"That was just something you're not supposed to be able to do," Gibbs says with a laugh. "I know that from experience because I've raced there before. I knew Denny was special after that, so we signed him to run one of our Busch Series cars for the full '05 season."
As they say, the rest is history-or at least history in the making as Hamlin heads into a bright future.-Jason Mitchell
| BUSCH RECORDS |
| Here’s a look at the Busch Series records for this season’s Nextel Cup rookies. The stats are through the Pepsi 300 of Nashville Superspeedway, the eighth race of the ’06 Busch Series season. |
| DRIVER | STARTS | WINS | TOP 5s | TOP 10s | POLES |
| Clint Bowyer | 59 | 2 | 18 | 32 | 3 |
| Denny Hamlin | 43 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 90 | 12 | 34 | 51 | 10 |
| Brent Sherman | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reed Sorenson | 47 | 2 | 13 | 24 | 2 |
| David Stremme | 87 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 1 |
| J.J. Yeley | 59 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 1 |