Kurt Busch‘s Kansas Speedway win in the NASCAR Cup Series wasn’t just a milestone for 23XI Racing, whose No. 45 team garnered its first win and second total for the sophomore organization.
It was also Busch’s 34th Cup win, a mark that moves him into sole possession of 25th all time, after previously sharing the ranking with Fireball Roberts, both at 33 victories apiece.
A 34th win, while substantial, isn’t necessarily a milestone moment for the Cup Series on paper — that is, until you combine it with Kyle Busch‘s 60 career wins in the series.
Entering the All-Star break, the Busch brothers now have 94 Cup wins between them, a mark that ties the pair with Bobby and Donnie Allison for the most between siblings in Cup history.
NASCAR’s long been a family affair, with siblings and later children (and grandchildren, and so on) of drivers trying their hand at stock car racing. But of all the blood relations to take to the track over NASCAR’s 70-plus-year history, Kyle and Kurt Busch are paralleled only by Bobby and Donnie Allison in terms of combined victory lane appearances. With one more win, would that make them the best ever?
Well, yes. But also … no? In the sense that they were already NASCAR’s greatest siblings, certainly in the modern era — pair, trio or otherwise.
It all comes down to the weakest link, really. In this case, it’s Kurt — which feels weird to write, since he’s a 34-time Cup winner and former series champion. Nonetheless, he’s still 26 wins behind Kyle’s mark, the latter doing so in less time, as Kurt entered Cup in 2000 and full time in 2001, while Kyle followed with a 2004 debut and a rookie season in 2005.
But 34 wins still put Kurt Busch much higher than Donnie Allison, who contributed just 10 of the 94 Allison brothers wins between 1968 and 1978. That isn’t to say Donnie wasn’t a good driver — of course he was; 10 wins in NASCAR’s premier division is nothing to sneeze at, and he did so while never…
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