KYLE BUSCH Interstate Batteries Team Report Round 23 of 36 – Consumers Energy 400 – Michigan
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KYLE BUSCH Interstate Batteries Team Report Round 23 of 36 – Consumers Energy 400 – Michigan Car No.: 18 – Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry Teammates: Denny Hamlin – No. 11 Toyota Camry; Daniel Suarez – 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: Ben Beshore 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 Consumers Energy 400 will mark Kyle Busch’s 485th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start and his 28th NASCAR Cup Series start at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. · Busch has career totals of 49 wins, 30 poles, 177 top-five finishes, 259 top-10s and 15,448 laps led in 484 career Cup Series races. His most recent Cup Series win came two 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. -more- Interstate Batteries Racing – 2018 Michigan II Team Report Page Two · Busch has one win, five top-five finishes and nine top-10s and has led a total of 233 laps in 27 career Cup Series starts at Michigan. Busch’s average Michigan finish is 18.9. · Regular-Season Race: Busch leads the regular-season standings by 70 points over second-place Kevin Harvick. Busch and Harvick both have six wins and, with five races to go in the regular season, both are battling it out for the 15-point playoff bonus for winning the regular-season title. Busch has 36 playoff points to Harvick’s 33, with Martin Truex Jr., sitting 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 Tony Stewart. Next up Busch is chasing NASCAR legends Ned Jarrett and Junior Johnson, 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 Richard Petty, Jeff Gordon, 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 Michigan 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 two weekends ago. -TSC- .