Without a doubt, Kyle Busch has to be the most confident driver in the garage – on the basis of where he’s going and where he’s been. His next NASCAR national series victory will be No. 100.
Following last week’s victory at Kentucky Speedway – his third of the season – Busch is back atop the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship standings. It’s the 26-year-old driver’s third time in the No. 1 slot this year previously leading after Phoenix and Martinsville.
Next stop New Hampshire Motor Speedway where Busch counts five victories over all three national series. He’s the 2006 winner of the LENOX Industrial Tools 301.
Busch is No. 1 in the points department as well as tied with Kevin Harvick for most wins. And he’s a runaway leader in Loop Data statistics as well, owning a season-best Driver Rating of 111.9 through the first 18 races.
Here are several key categories in which Busch is the leader:
• Average Running Position of 8.854
• Fastest Laps Run, 10.3 %
• Fastest on restarts
• Fastest green flag speed
• Laps in the Top 15, 85.6%
If you’re looking for a statistic that truly tells the tale of Busch’s domination it’s in laps led: 1,060 of 5,295. To put that in context, that’s almost 600 more laps led than the 473 laps led by the next best leader, five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson.
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