KYLE BUSCH Skittles Team Report Round 25 of 36 – Bojangles’ – Darlington

Car No.: 18 – Skittles Camry

Teammates: – No. 11 ; 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, Florida Hometown: Johnstown, Colorado

Jackman: T.J. Ford Rear Tire Changer: Jeff Cordero Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina 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: Tyler Allen 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 Bojangles’ Southern 500 will mark Kyle Busch’s 487th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start and his 14th NASCAR Cup Series start at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.

· Busch has career totals of 49 wins, 30 poles, 178 top-five finishes, 260 top-10s and 15,470 laps led in 486 career Cup Series races. His most recent Cup Series win came four races ago at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway. Busch’s most recent pole, the 30th of his career, came at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway in May.

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· Busch has one win, three top-five finishes and eight top-10s and has led a total of 598 laps in 13 career Cup Series starts at Darlington. Busch’s average Darlington finish is 12.0.

· Regular-Season Race: Busch leads the regular-season standings by 43 points over second-place . Harvick now has seven wins to Busch’s six with two races to go before the playoffs begin. Both are battling it out for the 15-point playoff bonus for winning the regular-season title. Harvick now has 40 playoff points while Busch has 35 and Martin Truex Jr., is third at 27 playoff points.

· 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.

· 49 Career Cup Series Wins: With his Cup Series win at Pocono, the 49th points-paying win of his career, Busch is now tied for 13th on the all-time wins list with former JGR teammate . Next up Busch is chasing NASCAR legends and , who both scored 50 wins during their Hall of Fame careers. With his 40th Cup Series victory at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway last August, Busch became the fourth-youngest driver to reach 40 Cup Series wins at 32 years, 109 days, behind only , , and 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 Stewart for most all-time Cup Series wins for JGR. Busch now has 45 wins for JGR to Stewart’s 33 following his most recent win at Pocono, along with tying Stewart’s Cup Series career win total.

· 192 and Counting: Busch enters Darlington with 192 career wins among NASCAR’s top three divisions – Cup (49), Xfinity (92) and Truck (51) following his sweep of the Camping World Truck and Cup Series races at Pocono earlier this month.

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