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Kyle Busch is currently tearing up NASCAR as one of its hottest drivers. Just this past Saturday Busch took home first place at a Nationwide Series event held at the Texas Motor Speedway, dusting veterans such as Jeff Burton and Tony Stewart. When Kyle isn’t hitting the track, he finds time to support the Kyle Busch Foundation, which is dedicated to providing essential tools to less fortunate children throughout the country. Did we mention Kyle Busch is only 22 years-old?
1. What was the first street car you ever had? Go carts don’t count. When you came home from the DMV after passing your drivers test what was waiting for you?
A 1970 Volkswagen Beetle.
2. I presume you’ve upgraded since the Bug?
Yes, these days I’m driving a Lexus GS 460.
3. What do you drive on the race track?
I race whatever kind of car I can get my hands on, but my main ride is the No. 18 M&M’S Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing.
4. What’s your favorite thing to do to give your personal vehicles character -- stereo, tinting, rims?
I like putting wheels on my cars. Those are always fun to pick and choose, they show off your style. I put wheels on most of the vehicles I have.
5. What’s the one car that you have your eye on and hope to have parked in your driveway someday?
My dream car is a Saleen S7. It’s a pretty cool little car.
Just out of curiosity, I called my local Saleen S7 dealer and Mike at Symbolic Motors in La Jolla, California. He happens to have one, brand new, 2006, Lipstick Red Saleen S7 on his lot. He told me that it could be yours for only $595,000. If you keep winning races I think you could do it.
I hear you. I love looking at them, hopefully one day I’ll be able to buy one.
The MyRide last word:
We don’t know which sounds stranger, a 22 year-old in a Lexus or a NASCAR driver in a Lexus. That said, the Lexus was probably a gift from Toyota, and having just driven the super-fast Lexus IS F ourselves, perhaps a stock-car driving 22 year-old in a Lexus is not so strange after all. As to the Saleen S7? We’re kind of wondering if he has the cash flow for it already and is just holding back. Either way, great pick.
 
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By Mary Buckheit, ESPN; Staff
Photos by Chris Trotman/Getty Images for NASCAR, Lexus, Saleen, Inc.
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