Kyle Busch Motorsports

Kyle Busch Motorsports

Owner(s)	Kyle Busch Samantha Busch
Base	Mooresville, North Carolina
Series	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Race drivers	Truck Series: 4. Chase Purdy 51. Jack Wood, Kyle Busch, William Byron, Matt Mills
Sponsors	Truck Series: 4. Bama Buggies 51. Eberlestock, Zariz Transport, Logitech, Sevwins, HendrickCars.com, Rowdy Manufacturing, J.F. Electric, High Fives Foundation, True Timber Camo, Rubbin' is Racing
Manufacturer	Chevrolet
Opened	2010
Closed	2023
Career
Debut	Nationwide Series: 2011 Top Gear 300 (Charlotte) Truck Series: 2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona) ARCA Menards Series: 2022 Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona) ARCA Menards Series East: 2022 Race to Stop Suicide 200 (New Smyrna) ARCA Menards Series West: 2022 General Tire 150 (Phoenix Raceway)
Latest race	Nationwide Series: 2013 Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) Truck Series: 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race (Phoenix) ARCA Menards Series: 2022 Shore Lunch 200 (Toledo) ARCA Menards Series East: 2022 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol) ARCA Menards Series West: 2022 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 100 (Phoenix)
Races competed	Total: 418 Nationwide Series: 67 Truck Series: 322 ARCA Series: 20 ARCA East Series: 7 ARCA West Series: 2
Drivers' Championships	Total: 3 Nationwide Series: 0 Truck Series: 2 2015, 2017 ARCA Series: 0 ARCA East Series: 1 2022 ARCA West Series: 0
Race victories	Total: 113 Nationwide Series: 1 Truck Series: 100 ARCA Series: 6 ARCA East Series: 5 ARCA West Series: 1
Pole positions	Total: 86 Nationwide Series: 3 Truck Series: 70 ARCA Series: 8 ARCA East Series: 3 ARCA West Series: 2

Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) was an American professional dirt racing team that competed in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. They formerly competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, CARS Tour, ARCA/CRA Super Series, Southern Super Series, ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West, and was also the parent company of Super Late Model chassis constructor Rowdy Manufacturing. Originally fielding Toyota Tundras since its inception, the team switched to Chevrolet Silverados beginning in 2023. The team last fielded two full-time Chevrolet Silverados: the No. 4 for Chase Purdy and the No. 51, which was driven each year by the team owner Kyle Busch along with Jack Wood and multiple Chevrolet drivers from other NASCAR series.

KBM was founded after Busch purchased the remaining assets of Xpress Motorsports from J.B. Scott (father of driver Brian Scott) in late 2009 as well as purchasing trucks from Roush Fenway Racing, which had closed its Truck team the previous year. Rick Ren, the crew chief on Ron Hornaday Jr.'s 2009 championship team, would be signed as the team's competition director. Busch had competed in the Truck Series for the 2008 and 2009 seasons in the No. 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. The team ambitiously planned to run three trucks in its debut season: Busch and Ickler would split the primary truck (No. 18), Malsam was to drive a second truck for KBM, the No. 56 ActivWater/Talking Rain Tundra, and a third was to be fielded for 2008 series champion Johnny Benson if sponsorship could be found. The Miccosukee sponsorship was to carry over to Busch's primary truck as part of an agreement with Phoenix Racing.^[1] On February 7, however, the Miccosukee tribe's new leadership pulled out of NASCAR altogether, leaving Busch's team and Phoenix's Cup and Nationwide series teams without sponsorship.^[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.^[5][6]

In 2011, KBM made its first foray into the then-Nationwide Series (now NASCAR Xfinity Series) in conjunction with NEMCO Motorsports.^[7] The team moved to full-time in 2012. On November 16, 2013, Busch announced that the team will not race in the Nationwide Series in 2014 due to lack of funding.^[8]

In December 2014, former competition director Rick Ren (released after 2013) filed a lawsuit against the team for breach of contract, claiming the team failed to pay him a contractual bonus and 10% commissions for two sponsorship deals Ren claimed to have procured for the team, totaling US$355,000. The sponsorships in question – Central Kentucky Angus Sales for driver Parker Kligerman and Sabala Whitetail for driver Brian Scott (owned by Scott's father J. B. Scott) – had prior associations with the drivers.^[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.^[10]

After receiving engines from Triad Racing Technologies early in its history, KBM would ultimately receive engines and technical support from Joe Gibbs Racing through 2022.^[11]

After JGR and Toyota failed to secure a replacement for Busch's departing primary sponsor Mars, Incorporated after 2022, it was reported that Busch would depart from the team and manufacturer after 15 seasons. On September 13, 2022, Busch announced that he had signed with Richard Childress Racing to drive the No. 8 in the Cup Series in 2023, returning to Chevrolet for the first time since 2007.^[12] On November 4, 2022, KBM announced that Chase Purdy would pilot the No. 4 full-time in a multi-year deal beginning in 2023, the No. 51 would be shared by Busch, Jack Wood, and other TBA drivers, and a technical partnership with Rev Racing as they expanded into the Truck Series with 2022 ARCA Menards Series Champion Nick Sanchez piloting the No. 2 Chevrolet.

