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KYLE BUSCH Team Report Round 7 of 36 – O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 – Texas

Car No.: 18 – Interstate Batteries Camry

Teammates: – No. 11 ; Martin Truex Jr. – No. 19 Toyota Camry; 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: Crew Chief: Adam Stevens Hometown: Hometown: Portsmouth, Ohio

Car Chief: Nate Bellows Team Engineer: Hometown: Fairfax, 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,

Mechanic: Todd Foster Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama

Notes of Interest:

 The O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 will mark Kyle Busch’s 505th career NASCAR Cup Series start and his 27th NASCAR Cup Series start at in Fort Worth.

 Busch has career totals of 53 wins, 31 poles, 188 top-five finishes, 275 top-10s and 16,211 laps led in 503 career Cup Series races. His most recent Cup Series win came two races ago at in Fontana, California, his second consecutive Cup Series victory. Busch’s most recent pole, the 30th of his career, came in October at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

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 Busch has three wins, 12 top-five finishes and 13 top-10s and has led a total of 864 laps in 26 career Cup Series starts at Texas. Busch’s average Texas finish is 11.8.

 53 Career Cup Series Wins: With his Cup Series win at Auto Club two weekends ago, the 53rd points-paying win of his career, Busch sits 11th all-time in Cup Series wins and is one win away from tying NASCAR Hall of Famer ’s 54 wins in NASCAR’s top series. 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 .

 15 and 5 Club: Busch’s wins at ISM Raceway near Phoenix and Auto Club the earlier this season means he has won at least one Cup Series race for 15 consecutive seasons. The wins also mean Busch has won back-to-back races for the fifth consecutive season.

 Six-for-Six: Busch has notched six top-10 finishes in the six races contested so far this season in NASCAR’s top series. Five of those were top-fives, the lone “blemish” being his sixth-place finish the second week of the season at .

 All 23: With his win at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway last 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 for most all-time Cup Series wins for JGR. Busch now has 49 wins for JGR to Stewart’s 33 following his most recent win at Phoenix, along with besting Stewart’s Cup Series career win total.

 201: Busch enters the weekend at Texas with 201 wins among NASCAR’s top three divisions – Cup (53), Xfinity (94) and Truck (54) – following his NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series win last weekend at Martinsville.

 1,000: Busch notched his 1000th start among NASCAR’s top three divisions last weekend at Martinsville – Cup (506 starts), Xfinity (348 starts) and Truck (149 starts). He is entered in in all three of NASCAR’s national series races at Texas this weekend.

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