Matt Bussa

Matt Bussa

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Information
Birthdate	30 June 1994
Country	United States
Nicknames	Bus Driver
Team	Team Conti Mode Motorsports
Simulations	iRacing
Series	eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series
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Team history
12/2012 - ??/20?? Gale Force Sim Racing 10/2017 - ??/20?? Radicals Online 01/2019 - 12/2020 Williams Esports ??/20?? - Present Team Conti 01/2021 - Present Mode Motorsports

Matthew William Bussa (born June 30, 1994) is an American professional sim racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series, driving the No. 75 Ford Mustang for Mode Motorsports. Bussa, who began his eNCCS career in 2013, has a best points finish of 4th (2018) and two career wins. His iRacing career includes over 1200 wins, 2200 top 5s, 1200 poles, and over 45,000 laps led. In the NASCAR iRacing Fixed Series, he leads several all-time statistics including most wins, most poles, and most laps led.

In addition to his NPAiS efforts, Bussa is known to be an avid road racer. He advanced to the final round of qualifications in every Mazda Road to 24 Challenge. Matt Bussa's road racing career on iRacing extends to the VRS GT iRacing World Championship Series, where Bussa competed from 2016-2017, as well as the iRacing Rallycross World Championship in 2020-21.

iRacing: NASCAR Career

2009-2012

Matt Bussa joined iRacing in the summer of 2009. His first laps were turned in the Rookie Pontiac Solstice at Lime Rock Park. From 2009 through 2011, Bussa spent much time racing the Legends car and the Pontiac Solstice. Advancing through the license system, Bussa became eligible to race in the iRacing NASCAR Truck Series. This series is where he made a name for himself and ran against World Championship drivers. Being able to compete with such high-level drivers helped him decide to pursue a World Championship license himself. The end of 2011 is when Bussa first began to learn the NASCAR Cup car. Having no team at the time, Bussa decided to wait until 2012 to attempt to qualify into the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series. After narrowly missing out from a Pro Series qualifying spot in Season 2 of 2012, Bussa managed to qualify into the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series in the Season 3 of 2012, however still without a team.

2012: NASCAR iRacing Pro Series

Bussa entered the 2012 Pro Series hoping not only to earn a World Championship license by finishing in the top 20 in points, but also to find a team. Heading into the first race of the season at Daytona, Bussa and Gale Force Sim Racing driver Dylan Duval partnered up to work together in the race that featured tandem drafting. After the duo scored a respectable 5th and 6th place finish, Bussa was approached by team owner Nick Ottinger and soon became a member of Gale Force Sim Racing. The rest of the Pro Series was a consistent and quiet one for Bussa, who scored 7 top 20 finishes in 9 races. The effort was good enough to finish 12th in the overall standings and more importantly obtaining a NASCAR iRacing Series World Championship license.

2013: World Championship Debut

Matt Bussa made his debut in the World Championship at Daytona. His best finish of the season would come in the first race where he crossed the line in 4th place. Starting towards the back of the field for most of the season, Bussa had a rather quiet first year in the series with 2 top 5's and 5 top 10's. The effort was good enough for 12th place in the final standings. His strongest race of the season came at Kansas Speedway where he qualified 2nd and scored his 2nd career top 5 finish in a wild race.

iRacing: Road Racing Career

Global Mazda MX5 Cup

Hotlap Challenge

Mazda Hotlap Challenge

iRacing Career Results

eNASCAR Coca-Cola iRacing Series

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; * indicates most lead laps)

Season	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2013	Gale Force Sim Racing	4	15	37	16	27	28	19	16	18	6	21	10	13	DNS	10	5	23	20			12th	462
2014	Gale Force Sim Racing	34	16	88	14	17	13	6	24	11	2	31	5	6	4	30	29					7th	447
2015	Gale Force Sim Racing	12	3	42	11	9	11	22	35	20	19	14	7	12	11	20	9					7th	449
2016	Gale Force Sim Racing	43	18	6	39	21	5	13	23	38	16	16	13	DNS	11	39	37					25th	324
2017	Gale Force Sim Racing	27	9	DNS	39	10	7	17	DNS	4	4	10	40	25	34	42	36					24th	320
2018	Gale Force Sim Racing	7	12	(31)	24	4	16	3														4th	3033
	Radicals Online								7	7	10	23	21	13	4	11	1	9	8
2019	Williams Esports	16	7	5	13	8	33	27	30	39	35	EX	20	20	9	8	14	13	27			19th	375
2020	Williams Esports	33	12	7	19	13	26	34	22	39	2	11	17	8	37	29	30	20	28	17	25	23rd	392
2021	Mode Motorsports	16	21	20	15	5	10	14	20	20	22	24	(34)	22	1	7	11	4	13			5th	2116

VRS GT iRacing World Championship

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season	Team	No.	Co-Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos	Points
2016	Gale Force Sim Racing	83	Brandon Buie	(33)	13	26	13	19	19	20th	115
			Michael J Johnson
			Nick Ottinger
2017	Gale Force Sim Racing	83	Brandon Buie	48	16	30	39	33	DNS	34th	86
			Michael J Johnson
			Nick Ottinger

iRacing Rallycross World Championship Series

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pos	Points
2020	Williams Esports	DNQ				DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	26th	23