On September 27, 2023, it was announced that Spire Motorsports had purchased the assets of KBM, and that they would suspend their operations at the conclusion of the season, along with Busch's manufacturing company, Rowdy Manufacturing.^[13]

In February 2024, KBM sued Rev Racing for breach of contract. The lawsuit states that KBM was owed US$325,000 for bringing Nick Sanchez into the Truck Series.^[14] Three months later, KBM dropped the lawsuit, indicating that both parties have reached a settlement.^[15]

In May 2011, Kimi Räikkönen made his Nationwide Series (now Xfinity Series) debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the No. 87 Perky Jerky Toyota Camry. The car was fielded in an alliance between KBM and NEMCO Motorsports, guaranteeing Räikkönen a spot in the field. Räikkönen started 22nd and finished 27th, four laps down.^[7][16]

For the operations of the No. 54 team after the 2012 season, see Joe Gibbs Racing

Kyle Busch & Kurt Busch (2012)

For 2012, KBM added a full-time Nationwide team, the No. 54 Toyota Camry. The car was split by both Kyle Busch and older brother Kurt, both with sponsorship from Monster Energy.^[17] Kyle ran 22 races while Kurt ran 11. The team struggled in its initial year, winning only one race with Kurt at Richmond.^[18] This was the first time in his Nationwide Series career that Kyle Busch did not score a victory over the course of a season, leading him to return to Joe Gibbs Racing's Nationwide program for 2013, bringing the No. 54 Toyota Camry and Monster Energy with him.^[11]

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	Owners	Pts
2012	Kyle Busch	54	Toyota	DAY 18	PHO 11	LVS 33	BRI 17	CAL 8			TAL 2*			CLT 3					DAY 23	NHA 28	CHI 27	IRP 22*		GLN 6	CGV 10	BRI 3	ATL 7		CHI 2		DOV 5	CLT 4	KAN 6	TEX 3	PHO 4	HOM 2*	8th	1122
	Kurt Busch								TEX 30	RCH 1		DAR 8	IOW 5		DOV 4	MCH 3	ROA 8	KEN 2					IOW 17					RCH 3		KEN 28

Parker Kligerman (2013)

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. 77 Toyota Camry, with sponsorship from Toyota and Bandit Chippers.^[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.^[8]

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	Owners	Pts
2013	Parker Kligerman	77	Toyota	DAY 5	PHO 19	LVS 30	BRI 9	CAL 4	TEX 12	RCH 11	TAL 6	DAR 15	CLT 9	DOV 11	IOW 14	MCH 25	ROA 3	KEN 16	DAY 18	NHA 20	CHI 6	IND 18	IOW 16	GLN 6	MOH 13	BRI 35	ATL 16	RCH 36	CHI 8	KEN 29	DOV 7	KAN 7	CLT 9	TEX 13	PHO 12	HOM 7	13th	993

Erik Jones (2015)

The No. 4 Truck Began in 2015. Erik Jones began running a third KBM truck full-time after running the No. 51 part-time in 2013 and 2014. In December 2014, it was announced that the truck would be number 4.^[19][20] Jones would have his best season with collecting 3 wins, 11 top-five and 20 top-ten finishes to win the championship title. Jones also collected rookie of the year honors. This would be the first driver's championship at KBM and the third consecutive owner's title.

Christopher Bell (2016–2017)

Christopher Bell moved into the truck full-time for 2016.^[21] Bell was involved in a violent crash near the end of the season opener at Daytona. His truck gripped the track, causing the truck to go on two wheels before it launched into the air and barrel-rolled multiple times. He was credited with a 16th-place finish. He would finish the season with one win at Gateway and a 3rd-place points finish.^[22] Bell returned to the truck in 2017 and won the NCWTS Championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Todd Gilliland (2018–2019)

For 2018, KBM announced that Todd Gilliland would compete for Rookie of the Year honors driving the No. 4 truck for 19 races. Gilliland missed the first four of the season due to age restrictions; his father David Gilliland would drive at the season opener at Daytona and owner Kyle Busch would drive at Atlanta and Kansas. Spencer Davis raced at Las Vegas. Gilliland ran the full 2019 Truck season and won at Martinsville,^[23] but was replaced by Raphaël Lessard in 2020.^[24]

Raphaël Lessard (2020)

In 2020, Raphaël Lessard was tabbed to drive the 4 full time. Although he won at Talladega, his results did not allow him to keep his ride and was released from the team following the 2020 season.

