Sunday’s battle at Watkins Glen International will mark Miller Lite Dodge driver Kurt Busch’s 350th career start in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition. Kurt Busch also celebrates his 32nd birthday today. In his 349 races entering this weekend’s milestone event, Busch has won 22 (6.3%) races and the 2004 series championship. Along the way, he has recorded 78 top-five finishes (22.3%) and 148 top-10 finishes (42.4%). He has claimed 12 pole positions and led 6,342 of the 97,865 laps (6.5%) he has logged. He has been running at the finish in 309 (88.5%) of the races and finished on the lead lap in 213 (61.0%) of them. Over the period dating back to Sept. 24, 2000, Busch has a 16.0 average start and a 17.2 average finish.(TRPR)(8-4-2010)
