| Kyle Busch, born in Las Vegas, Nevada on the May | | | | limitation ruling was enforced by NASCAR which |
| 2nd, 1985 is also known as Shrub as he is the | | | | meant that Busch had to wait till he turned 18 to |
| younger brother of NASCAR driver Kurt Busch. By | | | | compete on a NASCAR level again. While he waited |
| age 6, Kyle was already speeding around his family's | | | | until he was old enough to return to the NASCAR |
| home in Las Vegas in a makeshift go-kart. His father, | | | | tracks, Kyle joined the American Speed Association |
| Tom Busch, taught the young Kyle the basics in | | | | and ran the entire 2002 schedule. He also graduated |
| racing but until he was tall enough, his father would | | | | that year from Durango High School adding more |
| hold down the gas pedal as Busch would maneuver | | | | pride to his parents already bursting cabinet of |
| the kart around the neighborhood. Because of his | | | | trophies as he graduated a year earlier. |
| family's involvement in racing, it was only natural that | | | | The next year Busch signed up with Hendrick |
| Kyle grew up tinkering in garages, building and | | | | Motorsports and in that same year, he entered |
| repairing race cars with his father and older brother. | | | | seven NASCAR Busch Series races and managed to |
| He started driving competitively professionally at age | | | | cinch the runner-up finish at Lowe's Motor Speedway |
| 13 and has since awed the world of NASCAR. It took | | | | in his first start. He was also able to win his first |
| him seven years to compete in the NASCAR premier | | | | Automobile Racing Club of America event in Nashville. |
| series and he astonished everyone when he was | | | | In 2004, he then went on to win the Automobile |
| crowned the youngest winner in series history. | | | | Racing Club of America victory on the high banks of |
| Although he was a racing fiend, his parents made | | | | Daytona International Speedway. All the winnings |
| sure that he was academically sound and as a result, | | | | then made him the youngest top rookie at age 19 in |
| he was also an honor student in school. His parents | | | | all of the series' history. |
| also instilled a sense of responsibility in Kyle which | | | | By the time he reached age 19, Kyle had won his |
| means that he was taught from an early age to | | | | first series at Richmond International Raceway, |
| respect other drivers and to keep his equipment in | | | | qualified for six NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series races, |
| shape. | | | | selected by team owner Rick Hendrick to replace |
| Kyle was picking up track championships at the Las | | | | two-time Cup Series champion, Terry Labonte, for |
| Vegas Motor Speedway before moving up to late | | | | the No.5 Kellogg's Chevrolets for 2005. He then went |
| models. His emergence as being victorious made | | | | on to break the record held by Donald Thomas when |
| important people pay attention to the budding star. | | | | he won the Lakewood Speedway race in 1952. Kyle |
| At age 16 he entered the NASCAR Craftsman Truck | | | | managed to win at the California Speedway when he |
| Series at the Indianapolis Raceway Park. He finished | | | | beat Thomas's record by 4 days. The rest, as they |
| in ninth place in that race after starting at 23rd. | | | | say, is history. |
| Unfortunately the glory was short lived as an age | | | | |