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NASCAR Camping World Trucks Series
TRUCKS: Busch Still Shopping Benson
Kyle Busch is hoping to run three full-time trucks this year...
Tom Jensen  |  Posted January 11, 2010   Nashville, TN
Kyle Busch (Left) is still seeking sponsorship for Johnny Benson (Right) to allow KBM Motorsports to field three entries in the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Kyle Busch said Saturday that he’s still trying to sign a sponsor so that 2008 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Johnny Benson can run full time this season in a third Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra.

Busch and his protégé Brian Ickler will split time in one KBM Toyota, while Tayler Malsam, last year’s runner-up for Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors, will be full time in a second KBM entry. And if the team can find the money to field a third truck for Benson, Busch is all for it.

“We're still working on sponsorship projects for Johnny Benson in order to get him down to Daytona,” Busch said Saturday in Nashville, where he was attending the Sprint Sound & Speed Presented by Suntrust fan event. “We have till the 22nd to make something happen to that. We'll see how it works out. But I'd really like to get Johnny down to Daytona and be able to have him compete for a championship for Kyle Busch Motorsports.”

For Busch, becoming a NASCAR team owner at the ripe old age of 24 has been a learning experience and mostly a good one.

“For me there's been a lot of things that have been very positive this winter,” said Busch, who has won more races in NASCAR’s top three divisions than anyone else over the past two seasons. “There's been a lot of things that have been a drain on me that we've really been trying to work through. Toyota has been a great partner for me in order for us to get going. They've given us a lot of stuff. Also trying to work with Taylor and Brian as my young drivers, bringing them along, spending some time with the guys in the shop.”

Busch said it’s been a time-consuming process getting people in place at his shop in Mooresville, N.C. The team is leasing the old XT Motorsports shop until its own state-of-the-art facility is ready later this year.

“Actually I think we still have a couple more people to hire, but most positions are filled,” said Busch. “It's about trying to get all the people together and have everybody learn each other's names. We have name tags around the shop: ‘Hello, my name is.’ I haven't been there in a week or two maybe, since before Christmas. So, you know, I'm looking forward to getting back on Monday.”



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