Kyle Busch was frequently unstoppable at Kansas Speedway: Recap his 9 wins in KCK
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- Kyle Busch won nine races at Kansas Speedway across NASCAR’s three national series.
- May 2021 sweep pushed Busch to a track-record nine Kansas wins.
- Busch’s three Kansas Truck Series wins tied Matt Crafton and extended KBM’s streak.
Kyle Busch, the two-time NASCAR Cup champion who died Thursday at 41, was the winningest driver in Kansas Speedway history.
He claimed nine victories at the Kansas City, Kansas, track across NASCAR’s three national series — two Cup, four Xfinity and three Truck Series wins. He was well-known across the country, but he was especially familiar to fans around Kansas City and Wichita — he even once competed in a fun virtual race with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
Here’s a sampling of Busch’s success at Kansas Speedway through the years, as far back as 2007:
- Busch captured his first Kansas victory in 2007, winning the Yellow Transportation 300. At the time, the race’s series was known (not kidding, and no relation) as the Busch Series. Today, the series is sponsored by O’Reilly’s Auto Parts, not the beer giant, so it’s known as the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series.
- He ended a long Cup drought at Kansas with his first Sprint Cup victory at the track in the May 2016 Go Bowling 400, his 37th career Cup win after going winless in his first 14 Cup starts there.
- Busch dominated the October 2016 Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300 from the pole for the third straight year, leading 150 of 200 laps for his 85th career Xfinity Series win.
- In May 2017, Busch picked up his second Truck Series win at Kansas in the Toyota Tundra 250 after Ben Rhodes’ engine blew with seven laps remaining while Rhodes was leading and pulling away.
- Busch celebrated his 36th birthday at Kansas in May 2021 with a Saturday night double-overtime Truck Series victory in the Wise Power 200, overtaking Ross Chastain for his third trucks win at the track.
- The next afternoon Busch capped the sweep by winning the Buschy McBuschy Race 400, his 58th career Cup win and second Cup victory on his birthday after a 2009 win at Richmond.
- That May 2021 weekend pushed Busch to a track-record nine wins at Kansas Speedway across all three NASCAR national series, more than any other driver.
- His three Truck Series wins at Kansas tied Matt Crafton for the most in that series at the track, while the victory also extended Kyle Busch Motorsports’ streak to five straight at Kansas.
- Busch’s Cup win in May 2021 came as he and his wife Samantha were navigating a fourth unsuccessful in vitro fertilization attempt, a personal struggle he discussed openly after the race.
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This story was originally published May 22, 2026 at 1:23 PM.