KYLE BUSCH M&M’S Chocolate Bar Team Report Round 1 of 36 – 61st – Daytona

Car No.: 18 – M&M’S Chocolate Bar Camry

Teammates: – No. 11 ; Martin Truex Jr. – No. 19 Toyota Camry; – No. 20 Toyota Camry

At-Track PR Contact: Bill Janitz, True Speed Communication (704-875-3388 ext. 803 or [email protected]).

Primary Team Members:

Driver: Crew Chief: Adam Stevens Hometown: Las Vegas Hometown: Portsmouth, Ohio

Car Chief: Nate Bellows Team Engineer: Hometown: Fairfax, Vermont Hometown: Seattle, Washington

Engine Specialist: Mike Johnson Spotter: Tony Hirschman Hometown: Bozeman, Montana Hometown: Northampton, Pennsylvania

Over-The-Wall Crew Members/Pit Support:

Gas Man: Matt Tyrrell Front Tire Changer: Cam Waugh Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Hometown: Johnstown, Colorado

Jackman: T.J. Ford Rear Tire Changer: Jeff Cordero Hometown: Charlotte, Hometown: Salem, Connecticut

Tire Carrier: Joe Crossen Hometown: Salisbury, North Carolina

Road Crew Members:

Truck Drivers: Brendan Greene and Jamie Price Tire Specialist: Jon Desrocher Hometowns: Midland, North Carolina, and Choteau, Montana, respectively Hometown: Plattsburgh, New York

Interior Mechanic: Wesley Lape Team Engineer: William Hartman Hometown: Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania Hometown: Laingsburg, Michigan

Ride and Handling Engineer: Chris Chase Rear End Mechanic: Chris Jones Hometown: Nichols, New York Hometown: Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia

Mechanic: Todd Foster Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama

Notes of Interest:

· The 61st Daytona 500 will mark Kyle Busch’s 499th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start and his 28th points- paying NASCAR Cup Series start at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.

· Busch has career totals of 51 wins, 31 poles, 183 top-five finishes, 269 top-10s and 15,850 laps led in 498 career Cup Series races. His most recent Cup Series win came in November at ISM Raceway near Phoenix. Busch’s most recent pole, the 30th of his career, came in October at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

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· Busch has one win, seven top-five finishes and eight top-10s and has led a total of 383 laps in 27 career Cup Series points- paying starts at Daytona. Busch’s average Daytona finish is 19.2.

· Warmup Act: Sunday afternoon’s Clash at Daytona will mark Busch’s 13th appearance in the non-points event. He brought home his only Clash victory in 2012. In that race, Busch passed three-time Cup Series champion coming to the finish line on the final lap. Busch won by .013 of a second, the closest finish in Clash history.

· Dueling at Daytona: Busch will make his 14th start in his Can-Am Duel twin qualifying race Feb. 14. In his previous 13 starts, Busch has led 164 laps and has three career wins in the qualifying race – in 2009, 2013, and 2016.

· Almost: Busch almost drove to his first Daytona Cup Series victory in July 2007, finishing second to race-winner Jamie McMurray by a mere 0.005 of a second in a drag race to the finish line.

· No More ‘Almost:’ Busch finally notched his first and only Cup Series points-paying win at Daytona in the July . Busch was just ahead of when the caution came out for a multicar accident in turn one on lap 162 during a green- white-checkered finish. Busch was declared the winner by NASCAR officials when it was determined his car was in the lead when the caution came out to end the race.

· 51 Career Cup Series Wins: With his Cup Series win at ISM Raceway in November, the 51st points-paying win of his career, Busch surpassed NASCAR Hall of Famers and to now sit all alone in 11th on the all-time win list. Next up for Busch on the list is , who had 54 wins during his Hall of Fame career. With his 40th Cup Series victory at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in August 2017, Busch became the fourth-youngest driver to reach 40 Cup Series wins at 32 years, 109 days, behind only , and .

· All 23: With his win at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway in May, Busch has now won a Cup Series race at all 23 tracks at which the series competes, becoming the first driver in the modern era to win at every track where he has made at least one start. Of the 23 different tracks where Busch has won, he has multiple wins at 13 of them.

· All-Time JGR Wins Leader: With his Brickyard 400 win in July 2016, Busch passed Stewart for most all-time Cup Series wins for JGR. Busch now has 47 wins for JGR to Stewart’s 33 following his most recent win at Phoenix, along with besting Stewart’s Cup Series career win total.

· 194 and Counting: Busch enters the Daytona 500 with 194 career wins among NASCAR’s top three divisions – Cup (51), Xfinity (92) and Truck (51) – following his Cup Series win at Phoenix last year.

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