Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.

Like his father Kyle he won his first ARCA RE/MAX Series race in the #45 Sprint/Spree Pontiac at Lowe's Motor Speedway in that same year. He also finiAdam Pettyd sixth in his first Busch Series race at Daytona and had a best finish of fourth place that year.

He was the first fourth-generation driver in NASCAR history.