Jamie McMurray won his first Nascar Cup Series race on October 13, 2002 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He then went on to win two Busch Series races the same year, (October 26th and November 2nd).
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.
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.
There has never been a driver to win both the Busch (now the Nationwide Series) and the Winston Cup (now the Sprint Cup Series).
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.
The Nascar Sprint Cup Series raced at Kentucky Speedwayfor the first time on July 9, 2011. Kyle Busch was the winner of the inaugural race.
Matt Kenseth was 24 years old when he drove his first Nascar Busch Series race.His first Cup Series race came when he was 26 years old, in 1998. Kenseth began racing full-time in the Nascar Cup Series in 2000.
He started his Nascar career at 2003. How ever his driving carrier started as early as 1998 when he was just 13 years old. He owns Kyle Busch Motorsports racing ''team'' where Kimi Raikkonen has driven.
Junior Johnson won the 1960 Daytona 500.
Jimmie Johnson won the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship, the first driver to win 4 consecutive NASCAR titles.
Ryan Newman has 17 Nascar Cup Series wins in his career, Including the 2008 Daytona 500, the 2013 Brickyard 400, and he got his first victory in the rain-shortened 2002 New Hampshire 300.