Kyle Busch

Kyle Busch (born May 2, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a rookie driver in the 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and is the youngest driver ever to win a race in Nextel Cup and Craftsman Truck history.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

At 16, Busch competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series for Roush Racing as a replacement after the team's two drivers were released midway in the 2001 season, and earned two top-10 finishes in six starts what was scheduled to be a full-season campaign for 2002.

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Busch was the fastest in practice for a 2001 Craftsman Truck Series race at California Speedway in Fontana, CA, when he was ejected from the track by CART officials because the American Racing Wheels 200 was part of a CART weekend featuring the Marlboro 500 CART event.

Related Topics:
California Speedway - CART - American Racing Wheels - Marlboro

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Marlboro threw Busch out of the garage because of an interpretation of the Master Settlement Agreement of 1998, prohibiting persons under 18 years of age in participating in events sponsored by tobacco companies.

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Six weeks after the incident, NASCAR imposed a minimum age of 18 years starting in 2002 to prevent future incidents from happening, to prevent situations from happening again, because Winston was the premier series sponsor.

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