In 2002, Scott Riggs was the Nascar Busch Series Rookie of the Year. It is now known as the Nationwide Series.
Before his 2004 rookie season in the Nascar Cup Series, Kasey Kahne drove in the Nascar Busch Grand National Series. This was during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. It is now known as the Nationwide Series.
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.
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).
Junior Johnson won the 1960 Daytona 500.
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.
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.
Nascar raised the age limit to 18 years old in 2002. Kyle Busch drove at 16 in the Truck Series in 2001. He didn't race again until he turned 18 in 2003.
1991 - USAC Rookie of the Year1995 - USAC Triple Crown champion1996 - IRL Rookie of the Year1997 - IRL champion1999 - Winston Cup Rookie of the Year2002 - Winston Cup Series champion2005 - Nextel Cup Series champion2006 - IROC XXX champion
Tony Stewart won the 2002 Nascar Winston Cup Series championship.
From 2002-2011, Dale Jr. has won 13 Nascar Cup Series races and 10 Nationwide Series races (formerly known as the Busch Series).
No. You can only race go-karts and legends cars at 14.An age requirement was set back in 2002 that you have to be at least 18 years old in order to compete in the Busch Series (now known as the Nationwide Series), the Craftsman Truck Series (now known as the Camping World Truck Series) and all other Nascar Touring Series. At the time, this matched the existing standard for the Nascar Cup Series.
Jimmie Johnson won three Nascar Cup Series races in 2002.