KYLE BUSCH M&M’S Team Report Round 36 of 36 – Ford EcoBoost 400 –Homestead

Car No.: 18 – M&M’S 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, Hometown: Johnstown, Colorado

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

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: Brad Rothlin Rear End Mechanic: Chris Jones Hometown: Fortuna, California Hometown: Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia

Interior Mechanic: Todd Foster Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama

Notes of Interest:

· The Ford EcoBoost 400 will mark Kyle Busch’s 498th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start and his 14th NASCAR Cup Series start at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

· Busch has career totals of 51 wins, 30 poles, 182 top-five finishes, 268 top-10s and 15,829 laps led in 497 career Cup Series races. His most recent Cup Series win came last weekend at ISM Raceway near Phoenix. Busch’s most recent pole, the 31st of his career, came three weekends ago at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

· Busch has one win, three top-five finishes and six top-10s, and has led a total of 322 laps in 13 career Cup Series starts at Homestead. Busch’s average Homestead finish is 18.5.

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· Championship 4 Bound: With his win last weekend at Phoenix, Busch clinched a berth into the Championship 4 at Homestead for the fourth year in a row. The 2015 Cup Series champion will look to bring home his second championship in the season finale Sunday in South Florida against fellow Championship 4 competitors Martin Truex Jr., and .

· 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.

· 51 Career Cup Series Wins: With his Cup Series win at Phoenix, the 51st points-paying win of his career, Busch has now 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 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 47 wins for JGR to Stewart’s 33 following his most recent win at Richmond, along with besting Stewart’s Cup Series career win total.

· 194 and Counting: Busch enters Homestead with 193 career wins among NASCAR’s top three divisions – Cup (51), Xfinity (92) and Truck (51) – following his Cup Series win last weekend at ISM Raceway.

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