John Hunter Nemechek (2021–2022)

In 2021, Lessard was released and replaced with John Hunter Nemechek, who drove the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford in his rookie season in the Cup Series in 2020 but decided to leave FRM to return to the Truck Series full-time, which he previously did in 2016 and 2017 in the No. 8 truck for his family team, NEMCO Motorsports, and won four races in those two years.^[25] Lessard ended up going to GMS Racing, where he would sign to drive at least 12 races for the team with hopes of a full season, depending on sponsorship. Nemechek won 5 races in 2021 and finished 4th in points. He then signed a contract extension through 2022. Nemechek will not return to the team in 2023 due to Kyle Busch Motorsports switching from Toyota to Chevrolet, as Nemechek has a contract with Toyota and not the team.^[26]

Chase Purdy (2023)

Chase Purdy will pilot the No. 4 full time in KBM’s first season with Chevrolet. On April 6, the No. 4 was docked 10 driver and owner points for illegal modifications of the engine oil reservoir tank prior to the Texas race.^[27]

Kyle Busch Motorsports Truck No. 4

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	NCWTC	Pts
2015	Erik Jones	4	Toyota	DAY 2	ATL 7	MAR 3	KAN 11*	CLT 2*	DOV 3	TEX 15	GTW 23*	IOW 1*	KEN 2*	ELD 4	POC 10	MCH 3	BRI 6	MSP 1	CHI 6	NHA 7	LVS 9	TAL 4	MAR 10	TEX 1*	PHO 9*	HOM 6	1st	899
2016	Christopher Bell			DAY 16	ATL 26	MAR 19	KAN 4	DOV 3	CLT 8	TEX 32	IOW 9	GTW 1	KEN 4	ELD 2	POC 10	BRI 7*	MCH 24	MSP 5	CHI 4	NHA 2	LVS 6	TAL 6	MAR 4	TEX 11	PHO 7	HOM 8	4th	4025
2017				DAY 8	ATL 1*	MAR 3*	KAN 4	CLT 3	DOV 25	TEX 1*	GTW 6	IOW 5*	KEN 1*	ELD 9	POC 1	MCH 2	BRI 7	MSP 26	CHI 3	NHA 1*	LVS 2*	TAL 2	MAR 8	TEX 3	PHO 8*	HOM 2	1st	4035
2018	David Gilliland			DAY 21																							11th	744
	Kyle Busch				ATL 21*				KAN 2
	Spencer Davis					LVS 13
	Todd Gilliland						MAR 14	DOV 10		CLT 10	TEX 6*	IOW 29	GTW 2	CHI 16	KEN 7	ELD 22	POC 7	MCH 5	BRI 5	MSP 11	LVS 27	TAL 20	MAR 12	TEX 4*	PHO 17	HOM 13
2019				DAY 19	ATL 9	LVS 7	MAR 15	TEX 14	DOV 15	KAN 3	CLT 7	TEX 27	IOW 10	GTW 2	CHI 6	KEN 17	POC 7	ELD 5	MCH 24	BRI 9	MSP 18	LVS 5	TAL 2	MAR 1	PHO 14	HOM 8	12th	723
2020	Raphaël Lessard			DAY 20	LVS 30	CLT 15	ATL 18	HOM 11	POC 37	KEN 13	TEX 12	KAN 16	KAN 11	MCH 7	DAY 3	DOV 19	GTW 6	DAR 6	RCH 26	BRI 18	LVS 20	TAL 1	KAN 33	TEX 4	MAR 20	PHO 5	13th	563
2021	John Hunter Nemechek			DAY 7	DAY 3	LVS 1*	ATL 3	BRI 39	RCH 1*	KAN 5	DAR 8*	COA 12	CLT 1*	TEX 1*	NSH 10	POC 1	KNX 11	GLN 2	GTW 22	DAR 2	BRI 3	LVS 33	TAL 4	MAR 39	PHO 7		3rd	4030
2022				DAY 24*	LVS 25	ATL 24	COA 2	MAR 4	BRI 3	DAR 1*	KAN 6	TEX 6	CLT 3	GTW 35	SON 8	KNX 2	NSH 9	MOH 28	POC 3	IRP 10*	RCH 2	KAN 1	BRI 12	TAL 24	HOM 35	PHO 4	5th	2285
2023	Chase Purdy		Chevy	DAY 17	LVS 8	ATL 7	COA 27	TEX 2	BRD 28	MAR 10	KAN 33	DAR 32	NWS 8	CLT 16	GTW 5	NSH 6	MOH 13	POC 18	RCH 22	IRP 14	MLW 6	KAN 14	BRI 8	TAL 28	HOM 10	PHO 3	11th	582

