.KurtBusch is stepping away from full-time NASCAR Cup Series competition, and TylerReddick will take over the No. 45 23XIRacing Toyota in 2023:
to join the organization a year earlier than planned and step in for Busch in the No. 45 beginning next season.
Busch’ has also shown interest in other forms of motorsports including sports cars and the IndyCar Series . What has been most evident is that whatever off-track issues Busch has had during his career, his talent has been exceptional enough to warrant repeated opportunities. His car knowledge and experience have improved race teams wherever he has driven.
He won 11 times over the next three seasons and claimed the series championship in 2004 – the first year of NASCAR’s playoff system. But just as Busch’s NASCAR career seemed to skyrocket, it looked like it could end. First, it was a season with owner James Finch and fledgling Phoenix Racing in 2012. His season was interrupted when he was suspended one race by NASCAR after verbally threatening a reporter following an Xfinity race at Dover, Del.