#18-Kyle Busch has won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, becoming the 31st different series champion, and the first to win the title after missing the first 11 races of the season.
Busch won the Ford EcoBoost 400 claiming the title.
Busch joins Kevin Harvick, Bobby Labonte and Brad Keselowski as only the fourth driver all-time to boast both a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series championship.
Busch finished the 2015 season with five wins (Sonoma, Kentucky, New Hampshire-1, Indianapolis and Homestead), 12 top fives, 16 top 10s and one pole.
In 25 starts Busch has led 736 of his 6,752 laps completed (10.9%)
Busch’s Season-To-Date Loop Data: Driver Rating (108.2); Average Running Position (8.9).
Owner Champion: Joe Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing
This is Joe Gibbs Racing’s fourth series owner championship in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, previous titles: Bobby Labonte (2000), Tony Stewart (2002 and 2005).
This is Joe Gibbs Racing’s eighth NASCAR national series owner championship (four NSCS, four NNS).
Joe Gibbs Racing fielded four cars this season: #18-Kyle Busch (1st in points); #19-Carl Edwards (5th in points), #20-Matt Kenseth (15th in points) and #11-Denny Hamlin (9th in points).
Joe Gibbs Racing has won four of the last 16 NASCAR Sprint Cup championships (2000-2015), putting the team’s title-winning percentage during that span at 25%.
Crew Chief Champion: Adam Stevens
Adam Stevens has won his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship with driver Kyle Busch.
Stevens is the 38th different NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crew chief to win a championship.
Stevens has five career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins, all with Kyle Busch this season.
Stevens also served as part-time crew chief on the NASCAR XFINITY Series car owner championship winning #18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team in 2012 with driver Joey Logano.
(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(11-22-2015)
