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KYLE BUSCH M&M’S Team Report Round 19 of 36 – Quaker State 400 – Kentucky KYLE BUSCH M&M’S Team Report Round 19 of 36 – Quaker State 400 – Kentucky Car No.: 18 – M&M’S Toyota Camry Teammates: Denny Hamlin – No. 11 Toyota Camry; Martin Truex Jr. – No. 19 Toyota Camry; Erik Jones – 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: Kyle Busch Crew Chief: Adam Stevens Hometown: Las Vegas Hometown: Portsmouth, Ohio Car Chief: Nate Bellows Team Engineer: Tyler Allen 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, Florida Hometown: Johnstown, Colorado Jackman: T.J. Ford Rear Tire Changer: Jeff Cordero Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina 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 Quaker State 400 will mark Kyle Busch’s 517th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start and his ninth NASCAR Cup Series start at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta. Busch has career totals of 55 wins, 31 poles, 193 top-five finishes, 284 top-10s and 16,619 laps led in 516 career Cup Series races. His most recent Cup Series win came last month at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway. Busch’s most recent pole, the 30th of his career, came in October at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. -more- M&M’S Racing – 2019 Kentucky Team Report Page Two Busch has two wins, six top-five finishes and seven top-10s and has led a total of 549 laps in eight Cup Series starts at Kentucky. Busch’s average Kentucky finish is 5.0. Kentucky Thoroughbred: In addition to winning the inaugural Cup Series race at Kentucky in 2011 and again in 2015, Busch has three wins (2004, 2016, and 2017) nine top-fives, and has led a total of 877 laps in 11 career NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Kentucky. In the Gander Outdoors Truck Series at Kentucky, Busch has two wins (2011 and 2014), three top-five and six top-10s in seven starts there. Loopy for Kentucky: With two wins in the first eight Cup Series races run at Kentucky, Busch has strong statistics overall and is best in the series in eight categories since the series began visiting the 1.5-mile oval in 2011: Laps Led: 549, or 29.7 percent, in eight starts (1st). Average Running Position: 4.651 (1st). Average Finish: 5.0 (1st). Driver Rating: 124.4 (1st). Fastest on Restarts: 168.282 mph (1st). Fastest Laps Run: 290 (1st). Average Green-Flag Speed: 174.197 mph (1st). Laps in the Top-15: 2,061, or 96.5 percent (1st). 55 Career Cup Series Wins: With his Cup Series win at Pocono, the 55th points-paying win of his career, Busch sits tied for ninth all-time in Cup Series wins with NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace. 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 Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon and Herb Thomas. All-Time JGR Wins Leader: With his Brickyard 400 win in July 2016, Busch passed Tony Stewart for most all-time Cup Series wins for JGR. Busch now has 51 wins for JGR to Stewart’s 33 following his most recent win at Bristol, along with besting Stewart’s Cup Series career win total. 206: Busch enters the weekend at Kentucky with 206 wins among NASCAR’s top three divisions – Cup (55), Xfinity (95) and Truck (56) – following his most recent Cup Series win at Pocono. -TSC- .
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