His first Nationwide Series win was Atlanta of 2005. He also won the Atlanta Cup race that weekend.
In 2005, the Nascar Nationwide Series was known as the Nascar Busch Series.Mark Martin won the first Fontana race on February 26th. On September 3rd, Carl Edwards won the second race at Fontana.
The first and only husband and wife pair to compete together in the NASCAR Nationwide Series was Pattie Moise and Elton Sawyer.
Mark Martin has the second most wins in the Nascar Nationwide Series, with 49. Kyle Busch is first.
Kyle Busch began racing in the Nascar Truck Series in 2001 when he was 16 years old. He had to stop due to the age limit being raised. He returned to the Busch Series in 2003 and drove limited Cup Series racing in 2004. He has been a full time Cup Series driver since 2005.
Greg Biffle was the first driver to claim both championships. He won the 2000 Nascar Craftsman Truck Series and the 2002 Nascar Busch Series. The series sponsorship names have now changed.
Juan Pablo Montoya
Carl Edwards won his first Nascar Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He won the Golden Corral 500 on March 20, 2005.
Danica Patrick's first Nascar Nationwide Series race was on February 13, 2010. Her first Cup Series start was on February 27, 2012.
Randy LaJoie won his first Busch Series race, now known as the Nationwide Series, on May 19, 1996 at Nazareth Speedway.
Matt Kenseth was 24 years old when he drove in his first Busch Series race (now known as the Nationwide Series). He was 26 when he started his Nascar Cup Series career.
Kerry Earnhardt's first Nascar race was on July 11, 1998 in the Busch Series (now known as the Nationwide Series). It was the Myrtle Beach 250 at Myrtle Beach Speedway. He has competed in seven Nascar Cup Series races during his career.
Paul Menard's first Nascar Cup Series race was on August 10, 2003. During that season he also competed in six Nationwide Series races and five Truck Series races.In 2007, Menard began competing full-time in the Nascar Cup Series.