darlington Raceway on March 16, 2003. After an exciting and near-explosive two-lap side-by-side battle with Ricky Craven around the tight and tricky 1.366-mile track, Craven crossed the finish line only 0.002 seconds ahead of Busch in the photo-finish.
- Birth Date:
- August 04, 1978
- Birthplace:
- Las Vegas, Nevada
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