William Byron (2015–2016)

In the middle of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, team owner Kyle Busch announced that Christopher Bell would drive a fourth KBM truck, numbered 52, in the UNOH 225 at Kentucky Speedway. The crew chief was announced as Wes Ward.^[28] After the release of Justin Boston, however, Bell moved to the No. 54 truck at Kentucky and the No. 52 did not run.^[29]

At Phoenix in November, William Byron made his debut in a fourth KBM truck numbered 9, with sponsorship from Liberty University.^[30][31] Byron finished 31st after being involved in an early wreck with Brandon Jones and Cole Custer.

Byron drove the No. 9 truck full-time in 2016.^[21] In his thirteenth career start, at Pocono, Byron scored his fifth win of the season, breaking Kurt Busch's old record for wins by a rookie Truck Series driver, with nearly half the season left to go.^[32] Byron would continue to win collecting a 6th win at New Hampshire in the first race of the chase for the championship. The team suffered an engine failure with ten laps to go at the last race of the Round of 6 at Phoenix after Byron led a majority of the race, costing him his shot at the Driver's Championship. However, Byron won the season finale at Homestead and Kyle Busch Motorsports collected the Owner's Championship for Truck No. 9 in 2016. This was Kyle Busch Motorsports' fourth-consecutive and fifth all-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owner's Championship.

Kyle Busch Motorsports Truck No. 9

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Owner	Pts
2015	William Byron	9	Toyota	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO 31	HOM
2016				DAY 13	ATL 32	MAR 3	KAN 1	DOV 11*	CLT 10	TEX 1	IOW 1*	GTW 17*	KEN 1*	ELD 14	POC 1*	BRI 4	MCH 4	MSP 10	CHI 30	NHA 1*	LVS 5	TAL 10	MAR 8	TEX 6	PHO 27*	HOM 1	1st	4032

Part Time (2011)

In April 2011, KBM signed 2007 Formula One World Champion Kimi Räikkönen to run a limited schedule in the Camping World Truck Series. Räikkönen and Busch planned three to five races beginning at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May.^[33] The efforts were sponsored by Perky Jerky,^[34] and the team used the owners points of Billy Ballew Motorsports' 15 team. In his debut, Räikkönen started 31st but finished a solid 15th. The deal ended due to lack of sponsorship beyond the Charlotte race.^[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. 15 at Kentucky Speedway.^[36] Richards finished 29th in his debut, then 21st at Atlanta.

Kyle Busch Motorsports Truck No. 15

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	Owner	Pts
2011	Kimi Räikkönen	15	Toyota	DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT 15	KAN	TEX
	Josh Richards												KEN 29	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL 21	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM

Multiple drivers (2010–2012)

The No. 18 truck (Kyle Busch's Sprint Cup Series number), the primary entry of KBM during their debut 2010 season, with Kyle Busch running a partial schedule and Brian Ickler running non-companion races.^[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. In the first seven races of the season, Busch made five starts and won twice, while Ickler finished in the top ten both of his starts. KBM lost Ickler in May when he was signed by Roush Fenway Racing to drive its No. 6 and No. 16 Nationwide Series cars on a part-time basis as part of an extended tryout with the organization. Busch announced shortly thereafter that he would split the driving duties of the No. 18 with Johnny Benson for the remainder of the year. Kyle Busch won 8 races in 16 starts, and the No. 18 truck won the owners championship in its first full-time season.

Both Ickler and Busch returned for 2011, with Kyle running 16 races and Ickler running 4. Kasey Kahne drove a single race for the No. 18 with sponsorship from Automotive Service Excellence, winning at Darlington. Josh Richards drove two races with Joy Mining Equipment. 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. 2 truck.^[37]

For 2012, veteran Jason Leffler was signed to be the primary driver of the No. 18 Toyota Tundra. The team secured sponsorship from Dollar General for 14 races.^[38] After nine starts and with a lone top-five finish to his credit, Leffler was released.^[39] Finishing the season in the truck were Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Brian Scott (five races), Denny Hamlin, Drew Herring, and Kyle Busch (3 races), along with Kurt Busch.^[39] Kyle Busch had previously abstained from driving in the Truck Series per a request from JGR co-owner J.D. Gibbs, following an incident the previous season.^[40] Hamlin and Scott scored the team's only wins of the season at Martinsville and Phoenix. Kyle Busch didn't win a race for the first time in his Camping World Truck Series career.

