Kyle Busch is a regular winner at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, (NHMS) in all three of NASCAR’s top-tier racing series. Among 30 career races at the “Magic Mile,” Busch has recorded seven total wins, including victories in three NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) races between 2009 and 2011, as well as the last three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events he participated in during those same years. The last two Truck Series wins for Busch in 2010 and 2011 were also accomplished from the pole position. This year Busch hopes to add another victory to his resume in the Nationwide Series, this time behind the seat of the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) No. 54 Monster Energy Camry.
JGR statistics in the Nationwide Series at New Hampshire Motor Speedway record four wins in 26 races, with 12 top-five finishes, 16 top-10 finishes, one pole and 532 laps led. The No. 54 Monster Energy team’s crew chief Adam Stevens, however, experienced disappointment in 2011 when an on-track accident knocked out the team and then JGR driver Joey Logano.
In 2011, Busch achieved a milestone when he tied NASCAR veteran Mark Martin for the Nationwide series Career Victory lead (49 wins), with a win in that year’s New Hampshire event. The 2011 win was also Busch’s 100th victory in NASCAR’s top-three series combined. Busch has since gone on to achieve 115 total career NASCAR series wins, along with top billing as the winningest Nationwide Series driver, with 57 checkered-flag grabs to date.
Busch was unable to secure a win in New Hampshire in 2012, but did produce one pole and a second-place starting position in both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events. Last year’s Nationwide Series attempt ended when a fuel pressure issue placed him 28th, so he’s looking for a chance to improve statistics there once again. The now 28-year-old looks to notch his seventh victory of 2013 and continue the team’s successful Nationwide Series season, at a New Hampshire short track where he is very familiar with victory lane.
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