Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch entered the weekend to compete in both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Cup Series races at Auto Club Speedway, and with 199 career NASCAR victories under his belt, he only needed to win one more race to tie Richard Petty’s all-time record in NASCAR, or 200.
After finishing in second place in the 150-lap Xfinity Series race, the Alliance Production Group 300on the four-turn, 2.219-mile Auto Club Speedway oval in Fontana, Calif., the 33-year-old Las Vegas, Nev. native won the 200-lap Cup Series race, the Auto Club 400on the track to earn his 200th career NASCAR victory and tie Petty’s all-time record.
The drivers closest to Busch and Petty on the all-time NASCAR wins list are David Pearson and Kevin Harvick, who are tied for third place on that list with 106 career victories.
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While Petty earned his 200 NASCAR victories in the Cup Series, Busch earned his in NASCAR’s best three seasons. He has earned a total of 53 Cup Series victories, a total that ranks him 11th on the all-time list of Cup Series victories, as well as an all-time record of 94 Xfinity Series victories and a record of all-time 53 Truck Series wins.
As a result, this has been a hotly debated topic over the past few weeks as Busch’s career NASCAR win total has edged closer to 200, and now that he’s at 200, debates around this topic will continue. likely to continue to intensify.
Busch entered the 2019 season having earned 194 career victories in NASCAR, including 51 Cup Series victories, 92 Xfinity Series victories and 52 Truck Series victories. He has two Cup Series wins in five starts so far this season, but he was undefeated in his Xfinity Series and Truck Series starts heading into Saturday’s Production Alliance Group 300, winning two races in two starts in each series. . As a result, he earned six wins in just 10 NASCAR starts in 2019.
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How much more NASCAR victories that Kyle Busch will win before retiring? How many more wins will he notch in each of the sport’s top three series? Will he break Richard Petty’s NASCAR winning record and score his 201st career victory? If yes, when?
Next weekend, Busch is scheduled to compete in the Truck Series and Cup Series races, the Martinsville 250 and STP 500, respectively, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. These races are scheduled to air live on Fox at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 23 and on Fox Sports 1 at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 24, respectively, so be sure to tune in to them both.
