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NASCAR Bush Series

Historical Anecdote to The NASCAR Busch Series Championship

The first NASCAR Busch Series Championship was organized in 1982. Since then, the Busch Series has compiled a sizable statistical databank, which also contains facts about the drivers who participated in this car-racing sport's No. 2 series. According to their sources, Tommy Ellis at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway and Mark Martin at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway earned the maximum number of career Busch Series pole positions at one track. Similarly, Sam Ard and Mark Martin won the most career Busch Series from the pole position, whereas Tommy Ellis made the leading number of career Busch Series pole positions. Sam Ard also made the record of achieving the maximum number of wins in a Busch Series season in 1983. Casey Atwood holds the record for being the youngest driver to win a Busch Series race at the Milwaukee (Wis.), Mile on July 4,1999. At that time, he was 18 years and 10 months old. At the age of 56 years and 11 months, Dick Trickle was the oldest driver to win a Busch Series race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway on Sept. 5,1998. Jack Roush, along with drivers Mark Martin (38), Jeff Burton (16) and Greg Biffle (9), holds the record for the maximum number of career victories in the Busch Series by a car owner. And Patty Moise has the honors of being the only female driver to achieve the best finish in the Busch Series standings in 1990.

Jason Keller joined the ranks of Tommy Houston, Elton Sawyer, Randy Lajoie and 1999 Winston Cup Champion, Dale Jarrett to become the fifth driver in NASCAR Busch Series history to achieve the milestone of making his 300th-career start as a NASCAR Busch Series driver. Keller has earned nine wins and nine poles during the course of reaching his 300th start. He has witnessed several vital changes in the NASCAR Busch Series during his tenure. The Busch Series had never gone beyond the west of the Mississippi River when Keller first started competing in this series. At present, the series travels to Kansas Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway,and California Speedway which are very different from Hickory, Myrtle Beach and Rougemont. The NASCAR Busch Series has survived many ups and downs during its 10-year-old history.

Richard Childress, a team owner, wanted his No.21 Payday Busch Series team to win the Owners' Championship when it entered the 2003 NASCAR Busch Series season, although drivers Kevin Harvick and Johnny Sauter were the favorites of that season. His aim was fulfilled, as the team won the 2003 Busch Series Owners' Championship at North Carolina Speedway. By clinching this title, the team found a place of honor in the NASCAR record book. It became the first team in Busch Series history to win the team title with two drivers. In this way, Childress became the first NASCAR team owner to win championships in all three of NASCAR's premier divisions-- Winston Cup Series,6 time winner with Driver Dale Earnhardt, Busch Series (2001) with Driver Kevin Harvick, and Craftsman Truck Series (1995) with Driver Mike Skinner. Richard Childress had established his Busch Series operation in 2000. At present, it is flourishing very well. The efforts put in the year 2000 helped Harvick to achieve the Rookie-of-the-Year title. The 2001 team, with Harvick in the driver's seat, won the Busch Series Championship and Childress earned his first Busch Series Owners' Championship award.

To top it all, Bobby Labonte created a record by becoming the only driver to win both a NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Winston Cup Series Championship. So far, he and Terry are the only brothers to win the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championships.