Joey Coulter (2013)

For 2013, Busch hired former Richard Childress Racing driver Joey Coulter to drive the No. 18.^[18][41] Coulter and Busch had a previous on-track altercation in 2011, leading to a physical encounter between Busch and team owner Richard Childress.^[42] Coulter struggled, with only five top tens and a 15th-place points finish. With Coulter moving to GMS Racing, the No. 18 team did not run in 2014 and 2015.^[43]

Multiple drivers (2016)

In late 2015, KBM announced that Cody Coughlin would pilot the No. 18 JEGS.com Toyota Tundra part-time for the 2016.^[21] Coughlin ran the 18 in the season-opening event at Daytona International Speedway. Harrison Burton made his Truck Series debut in the No. 18 at Martinsville Speedway.^[44] Kyle Busch returned to the No. 18 Truck for 4 races at Martinsville, Charlotte, Kentucky and Chicagoland. Busch won the races at Martinsville and Chicagoland. Noah Gragson ran the final 2 races of the year in the Phoenix and Homestead with sponsorship from SPEEDVEGAS. For the final 2 races of the season, the trucks were prepped by Wauters Motorsports.

Noah Gragson (2017–2018)

It was announced in October 2016 that Noah Gragson was signed to drive the No. 18 full-time in 2017, and that he would compete for Rookie of the Year honors.^[45] Gragson missed the playoffs but scored his first win at the fall Martinsville race. Gragson finished 10th in points, second highest of the non playoff drivers.

Harrison Burton (2019)

In 2019, Harrison Burton piloted the truck full-time, replacing Gragson who moved to the Xfinity Series and JR Motorsports. Burton did not win a race and finished 12th in points.^[46]

Christian Eckes (2020)

When Burton was promoted to Xfinity racing in 2020,^[47] Christian Eckes took over the No. 18.^[48] Eckes also went winless, finishing 8th in points.

Chandler Smith (2021–2022)

In 2021, Eckes was released and replaced with Chandler Smith, who drove the Nos. 46 and 51 part-time for the previous two seasons, and competed for Venturini Motorsports in the ARCA Menards Series, where he racked up nine wins in three part-time seasons. Smith won two races in 2021, but inconsistency led him to an eighth place points finish.

Smith began the 2022 season with a 21st place finish at Daytona. He scored wins at Las Vegas and Pocono to make the playoffs. During the playoffs, he won at Richmond and stayed consistent enough to make the Championship 4. Smith finished third at Phoenix and third in the standings.^[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. 16 Chevrolet, replacing A. J. Allmendinger.^[50]

