Kyle Busch turned 34 years old today. How do his statistics compare to those of other NASCAR Cup Series greats when they turned 34 years old?
With the success that Kyle Busch has had throughout the course of his NASCAR Cup Series career, it is hard to believe that he only turned 34 years old today.
The Las Vegas, Nevada native has driven in the Cup Series since the 2004 season, and he has been a full-time driver since the 2005 season.
Everyone knows that Busch is already the winningest driver in NASCAR history with 204 career victories, the winningest driver in Xfinity Series history with 95 career victories and the winningest driver in Truck Series history with 55 career victories, three all-time records that won’t likely fall for many years, if at all.
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So let’s take a look at how Busch’s current Cup Series statistics, particularly his victories and win percentage, compare to the Cup Series statistics of other NASCAR greats when they turned 34 years old.
Over the course of his Cup Series career, Busch has competed in 508 races, and he has earned 54 victories, giving him a career win percentage of 10.63%.
Busch’s career Cup Series win total ranks in a 10th place on the all-time Cup Series wins list. Here is a list of the top 10 drivers on this list (not including Busch), sorted by their career win totals. This list includes their career win totals, career start totals and career win percentages.
- Richard Petty – 200 wins in 1,184 starts (16.89% win percentage)
- David Pearson – 105 wins in 574 starts (18.29% win percentage)
- Jeff Gordon – 93 wins in 805 starts (11.55% win percentage)
- Bobby Allison – 84 wins in 718 starts (11.70% win percentage)
- Darrell Waltrip – 84 wins in 809 starts (10.38% win percentage)
- Cale Yarborough – 83 wins in 560 starts (14.82% win percentage)
- Jimmie Johnson – 83 wins in 620 starts (13.39% win percentage)
- Dale Earnhardt – 76 wins in 676 starts (11.24% win percentage)
- Rusty Wallace – 55 wins in 706 starts (7.79% win percentage)
- Lee Petty – 54 wins in 427 starts (12.65% win percentage)
Here are what the Cup Series statistics of these 10 drivers were on their 34th birthdays, sorted by their win total. This list includes their win totals, start totals and win percentages when they turned 34 years old.
- Richard Petty – 129 wins in 544 starts (23.71% win percentage)
- Jeff Gordon – 72 wins in 421 starts (17.10% win percentage)
- David Pearson – 46 wins in 281 starts (16.37% win percentage)
- Jimmie Johnson – 43 wins in 281 starts (15.30% win percentage)
- Bobby Allison – 29 wins in 241 starts (12.03% win percentage)
- Darrell Waltrip – 27 wins in 221 starts (12.22% win percentage)
- Rusty Wallace – 18 wins in 201 starts (8.96% win percentage)
- Cale Yarborough – 15 wins in 204 starts (7.35% win percentage)
- Dale Earnhardt – 13 wins in 196 starts (6.63% win percentage)
- Lee Petty – 0 wins in 0 starts (N/A win percentage)
As a result, Busch’s Cup Series win total on his 34th birthday ranks third on the all-time list. However, his start total on his 34th birthday ranks second on the all-time list, giving him a win percentage on his 34th birthday that ranks seventh of the win percentages of the 11 drivers who had won at least 54 career Cup Series races when they turned 34 years old.
How much higher will Kyle Busch climb on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins list before he retires considering the fact that he is only 34 years old and the fact that he may very well still not have peaked?