Kyle Busch Remembered: Rowdy's Most Notable Phoenix Moments

Motorsport.com’s weekly ‘Kyle Busch Remembered’ The streak continues with his iconic moments from Phoenix Raceway, where he won three Cup, 11 O’Reilly, and two Truck races.

Those 16 victories were part of a record 234 NASCAR national series wins — more than any other driver in history. His last victory came days before his unexpected death at the age of 41 in May.

In honor of KB, we’re highlighting his most memorable, memorable, or even infamous moments at each of the latest races on the NASCAR Cup schedule.

We have previously covered Atlanta, Sonoma, Nashville, Michigan, Pocono, Chicagoland, Indianapolis, Richmond, New Hampshire, Daytona, Darlington, Gateway, Bristol, Kansas, Las Vegas, and Charlotte.

And now, take a look at Rowdy Phoenix’s most memorable moments.

Kyle Busch Phoenix NASCAR Stats

Vs.

O’REILLY: 25 starts / 11 wins / 10 poles / 17 top fives / 21 top tens / 2237 laps led.

TRACKS: 7 starts / 2 wins / 0 points / 5 top fives / 6 tens / 317

NASCAR Cup 2017: “Everything Great”

It’s one of Busch’s most famous interview moments. After an altercation with Joey Logano in Las Vegas one week earlier, he met with the media outside the NASCAR hauler in Phoenix. Instead of answering the question, he said, “Everything” went fourfold before. The line was repeated many times during the rest of the run, even as late as the start of the 2026 season.

NASCAR O’Reilly 2010: An unlikely comeback to ‘bring NASCAR back’

What did not go wrong for KB in this race? He lost the lead during a controversial restart and was clearly upset, then there was a penalty for jumping after the restart. He tried to give it back, but NASCAR still forced him to serve a penalty for not making it back quickly enough. Oh, did we mention he’s struggling in the races?

With eight laps remaining, he was restarting tenth, and this was a night where he simply did not want to lose. Busch immediately went three-a-side, passing multiple cars at nearly every corner. He moved up to the middle for second just two laps later, passing Keselowski with the latest rising crowns. And he was so pumped after he had defeated him, that he completely robbed the last train of tires. “I gave back to NASCAR by winning everyone I know,” he said in Victory Lane.

NASCAR Cup 2005: Disrupting Chase with second-ever Cup win

Busch earned two wins in his first season as a NASCAR Cup driver, and he was only twenty years old at the time. His second and final win of 2005 came in the penultimate race at Phoenix. This was a high-profile championship battle that KB was not a part of, but he still played a major role as one of only two non-Chase drivers to win one of the ten final races of the year. Greg Biffle dominated midway through the race, but Busch took the lead with 30 laps to go and held on for the win. Oh, and in typical Rio fashion, NASCAR yelled at Victory Lane that they don’t allow fireworks, and apologized to the fans.

2019 NASCAR Cup/O’Reilly: A weekend ahead

Busch had several of these throughout his career, including a rare trick at Bristol (twice). But in early 2019, the only weekend at his draw in Phoenix with the Cup and the O’Reilly Series spilled there. He led 100 laps in Saturday’s race and won by three seconds. The following day he led 177 of the 312 laps, winning by 1.2 seconds. He also beat both of the Truex brothers over the weekend with Ryan second on Saturday and Martin second on Sunday.

Jesse Love, Richard Childress, and team honor Kyle Busch in Victory Lane at the 2026 NASCAR O’Reilly Race in Phoenix

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Kyle Busch remembered: Rowdy’s most notable Phoenix moments