Kyle Busch Motorsports

Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) was an American professional dirt racing team that competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

51, which was driven each year by the team owner Kyle Busch along with Jack Wood and multiple Chevrolet drivers from other NASCAR series.

51 for Billy Ballew Motorsports with Miccosukee Indian Gaming as his primary sponsor, and had split the ride with Brian Ickler the previous year.

[1] Busch brought Ickler to the KBM stable, and signed Tayler Malsam away from Randy Moss Motorsports after he finished second in series Rookie of the Year standings to former Cup and Busch/Nationwide driver Johnny Sauter.

[2] Benson would also be limited to a part-time schedule with KBM and Ballew,[3] and Malsam's team ceased operations after only seven races.

[2][4] After operating out of the former Xpress shop for most of its first season, the team opened its new $10 million facility in Mooresville, North Carolina on October 14, 2010.

[9] On January 25, 2021, Busch announced the team's late model program would be temporarily shut down in order to better manage his other obligations, though he did not rule out the possibility of a revival in the future.

[11] For 2013, 22-year-old Parker Kligerman, a former development driver for Team Penske, was signed to run his first full Nationwide Series schedule in the No.

[18] Despite finishing 9th in the standings, owner Busch announced after the Ford EcoBoost 300 that he would be shutting down the Nationwide team due to a lack of funding.

4 was docked 10 driver and owner points for illegal modifications of the engine oil reservoir tank prior to the Texas race.

[29] At Phoenix in November, William Byron made his debut in a fourth KBM truck numbered 9, with sponsorship from Liberty University.

However, Byron won the season finale at Homestead and Kyle Busch Motorsports collected the Owner's Championship for Truck No.

This was Kyle Busch Motorsports' fourth-consecutive and fifth all-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owner's Championship.

[35] Dirt late model driver Josh Richards signed to run 11 races with KBM and sponsor Joy Mining Machinery, making his debut in the No.

[1] The team would lose its Miccosukee sponsorship prior to the season,[2] replaced by Toyota, M&M's, Interstate Batteries, Dollar General, and Traxxas.

Kyle Busch scored 6 wins over the course of the season and the 18 truck finished second in the owners championship to the Kevin Harvick Incorporated No.

Kyle Busch didn't win a race for the first time in his Camping World Truck Series career.

In 2019, Harrison Burton piloted the truck full-time, replacing Gragson who moved to the Xfinity Series and JR Motorsports.

[49] Smith, like his teammates, will not return to KBM in 2023, as he will drive full time for Kaulig Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in the No.

[53] On November 8, 2013, Jones won the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway, the youngest winner of a Truck Series race at the time at 17 years, 5 months, and 9 days.

51 would win the 2013 Camping World Truck Series owner's title, barely edging the ThorSport Racing No.

In 2020, the truck ran full-time with drivers Kyle Busch, Chandler Smith, Riley Herbst, Brandon Jones, and Alex Tagliani.

Jones picked up his first career Truck Series win at Pocono, beating eventual champion Sheldon Creed.

51 was docked 10 driver and owner points for illegal modifications of the engine oil reservoir tank prior to the Texas race.

[63] In 2013, Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. ran the full season in the No.

Wallace Jr. held off a hard charging Larson, who wrecked his car trying to catch him, and beat Hornaday by a 5.489-second margin to win the second annual Mudsummer Classic.

34 for the Kroger 200 at Martinsville in tribute to Wendell Scott,[66] and led the most laps en route to his second straight victory in the race.

[29] A later report, however, stated that KBM released Boston due to sponsor Zloop breaching its agreement with the team.

In his next start, however, Bell battled with rookie Bobby Pierce at Eldora Speedway and won the race after a Green White Checkered finish.

JGR development driver Cody Coughlin was signed to drive the truck at Michigan, with backing from family sponsor JEGS.

The Kyle Busch Motorsports race shop in Mooresville, North Carolina
Kyle Busch Motorsports in Mooresville
Kurt Busch in the No. 54 in 2012.
The Kyle Busch Motorsports race shop floor
Chandler Smith in the No. 18 at Sonoma Raceway in 2022
Erik Jones driving the No. 51 truck at Rockingham in 2013
Owner Kyle Busch driving the No. 51 truck at Martinsville in 2019
Darrell Wallace Jr. 's 2013 truck