Kyle Busch’s 16-month exile from big-time stock-car racing ends tonight at the stroke of midnight when the Las Vegas youth turns 18 and can retrieve his NASCAR driver’s license. In December 2001, NASCAR president Mike Helton issued several decrees to shore up the sanctioning body’s beleaguered rule book. One of those proclamations was that drivers must be at least 18 years old to compete in NASCAR events. Busch, younger brother of Winston Cup sensation Kurt Busch, had run a limited Truck Series schedule for Roush Racing as a 16-year-old.(Daytona Beach News Journal), Busch will make his first Busch Series start for Hendrick Motorsports at Charlotte.(5-1-2003)
