Photos show what NASCAR's biggest stars looked like when their careers started

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• Many of NASCAR's best drivers started racing as kids and grew up right before our eyes.
• Some of the stars look entirely different now than they did when their careers began.
• Below we take a look at what the stars looked like when their careers began.

Kyle Busch today (age 37)

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Busch in 2004 (age 19)

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Bubba Wallace today (age 28)

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Wallace in 2010 (age 16)

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Joey Logano today (age 32)

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Logano in 2007 (age 17)

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Denny Hamlin today (age 41)

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Hamlin in 2006 (age 25)

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Kevin Harvick today (age 46)

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Harvick in 1997 (age 21)

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Kurt Busch today (age 44)

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Busch in 2000 (age 21)

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. today (age 47)

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Earnhardt in 1998 (age 23)

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Brad Keselowski today (age 38)

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Keselowski in 2008 (age 24)

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Martin Truex Jr. today (age 42)

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Truex in 2004 (age 24)

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Jimmie Johnson today (age 47)

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Johnson in 1999 (age 24)

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Daniel Suarez today (age 30)

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Suarez in 2011 (age 19)

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Jeff Gordon today (age 51)

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Gordon in 1992 (age 20)

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Kyle Larson today (age 30)

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Larson in 2012 (age 20)

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Chase Elliott today (age 26)

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Elliott in 2011 (age 15)

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Austin Dillon today (age 32)

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Dillon in 2008 (age 17)

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AJ Allmendinger today (age 40)

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Allmendinger in 2006 (age 24)

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Ross Chastain today (age 29)

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Chastain in 2011 (age 18)

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