Kyle Busch wins 2nd Quarter Driver Of The Year Award.

Hot on the track and in the minds of an elite media panel, Kyle Busch was voted 2nd quarter DRIVER OF THE YEAR 2008 repeating his first quarter honor.

Busch won a total four races in NASCAR’s top-two series, three in Sprint Cup, and one in Nationwide during the period of May 3rd to June 29. He continues to lead the points standings in the Sprint Cup series.

The 23-year-old continued his winning ways with two more wins—which will count in the third quarter—as the premier NASCAR series took a one week break going into the Brickyard 400.

No driver has a comparable record in the motorsports considered by the panel "It's awesome! Just unbelievable what we've been able to accomplish so far this year. We've been so blessed and so fortunate to have everything click like it has,” said the driver of the Gibbs Racing #18 M & M’s Toyota.

The first and second quarter winner added “I love my guys - this whole Joe Gibbs Racing team has worked so hard to give me good cars week in and week out. I know they'll keep working even harder and hopefully we can continue to find the same kind of success in the second half of the season."

Barry Schmoyer, President of the Driver of the Year Foundation, said “it’s rare to see a driver continue on such a torrid pace, and, in a quarter where the Indy 500 winner is a shoe-in, Kyle was considered better.”

In the voting Busch took seven first-place ballots (out of 14 cast), he was on every ballot, with only one vote below second place totaling 103 points. He handily beat Indy 500 winner, Scott Dixon, who drives for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, had two victories earning him five first-place votes for a total of 85 points.

Donny Schatz, who drives for Tony Stewart Racing in the World of Outlaws series, scored one first place vote and was third in the voting with 48 points.

The late Scott Kalitta, the Funny Car driver and two-time Top Fuel driver was the only other first-place vote getter. He died as the result of a crash in qualifying for Super Nationals during the voting period.

A total of 14 drivers scored points in the second quarter voting.

In its’ 42nd year, the DRIVER OF THE YEAR title is unique. A panel of 17 leading journalists from across the U.S. and a fan vote on Speedtv.com determine the winner.  In quarterly voting, points are awarded on a declining 9, 6, 4,3,2,1 basis. Busch will receive a trophy and a Tissot wristwatch to be presented at a later date.