Ugh, I absolutely despise Kyle Busch, that little butt monkey. Unfortunately the little bitch won the race at Las Vegas so he's next on my NASCAR history thingamabob.
Kyle Busch#18 M&M's Toyota Camry
Joe Gibbs Racing
Starts (as of 3/2/09): 153
Wins: 13
Top 5s: 49
Top 10s: 74
Poles: 5
Kyle Busch was born in Las Vegas, NV, on May 2, 1985. He and his brother Kurt raced in numerous circuits in the southwest and when Las Vegas Motor Speedway opened up, they both aimed at winning at their hometown track. Kyle Busch was the first to do so, just yesterday in fact, as he continues to take the Sprint Cup Series by storm. The little punkass has a vendetta against Hendrick Motorsports got giving him the boot when Dale Earnhardt, Jr. became available, but the little asshole deserves it because he needs a punching from Jimmy Spencer. Spencer punching his older brother seemed to have set Kurt Busch straight so we need it to happen to Kyle, that little cock.
2004
Kyle Busch made his Cup Series debut at his home track of Las Vegas in Hendrick's #84 CarQuest Chevrolet. Kyle Busch would go on to race in six events and failing to qualify three times, at Texas, New Hampshire, and Michigan. His results in this few races would be misleading to the pure talent he would showcase in 2008 as his highest finish in 2004 was 24th and he had DNFs in four of the six races.
2005-2006
With Terry Labonte stepping aside from full-time racing, Kyle Busch stepped in to take over the famous #5 Kellogg's ride in 2005. Kyle Busch would break through with two wins, at California (becoming the youngest driver to ever win a Cup Series race) and Phoenix, and would easily win Rookie of the Year honors, despite his very inconsistent racing that relegated him to a 20th-place finish in the standings (it helps that Travis Kvapil was his only competition for ROTY honors). He also won his first career pole in only his second of that season.
The next year would prove Kyle Busch was not a fluke, despite winning only one time at New Hampshire. He would make the Chase for his first time but faltered right off the bat with a crash and a blown engine in the first two races of the the Chase. He would finish off the year in 10th as he would go on to record only 3 top tens in the Chase.
As for the paint scheme, it was pretty ugly. For some reason, Hendrick and Kellogg's decided to change the paint scheme from the famous blue and tiger-striped car to an ugly bright yellow and blue car. It's a color scheme the #5 car still has today as it went through the hands of Casey Mears and Mark Martin after Busch was booted. 2005 would begin the entertainment industry's fascination with Kyle Busch in using him to promote movies and TV shows. 2005 would bring us Robots, Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and Johnny Bravo schemes. Some 2006 special schemes featured Ice Age 2 and Cars. Other sponsors that stepped in to sponsor him were, in both years, CarQuest, Cheez-It, and Delphi.
2007
In 2007, Kyle Busch would have another great year, despite once again only winning once, this time at Bristol (where he infamously said the then new Car of Tomorrow "sucked"), and was the first driver to win in the COT, won Hendrick's 200th race, and won Chevrolet's 600th race. He made the Chase for the second year in a row and finished fifth in the points standings. Kellogg's would step back from a full sponsorship role and enter into a co-primary sponsorship deal with CarQuest where each company would split the sponsorship during the year, a practice many teams do now. It would be all Kellogg's and CarQuest this season with Cheez-It sponsoring at Texas and California. No movies graced his car this year. However, it was learned Kyle Busch would be essentially fired from the team despite his success, a move many people attributed to Kyle Busch's attitude, and replaced by Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
The paint scheme essentially remained about the same except a flash of red was added for whatever reason. The colors make no sense since Kellogg's and CarQuest do not have that color scheme.
2008
2008 would become Kyle Busch's breakthough season where he would become a threat to win every single race on the circuit. After being booted from Hendrick's #5 ride, Joe Gibbs Racing readily snatched him up for the #18 car, which featured a new sponsor in M&M's. Kyle Busch had a mission to make a fool of Hendrick and his decision to let Kyle Busch go. He dominated the series, at least until the Chase came around. He won a whopping eight races, a feat that was amazingly beaten by Carl Edwards' 9 wins that season, at Atlanta, Talladega, Darlington, Dover, Sonoma, Daytona, Chicagoland, and Watkins Glen, showing everybody he could win at any track at any time. When the Chase started, however, the wheels fell off the younger Busch's season. A repeat of the 2006 Chase happened. He wrecked in the first race and blew an engine in the second race. Despite dominating the regular season, he fell apart during the Chase. He had as many finishes outside the top ten as he did finishes inside the top ten and wound up 10th in the points standings, after leading the points for the majority of the regular season.
Some of his major secondary sponsors had primary sponsorships for him in select races, such as Interstate Batteries, Pedigree, and Snickers. He also drove an M&M-themed Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull car and an M&M's Halloween scheme. He also showed up pink when he drove a pink car at Charlotte to promote breast cancer awareness and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
2009
Kyle Busch expects to return to form in 2009, even though it started out not so good. He was the dominant car at the Daytona 500, leading the most laps, when he was taken out in the Big One, ruining his day. He recovered the next race, though, with a third-place finish and then won the third race at Las Vegas, his home track.