Kyle Busch Motorsports Truck No. 18

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	Owner	Pts
2010	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	DAY 22	ATL 2		NSH 1*		DOV 16*	CLT 1*		MCH 3			IRP 2				BRI 1*	CHI 1*	KEN 7*	NHA 1*		MAR 2	TAL 1	TEX 1*	PHO 2	HOM 1*
	Brian Ickler					MAR 3		KAN 4					IOW 13	GTY 9			NSH 8	DAR 21					LVS 7
	Johnny Benson										TEX 10
	Kasey Kahne															POC 2
2011	Kyle Busch			DAY 5	PHO 1*		MAR 2	NSH 1*	DOV 1*	CLT 1	KAN 6		KEN 1*				POC 2	MCH 25	BRI 30	ATL 3	CHI 5	NHA 1*			TAL 9		TEX 33
	Kasey Kahne					DAR 1*
	Brian Ickler											TEX 4		IOW 14									KEN 5	LVS 28
	Josh Richards														NSH 22	IRP 22
	Denny Hamlin																									MAR 1*		HOM 2
2012	Jason Leffler			DAY 36	MAR 8	CAR 34	KAN 18	CLT 4		TEX 6	KEN 8	IOW 6	CHI 8
	Brian Scott								DOV 13							BRI 17			KEN 5			MAR 10		PHO 1*
	Denny Hamlin													POC 5
	Kurt Busch														MCH 9						TAL 7
	Kyle Busch																ATL 2*						TEX 4		HOM 2
	Drew Herring																	IOW 7
	David Mayhew																			LVS 9
2013	Joey Coulter			DAY 22	MAR 15	CAR 13	KAN 2	CLT 32	DOV 8	TEX 25	KEN 16	IOW 9	ELD 4	POC 4	MCH 14	BRI 11	MSP 26	IOW 25	CHI 23	LVS 13	TAL 27	MAR 12	TEX 12	PHO 26	HOM 27
2016	Cody Coughlin			DAY 31	ATL
	Kyle Busch					MAR 1*	KAN	DOV	CLT 2	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN 30	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI 1*	NHA	LVS	TAL
	Harrison Burton																						MAR 22	TEX
	Noah Gragson																								PHO 16	HOM 15
2017				DAY 26	ATL 15	MAR 4	KAN 28	CLT 9	DOV 9	TEX 7	GTW 9	IOW 6	KEN 5	ELD 7	POC 24	MCH 7	BRI 15	MSP 2	CHI 8	NHA 15	LVS 13	TAL 14	MAR 1	TEX 10	PHO 15	HOM 18			12th	724
2018				DAY 23	ATL 2	LVS 12	MAR 5	DOV 20	KAN 1*	CLT 8	TEX 10	IOW 2	GTW 10*	CHI 4	KEN 8*	ELD 6		MCH 4*	BRI 9	MSP 9*	LVS 18	TAL 13	MAR 7	TEX 10	PHO 2	HOM 3			2nd	4034
	Erik Jones																POC 2
2019	Harrison Burton			DAY 18	ATL 8	LVS 5	MAR 11	TEX 31	DOV 3	KAN 10	CLT 11	TEX 5	IOW 3	GTW 16	CHI 4	KEN 3	POC 3	ELD 31	MCH 11	BRI 23	MSP 21	LVS 9	TAL 11	MAR 18	PHO 7	HOM 13			13th	707
2020	Christian Eckes			DAY 22	LVS 23	CLT 14	ATL 3	HOM 8	POC 33	KEN 6	TEX 2	KAN 13	KAN 2	MCH 2	DRC 12	DOV 11	GTW 32	DAR 5	RCH 18	BRI 12	LVS 8	TAL 18	KAN 6	TEX 25	MAR 4	PHO 4			9th	2238
2021	Chandler Smith			DAY 9*	DRC 12	LVS 19	ATL 35	BRD 34	RCH 4	KAN 11	DAR 27	COA 33	CLT 6	TEX 5	NSH 13*	POC 25	KNX 2*	GLN 40	GTW 28	DAR 7	BRI 1	LVS 35	TAL 19	MAR 4	PHO 1				12th	576
2022				DAY 21	LVS 1*	ATL 4	COA 5	MAR 6	BRD 19	DAR 21	KAN 4	TEX 8	CLT 8	GTW 3	SON 5	KNX 13	NSH 15	MOH 6	POC 1*	IRP 18	RCH 1*	KAN 6	BRI 9*	TAL 14	HOM 10	PHO 3			3rd	4034

Multiple Drivers (2017–2019)

In 2017, KBM formed the No. 46 team with sponsorship from Pedigree Petfoods and Banfield Pet Hospital. Todd Gilliland drove the No. 46 with Pedigree sponsorship at Dover and Martinsville, scoring a top 5 at Martinsville, finishing 5th, while Kyle Busch drove the Banfield-sponsored No. 46 at Kentucky and Bristol, winning at the latter.^[51] The team returned in 2018 with Brandon Jones at Charlotte and Riley Herbst at the second Las Vegas race. The team also returned in 2019, with drivers such as Raphaël Lessard, Riley Herbst, and Chandler Smith.

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Owner	Pts
2017	Todd Gilliland	46	Toyota	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV 20	TEX	GTW	IOW											MAR 5	TEX	PHO	HOM
	Kyle Busch												KEN 6	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI 1*	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL
2018	Brandon Jones			DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	DOV	KAN	CLT 3	TEX
	Christian Eckes											IOW 8	GTW 28	CHI	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP			MAR 9	TEX	PHO 9	HOM
	Riley Herbst																				LVS 29	TAL
2019	Raphaël Lessard			DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR 14	TEX	DOV 11											BRI 12	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR
	Riley Herbst									KAN 9	CLT	TEX	IOW 15
	Chandler Smith													GTW 4	CHI	KEN	POC	ELD	MCH						PHO 3	HOM

Part-time (2011–2012)

The No. 51 was previously used by Busch at Billy Ballew Motorsports, a reverse of the team's No. 15 and a tribute to both the late Bobby Hamilton and the film Days of Thunder. In 2011, NASCAR Corona Series champion Germán Quiroga made his first Truck Series start in the No. 51 with Telcel as a sponsor at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the New England 175. Quiroga finished a solid 16th, but 3 laps down. He would run the truck again in the season finale at Homestead, finishing 26th. Josh Richards ran four races in the No. 51 with Joy Mining Equipment, scoring a best finish of 13th at Talladega.

In July 2012, the team announced that Quiroga would return to the No. 51 truck for four races: Talladega Superspeedway on October 6, Texas Motor Speedway on November 2, Phoenix International Raceway on November 9 and Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 16, with sponship from Net10 Wireless.^[52] Denny Hamlin drove the truck at Martinsville Speedway on October 27, 2012, with sponsorship from Toyota and earned Kyle Busch Motorsports their first Truck Series win of the 2012 season.

