KYLE BUSCH M&M’S Halloween Team Report Round 33 of 36 – First Data 500 – Martinsville

Car No.: 18 – M&M’S Halloween Camry

Teammates: – No. 11 Toyota Camry; Daniel Suarez – 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: Hometown York, Pennsylvania

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

Pit Support: Brian Eastland Tire Carrier: Joe Crossen Hometown: New Bern, North Carolina 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

Mechanic: Wesley Lape Team Engineer: Hometown: Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania Hometown: Seattle, Washington

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

Interior Mechanic: Todd Foster Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama

Notes of Interest:

· The First Data 500 will mark Kyle Busch’s 495th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start and his 27th NASCAR Cup Series start at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

· Busch has career totals of 50 wins, 30 poles, 180 top-five finishes, 266 top-10s and 15,612 laps led in 494 career Cup Series races. His most recent Cup Series win came last month at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. Busch’s most recent pole, the 30th of his career, came on the 1.5-mile oval at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway in May.

· Busch has two wins, 14 top-five finishes and 15 top-10s and has led a total of 1,324 laps in 26 career Cup Series starts at Martinsville. Busch’s average Martinsville finish is 12.7.

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· Martinsville Momentum: Busch as an average finish of 2.2, an average of 167.4 laps led, and 68.8 fastest laps over the last five races at Martinsville.

· Three-Peat: Busch’s consecutive wins at in Fort Worth, Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway and Richmond in April marked only the 25th time in NASCAR’s modern era (1972 to present) that a driver won three consecutive races. Nine of the 23 previous times a driver won three consecutive races in a season, that driver has gone on to win the championship. Before 2018, Busch was the most recent driver to win three in a row – in 2015, when he went on to score his first and, so far, only championship. Fellow championship contender accomplished the feat earlier this season prior to Busch’s hot streak in late spring. joined the group with wins at the recent events Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and . This marks the first time in NASCAR history that three different drivers have won three consecutive races in the same season.

· 15,000 Plus: With his impressive 377 of 400 laps led in the Coca-Cola 600 in May, Busch topped the 15,000-laps-led mark in NASCAR’s top series and became just the 10th driver in NASCAR history to do so.

· 50 Career Cup Series Wins: With his Cup Series win at Richmond, the 50th points-paying win of his career, Busch is now tied for 11th on the all-time wins list with NASCAR Hall of Famers Ned Jarrett and . Next up for Busch on the all- time win list is , who had 54 wins during his Hall of Fame career. With his 40th Cup Series victory at Bristol in August 2017, Busch became the fourth-youngest driver to reach 40 Cup Series wins at 32 years, 109 days, behind only , and Herb Thomas.

· All 23: With his win at Charlotte 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 12 of them.

· All-Time JGR Wins Leader: With his Brickyard 400 win in July 2016, Busch passed for most all-time Cup Series wins for JGR. Busch now has 46 wins for JGR to Stewart’s 33 following his most recent win at Richmond, along with besting Stewart’s Cup Series career win total.

· 193 and Counting: Busch enters Martinsville with 193 career wins among NASCAR’s top three divisions – Cup (50), Xfinity (92) and Truck (51) – following his Cup Series win last month at Richmond.

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