2004
Kyle Busch made his Cup Series debut at his home track of Las Vegas in Hendrick's #84 CarQuest Chevrolet. Kyle Busch would go on to race in six events and failing to qualify three times, at Texas, New Hampshire, and Michigan. His results in this few races would be misleading to the pure talent he would showcase in 2008 as his highest finish in 2004 was 24th and he had DNFs in four of the six races.
2005-2006
With Terry Labonte stepping aside from full-time racing, Kyle Busch stepped in to take over the famous #5 Kellogg's ride in 2005. Kyle Busch would break through with two wins, at California (becoming the youngest driver to ever win a Cup Series race) and Phoenix, and would easily win Rookie of the Year honors, despite his very inconsistent racing that relegated him to a 20th-place finish in the standings (it helps that Travis Kvapil was his only competition for ROTY honors). He also won his first career pole in only his second of that season.
The next year would prove Kyle Busch was not a fluke, despite winning only one time at New Hampshire. He would make the Chase for his first time but faltered right off the bat with a crash and a blown engine in the first two races of the the Chase. He would finish off the year in 10th as he would go on to record only 3 top tens in the Chase.
As for the paint scheme, it was pretty ugly. For some reason, Hendrick and Kellogg's decided to change the paint scheme from the famous blue and tiger-striped car to an ugly bright yellow and blue car. It's a color scheme the #5 car still has today as it went through the hands of Casey Mears and Mark Martin after Busch was booted. 2005 would begin the entertainment industry's fascination with Kyle Busch in using him to promote movies and TV shows. 2005 would bring us Robots, Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and Johnny Bravo schemes. Some 2006 special schemes featured Ice Age 2 and Cars. Other sponsors that stepped in to sponsor him were, in both years, CarQuest, Cheez-It, and Delphi.
2007
In 2007, Kyle Busch would have another great year, despite once again only winning once, this time at Bristol (where he infamously said the then new Car of Tomorrow "sucked"), and was the first driver to win in the COT, won Hendrick's 200th race, and won Chevrolet's 600th race. He made the Chase for the second year in a row and finished fifth in the points standings. Kellogg's would step back from a full sponsorship role and enter into a co-primary sponsorship deal with CarQuest where each company would split the sponsorship during the year, a practice many teams do now. It would be all Kellogg's and CarQuest this season with Cheez-It sponsoring at Texas and California. No movies graced his car this year. However, it was learned Kyle Busch would be essentially fired from the team despite his success, a move many people attributed to Kyle Busch's attitude, and replaced by Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
The paint scheme essentially remained about the same except a flash of red was added for whatever reason. The colors make no sense since Kellogg's and CarQuest do not have that color scheme.
2008
2008 would become Kyle Busch's breakthough season where he would become a threat to win every single race on the circuit. After being booted from Hendrick's #5 ride, Joe Gibbs Racing readily snatched him up for the #18 car, which featured a new sponsor in M&M's. Kyle Busch had a mission to make a fool of Hendrick and his decision to let Kyle Busch go. He dominated the series, at least until the Chase came around. He won a whopping eight races, a feat that was amazingly beaten by Carl Edwards' 9 wins that season, at Atlanta, Talladega, Darlington, Dover, Sonoma, Daytona, Chicagoland, and Watkins Glen, showing everybody he could win at any track at any time. When the Chase started, however, the wheels fell off the younger Busch's season. A repeat of the 2006 Chase happened. He wrecked in the first race and blew an engine in the second race. Despite dominating the regular season, he fell apart during the Chase. He had as many finishes outside the top ten as he did finishes inside the top ten and wound up 10th in the points standings, after leading the points for the majority of the regular season.
Some of his major secondary sponsors had primary sponsorships for him in select races, such as Interstate Batteries, Pedigree, and Snickers. He also drove an M&M-themed Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull car and an M&M's Halloween scheme. He also showed up pink when he drove a pink car at Charlotte to promote breast cancer awareness and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
2009
Kyle Busch expects to return to form in 2009, even though it started out not so good. He was the dominant car at the Daytona 500, leading the most laps, when he was taken out in the Big One, ruining his day. He recovered the next race, though, with a third-place finish and then won the third race at Las Vegas, his home track.
Notable Special Schemes
2005 Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Ran at Richmond to promote the final movie in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
2008 Interstate BatteriesLong-time Joe Gibbs Racing and #18 sponsor Interstate Batteries stepped down from its primary sponsorship but still sponsors the car for select races, and from what I heard at considerable discount since Gibbs feels he owes the company much for being there since the beginning.
2008 SnickersFlames on a riveted metal scheme, which really has nothing to do with Snickers but it's still pretty interesting looking. He won the first ever race for Toyota with this scheme.
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullIndiana Jones won at Darlington in a promotion for the newest Indiana Jones movie. It was M&M's themed with the green M&M on the hood wearing the trademark fedora and whip.
2008 Susan G. Komen FoundationKyle Busch loved his pink race car that was used at Charlotte. It was used to promote breast cancer awareness along with a few other cars.
2008 Halloween M&M'sAnother fun M&M's-themed scheme (I love the M&M-themed special paint schemes) where the M&M characters dressed up for Halloween at Atlanta.
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the FallenAnother "Revenge" scheme for Kyle Busch but this time the red M&M is posing as Optimus Prime on the hood. It will run at Sonoma to promote the sequel to 2007's Transformers.
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