13 Facts About Busch Series

1. On July 10, 2011, Busch Series won the 32nd annual Slinger Nationals at Slinger Speedway in Wisconsin.

2. The next day, Busch Series led the most laps, but faltered on late restarts and finished 8th behind race winner and teammate Matt Kenseth.

3. The next week, Busch Series led all but one lap at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to win the Boyd Gaming 300.

4. On November 22, 2015, Busch Series won the Ford EcoBoost 400 to win his first ever Cup Series championship.

5. On November 15, 2015, Busch Series clinched a spot to stay in contention as the Championship 4 for the final Chase at Homestead.

6. On February 10, 2015, Busch Series announced that he would skip the truck series race at Daytona to focus on racing in the Daytona 500.

7. At the Brickyard 400 Busch Series finished second for a second consecutive time while Jeff Gordon pulled away to win.

8. On March 23, 2014 at Auto Club Speedway, Busch Series started 14th and was running fifth on the final restart.

9. In 2002, Busch Series graduated a year early with honors from Durango High School in Las Vegas, Nevada to focus on his driving career.

10. At the age of 16, Busch Series began competing in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No 99 Ford for Roush Racing as a replacement for Nathan Haseleu, who was released midway in the 2001 season.

11. At age 19 years and 317 days, Busch Series became NASCAR's youngest ever pole winner in a Cup Series race at California Speedway in 2005.

12. In 2007, the Sprint Cup Busch Series began racing with the Car of Tomorrow, a radically new specification different from the Nationwide Series.

13. On March 6, 2005, the Busch Series held its first race outside the United States, the Telcel-Motorola 200.