KYLE BUSCH -King of the Concrete
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – Over the course of the past three seasons, there hasn’t been a driver more dominant on NASCAR’s concrete surfaces than Kyle Busch. In fact, he could easily be called the “King of the Concrete,” for the talented 26-year-old has 17 wins at concrete-clad ovals dating back to 2008 – a run that includes drives in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Dover (Del.) International Speedway, site of Sunday’s FedEx 400 benefitting Autism Speaks Sprint Cup race, is one of three concrete tracks that hosts NASCAR’s top-three divisions. Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway is the other, while Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, hosts only Nationwide and Truck Series races.
Busch’s cumulative track record at these venues is impressive. Consider…
· At Dover, he has two Sprint Cup wins, three Nationwide Series wins and one Truck Series win. All but the Truck Series win (2005) came in the last three years.
· At Bristol, Busch has five Sprint Cup wins, three Nationwide Series wins and three Truck Series wins. All but two – a Sprint Cup win in March 2007 and a Nationwide Series win in March 2006 – have been earned in the last three years.
· And at Nashville, Busch has a Nationwide Series win and two Truck Series wins – all in the last two years.
That gives Busch 20 victories across these concrete tracks. And now Busch, the winner of two Sprint Cup races already this season, is hungry for more.
The driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is ready to feast at Dover, where in the lead-up to Sunday’s Sprint Cup race, he’ll begin the weekend with Friday’s Truck Series race and Saturday’s Nationwide Series race. But the main focus is on the FedEx 400, where Busch plans on delivering his 22nd career Sprint Cup victory and his third at the aptly named “Monster Mile.”
Should Busch end up in the winner’s circle after successfully slaying the Monster, plan on a feast fit for a king – the “King of the Concrete.”