NASCAR: 10 future Hall of Famers among 2020 drivers
By Asher Fair
Future NASCAR Hall of Famers: #2 – Kyle Busch
Kyle Busch only turned 35 years old last year, and he is already in 10th place on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series wins list with 57 victories, despite having endured some lengthy win droughts in recent years, including a 33-race win drought to start the 2020 season.
While his Cup Series achievements will be what propel him into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, especially since he is currently riding a 16-year winning streak, you also cannot ignore what he has done in the Xfinity Series and the Truck Series, including as a team owner in the latter.
Busch holds the all-time wins record in the Xfinity Series with 97, nearly twice the amount of second place Mark Martin (49), and he holds the all-time wins record in the Truck Series with 59.
Before full-time Cup Series drivers were ineligible to compete for the Xfinity Series championship, Busch secured a title at NASCAR’s second highest level of competition back in 2009.
All in all, he is the winningest driver across NASCAR’s top three series with 213 victories, and he broke the former record of 200, held by Richard Petty, in March of 2019 before he even turned 34 years old.
Busch’s success as a Truck Series team owner includes two championships with Kyle Busch Motorsports, one with Erik Jones in 2015 and another with Christopher Bell in 2017.