Multiple drivers (2013–2023)

In 2013, the No. 51 became a full-time team, with Busch running 11 races. 16-year-old driver Erik Jones ran 5 races, while Scott Bloomquist ran the Mudsummer Classic.^[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. Busch would go on to win the season finale Ford EcoBoost 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway the next week. The No. 51 would win the 2013 Camping World Truck Series owner's title, barely edging the ThorSport Racing No. 88 team of driver's champion Matt Crafton. It was the second owner's championship for Kyle Busch Motorsports.

In 2014, Kyle Busch and Erik Jones split the No. 51 truck, with Busch driving 10 races and Jones driving 12 races. Eric Phillips served as the crew chief.^[54] Dollar General sponsored the truck at Kentucky, Bristol, and Chicagoland with Busch driving and at Phoenix with Jones driving.^[55] Busch won the season-opener at Daytona along with his next four starts in the No. 51 truck at Kansas, Charlotte, Dover, and Kentucky. Erik Jones won at Iowa, Las Vegas, and Phoenix. The team won its second consecutive owner's championship, with 10 wins among the two drivers.

For 2015, Busch shared the ride with JGR Xfinity Series driver Daniel Suárez, ARCA Racing Series driver Matt Tifft and late model racer Christopher Bell, while Jones will move into a third full-time ride (No. 4).^[20][56][57] Busch drove the truck at Pocono, Michigan, and New Hampshire, winning at Pocono and Michigan. Bell scored a top five finish in his debut at Iowa Speedway.^[28]

For 2016, Suárez split the ride with Cody Coughlin, with the two drivers slated to contest a minimum of 10 races each.^[21] Suárez collected his first truck win in the 51 at Phoenix late in the season.

In 2017, it was announced that multiple drivers would run the full schedule. Owner Kyle Busch ran five races with Textron Aviation as the primary sponsor.^[58] It was later announced that Harrison Burton would run six races and Todd Gilliland in four.^[59][60] Myatt Snider contested eight races with Louisiana Hot Sauce as the primary sponsor.^[61] Busch won at Kansas and Charlotte in the truck, while Gilliland put up impressive numbers in his starts, posting a top 5 at Loudon and two top tens. Burton scored a top 5 in his last race in the truck at Martinsville, and Snider collected three top 10s in his eight starts.

KBM announced that the No. 51 would return running the full schedule with multiple drivers again in 2018. Burton returned for nine races, and owner Busch for three races. Spencer Davis was added to the team for four races, and Brandon Jones, a JGR Xfinity driver, was also added for four races, and Riley Herbst joined the team for his debut at Gateway Motorsports Park. David Gilliland was also a driver for Talladega. 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. In 2021, the truck was split between Busch, Drew Dollar, Corey Heim, Brian Brown, Parker Chase and Martin Truex Jr. Brown, Dollar, Chase, and Heim were all making their series debuts. Busch won at Atlanta and Truex won at Bristol Dirt.

The No. 51 would run the full season again in 2022, with Corey Heim running most of the races, winning 2 so far, Kyle Busch ran 5 and won at Sonoma Raceway. Buddy Kofoid would also run 2 dirt events at Bristol Motor Speedway and Knoxville Raceway.

For the team's first season with Chevrolet, the No. 51 will return as the multi-driver truck in 2023 with Busch running five races and Jack Wood running a minimum of 10 races. Busch scored a win at Las Vegas.^[62] On April 6, the No. 51 was docked 10 driver and owner points for illegal modifications of the engine oil reservoir tank prior to the Texas race.^[27] Busch scored the team's 100th win at Pocono.^[63]

