Mar 24, 2021 · Kurt Busch had won the 2004 championship, just three years removed from a historically bad rookie campaign, and holding off some of the biggest names in NASCAR history to do it. Kurt's championship triumph culminated one of the greatest championship battles, ever, no matter the championship format.

Sep 8, 2019 · The run-in's with Spence culminated at Michigan in 2003 when Spence punched Kurt and was suspended by NASCAR. Kurt moved past that in 2004, and held off the dominant Hendrick duo of Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon to win his first championship in the inaugural Chase for the Championship. 2005 showed Kurt's first sign of self-destruction.

Kurt Busch is the biggest redemption arc in the history of NASCAR. His whole career is a big "what might have been". He squandered some of the best years of his career being an insufferable dick, stepping on toes, and burning bridges.

Aug 26, 2023 · I'm a fan of his, and I'll remember both. His championships, his feuds with Spencer, the snow angels at Bristol, his inconsistent form through his twilight years, and how he was NASCAR's human crash test dummy and ended his career with a crash everyone knew going into the season could really hurt someone only NASCAR decided not …

Oct 15, 2022 · a stain on NASCAR for life to send a Hall Of Fame driver packing cuz of a shitty car design. I am a huge Earnhardt fan, both of them are Hall of Fame drivers, one ended his last race day in the morgue and the other ended his career because of repeated concussions (at least one of which happened in the Gen 6, the "gold standard" of safe NASCAR stock cars).

May 16, 2022 · Kurt Busch's long career at this particular time in history not only shows us how talented he is as a driver, it also gives us a unique look at how much NASCAR has changed. Note: All stats shown are for the Cup Series. Kurt Busch has... - Won races for 5 different owners in 6 different car numbers. - Won 3+ races for 4 different owners.

Jimmy Spencer's like the Al Bundy of NASCAR, still trying to cling to scoring the winning touch down in the city championship 25-30 years ago. Jimmy won two races, and stuck around for almost 20 years being a 20-25th place driver.

May 20, 2022 · Kyle coming along really changed Kurt's stats. Before Kyle won his first Cup race, Kurt was winning a race for every 13 he was in. Ever since Kyle got that first Cup win, Kurts average has jumped to a win for every 28. Kurt was on a tear in that 97 car and was never able to really find that magic again. He and Jimmy Fennig were quite the combo.

May 5, 2023 · Kurt and Kyle may be more balanced, but even though Maurice didn't do very good, him and Richard still won 200 races and 7 championships to the 96 races and 3 championships the Busch brothers won. Reply

Jun 12, 2021 · 2007- Kurt would score 2 Wins for Penske along with 14 Top 10s and finishing 7th in points, he also made 5 Busch starts scoring 3 Top 10s and a best finish of 3rd at Watkins Glen. 2008- Kurt only scored 1 win and 10 Top 10s in 2008 Finishing just 18th in the points standings.