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Kurt Busch Biography

Kurt Busch born Kurt Thomas Busch  is an American professional stock car racing driver. Busch currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Chip Ganassi Racing. He is the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion. He is the older brother of 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Kyle Busch. The brothers are second-generation racing drivers; their father, Tom, also won several NASCAR-sanctioned events.

Busch has also driven for Stewart-Haas Racing, Furniture Row Racing, Phoenix Racing, Penske Racing, and Roush Racing in his Cup career, which began in 2000. The winner of thirty Cup career races, Busch was driving for Roush Racing when he won the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series championship. Busch also races on an “opportunity permitting” basis in the Pro Stock division of NHRA.When Busch won the Cup Series Championship in 2004, it was the first ever season using the “Chase for the Cup” points format. With a 2006 win in the Busch Series, Busch became one of only 31 drivers to win races in all three of NASCAR’s top divisions: the Cup Series, the Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Busch is also a Daytona 500 winner, accomplishing the feat in 2017.

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Busch was born August 4, 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada and is 41 years old in 2019.

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In the year 2005,Busch became engaged to girlfriend Eva Bryan while attending the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix. On July 27, 2006, three years to the day of them meeting on a blind date, they decided to tie the knot in Virginia. The footage was taped and later aired on national television. Busch announced on June 30, 2011, “Those in the NASCAR community have been aware for some time now that we are no longer together and we are legally separated”. The announcement came days after Busch kissed another woman in Victory Lane celebration following a win at Sonoma Raceway. Busch and Eva Bryan filed for divorce in early June and were legally separated later that month.Kurt Busch Car

Kurt Busch Ashley Van Metre

In the Fall of 2014, NASCAR driver Kurt Busch and professional polo player and model, Ashley Van Metre were introduced by Ashley’s sister. The couple dated for 10 months before he popped the question with a stunning ring from Tiffany & Co. Kurt had actually seen the ring a couple months after they started dating and said he knew the ring was for her. “After spending the holidays with Ashley and her family, I felt something growing in my heart. It told me to ask her father, for his daughter’s hand, which I finally built up enough courage to do in June 2015,” he recalls.

Kurt Busch Networth

Busch is estimated to be worth $50 Million in 2019 including all of his properties and incomes. Kurt is also listed in the list of world’s richest NASCAR drivers along with Brad Keselowski and Danica Patrick.  with most of his income streaming from his racing escapades and endorsements.

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Kurt’s  younger brother Kyle Busch also competes full-time in the Cup Series, also, driving the No. 18 Camry. He is the 2015 Sprint Cup champion and runs part-time in both the Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series. In 2009,At Las Vegas, Kurt and his younger brother Kyle had a touching moment when Kyle Busch won at Las Vegas, their hometown. In victory circle, Kurt came in and shared a big hug with Kyle. Legendary driver and NASCAR announcer Darrell Waltrip called it “The most touching thing I have ever seen.

At the 2007 NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, Busch had a public breakdown of relations with his younger brother Kyle.With ten laps to go in the event, the Busches were racing against each other, their cars made contact; eventually their contact resulted in the two crashing out of contention to win.Kevin Harvick went by to win the event; but the center of the attention and media was on Kurt and Kyle’s feud. Kyle and Kurt were livid with each other in the post-race ceremonies,and were arguing on pit road. When Kurt was interviewed he stated he “wasn’t going to be eating any Kellogg’s -Kyle’s sponsor-soon”, and said that Kyle was fighting dirty. When Kyle was interviewed he said that he wanted to cleanly get by Kurt and that Kurt shoved up his car for no reason. The next week when they refused to reconcile, NASCAR had officials separate them for the rest of the season to avoid any on-track or off-track incidents. The two brothers did not speak to each other for six months; it was not until a family Thanksgiving reunion, by the persuasion of their grandmother, Kurt and Kyle Busch apologized to each other.

Kurt Busch House

Located in Mooresville, N.C., Busch’s waterfront mansion houses four bedrooms with five full bathrooms, including a personalized media and hot tub. The property covers 9,519 square feet with a private pier and boating dock. Busch’s mansion measures three times larger than the average house in the United States, according to American Enterprise Institute. The mansion appeared on the TV series “Lake Life,” featured as having one of the best views of Lake Norman in North Carolina.

Kurt Busch Kevin Harvick

On 1 July 2018, Kurt was furious with his teammate, Kevin Harvick claiming that he was totally caught off-guard by Harvick racing him hard at the end of a stage. In a brief, expletive-laced mini-rant over his radio at the end of the stage, Busch didn’t hold back, criticizing Harvick:

“Really, really?! That’s a teammate right there, everybody. Tune into NBC live, that’s what a teammate does. Never expected that from a teammate. Never expected it. Wow!”

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On December 4, 2018, it was confirmed that Busch and sponsor Monster Energy will move to the Chip Ganassi Racing No. 1 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the 2019 season. As he signed a one-year deal with the team, it is believed this will be his final full-time season in NASCAR competition.

Kurt Busch Inc

Kurt Busch Inc is a privately held company in Mooresville, NC and is a Single Location business.

Categorized under Automobile Assembly, Including Specialty Automobiles. Our records show it was established in 2000 and incorporated in NC. Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of $236,093 and employs a staff of approximately 4.

Kurt Busch Sponsor

Kurt has a variety of sponsors and Partners and they include: Monster Energy, Chevrolet, GearWrench, Chip Ganassi Racing, AlpineStars, Oakley and Pole Position Raceways.

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Lil strategy never hurts. Very happy with today’s result, let’s keep polishing up on things @CGRTeams. What a week for the Star Nursery Special. Thanks fans, media, friends, and family!

— Kurt Busch (@KurtBusch) March 4, 2019