TRUCKS: Busch Jumping Into Truck Series

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TRUCKS: Busch Jumping Into Truck Series

Kyle Busch will field two Toyota Tundras in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Next Year...

Tom Jensen | Posted December 11, 2009 Charlotte, NC

Kyle Busch (Left)will double as an owner and driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2010 while Rick Ren (Right) will be the director of competition. (Photo: SPEED)

Rick Ren will be the director of competition for the Kyle Busch Motorsports Nascar Camping World Truck Series teams. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Kyle Busch Motorsports will field two Toyota Tundras in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series next season. Busch, who was won 41 races in NASCAR’s top three divisions in the last two seasons, announced the details of his new venture Friday during a press conference at SPEED’s studios in Charlotte, N.C.

VIDEO: Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Conference

Busch will drive the No. 18 Miccosukee Resort & Gaming Toyota Tundra whenever the Camping World Truck Series runs in companion with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. For the non-companion races, that truck will be driven by 24-year-old Brian Ickler. Running the full schedule for KBM will be 20-year-old Tayler Malsam in the No. 56 Toyota Tundra.

Photos: Kyle Busch Press Conference

“Everyone knows how much I love to race, and the Camping World Truck Series is one of my favorite places to race, so to be a team owner in this series is a perfect match,” said Busch, who has 16 career Camping World Truck Series victories. “We started KBM two years ago with the Late Model program and this seemed like the next natural step. I’m also very pleased with our driver lineup – having young and talented guys like Tayler Malsam and Brian Ickler.”

Busch recently purchased the assets of Xpress Motorsports, the Camping World Truck Series team that won in June at Dover (Del.) International Speedway and finished the 2009 season among the top-10 in points. KBM will operate from the Xpress Motorsports shop until its new facility is completed. Both shops are in Mooresville, N.C.

Veteran Rick Ren has been hired as the team’s director of competition. The 52-year-old from Tilton, Ill., is a NASCAR veteran who won two Camping World Truck Series championships as crew chief for Ron Hornaday Jr. (2007 and 2009) while at Kevin Harvick Inc.

“A person can work their whole career in any profession and not get an opportunity like this,” Ren said. “I’ve been involved in some other start-up, ground-floor programs, but not of this magnitude. It’s a great opportunity for me and everyone who will be a part of Kyle Busch Motorsports. There have been great racecar drivers, but Kyle has the opportunity to be one of the all-time greats. Getting the chance to help a guy like that who has a dream of building his own race team is an honor.”

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