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	Owner	Pts
2011	Josh Richards	51	Toyota	DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI 17	ATL	CHI		KEN 34	LVS	TAL 13	MAR 28	TEX
	Germán Quiroga																					NHA 16						HOM 26
2012				DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	IOW	KEN	LVS	TAL 8		TEX 28	PHO 24	HOM 15
	Denny Hamlin																					MAR 1
2013	Kyle Busch			DAY 2			KAN 27	CLT 1*	DOV 1		KEN 3				MCH 2	BRI 1			CHI 1*		TAL 10		TEX 28		HOM 1
	Erik Jones				MAR 9	CAR 9						IOW 2						IOW 9						PHO 1*
	Chad Hackenbracht									TEX 26				POC 15			MSP 2			LVS 17
	Scott Bloomquist												ELD 25
	Denny Hamlin																					MAR 6
2014	Kyle Busch			DAY 1		KAN 1*	CLT 1*	DOV 1*			KEN 1*				MCH 5	BRI 24		CHI 1*					TEX 1*		HOM 4				1st	857
	Erik Jones				MAR 18				TEX 11	GTW 23		IOW 1*	ELD 29	POC 6			MSP 3		NHA 7	LVS 1	TAL 6	MAR 4		PHO 1*
2015	Daniel Suárez			DAY 9	ATL 4	MAR 6	KAN 6		DOV 2	TEX 2			KEN 4				BRI 30		CHI 4				MAR 16	TEX 2	PHO 4	HOM 30			7th	774
	Matt Tifft							CLT 8			GTW 25			ELD 21				MSP 23			LVS 19	TAL 23
	Christopher Bell											IOW 5
	Kyle Busch														POC 1*	MCH 1*				NHA 11
2016	Daniel Suárez			DAY 28	ATL 31	MAR 18		DOV 2	CLT 23		IOW 6		KEN 11			BRI 29			CHI 11				MAR 6	TEX 5	PHO 1	HOM 6			13th	406
	Cody Coughlin						KAN 27			TEX 12				ELD 19	POC 13		MCH 20			NHA 20	LVS 17	TAL 31
	Erik Jones											GTW 5
	Gary Klutt																	MSP 11
2017	Myatt Snider			DAY 10						TEX 16			KEN 16						CHI 10		LVS 28	TAL 3		TEX 12		HOM 12			4th	4025
	Kyle Busch				ATL 26		KAN 1*	CLT 1*							POC 25*	MCH 3*
	Harrison Burton					MAR 13			DOV 13			IOW 11		ELD 15			BRI 18						MAR 4
	Todd Gilliland										GTW 21							MSP 11		NHA 3					PHO 7
2018	Spencer Davis			DAY 7	ATL 13						TEX 9							MCH 22											7th	2238
	Kyle Busch					LVS 1*				CLT 2							POC 1*
	Harrison Burton						MAR 8	DOV 5				IOW 3								MSP 13			MAR 8	TEX 6	PHO 3*	HOM 11
	Brandon Jones								KAN 9					CHI 5	KEN 4						LVS 26
	Riley Herbst												GTW 8
	Logan Seavey															ELD 8
	Christopher Bell																		BRI 28
	David Gilliland																					TAL 3
2019	Christian Eckes			DAY 22										GTW 14*			POC 4	ELD 6	MCH 15			LVS 3		MAR 17		HOM 3			1st	4034
	Kyle Busch				ATL 1*	LVS 1*	MAR 1*	TEX 1*			CLT 1*
	Brandon Jones								DOV 13	KAN 5					CHI 2	KEN 23									PHO 2
	Greg Biffle											TEX 1
	Chandler Smith												IOW 8							BRI 2
	Alex Tagliani																				MSP 2
	Riley Herbst																						TAL 3
2020	Riley Herbst			DAY 12																									6th	2243
	Kyle Busch				LVS 1*	CLT 2	ATL 21*	HOM 1*			TEX 1*
	Brandon Jones								POC 1			KAN 14	KAN 8												MAR 17
	Chandler Smith									KEN 22				MCH 38		DOV 20	GTW 23	DAR 23	RCH 12	BRI 5	LVS 5	TAL 3	KAN 5	TEX 21		PHO 3
	Alex Tagliani														DAY 22
2021	Drew Dollar			DAY 10									CLT 20	TEX 33	NSH 24						BRI 34	LVS 24	TAL 35		PHO 18				10th	2090
	Parker Chase				DAY 23
	Kyle Busch					LVS 2	ATL 1		RCH 2	KAN 1						POC 2
	Martin Truex, Jr.							BRI 1
	Corey Heim										DAR 23							GLN 13						MAR 11
	Parker Chase											COA 18
	Brian Brown																KNX 8
	Derek Griffith																		GTW 26
	Dylan Lupton																			DAR 31
2022	Corey Heim			DAY 32		ATL 1				DAR 23	KAN 33	TEX 7		GTW 1			NSH 33	MOH 26	POC 4	IRP 5	RCH 5	KAN 7	BRI 10	TAL 26	HOM 5	PHO 7			7th	2262
	Kyle Busch				LVS 2		COA 3	MAR 3					CLT 7		SON 1
	Buddy Kofoid								BRI 27							KNX 11
2023	Jack Wood		Chevy	DAY 27		ATL 10		TEX 9						CLT 18	GTW 29	NSH 30	MOH 31			IRP 18		KAN 16	BRI 36	TAL 14	HOM 12	PHO 27			10th	2105
	Kyle Busch				LVS 1*		COA 2			MAR 3	KAN 7							POC 1
	William Byron								BRD 3			DAR 4	NWS 11
	Matt Mills																		RCH 5		MLW 25

Bubba Wallace (2013–2014)

In 2013, Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. ran the full season in the No. 54 Toyota with sponsorship from ToyotaCare and Camping World/Good Sam Club. Wallace won his first race at Martinsville Speedway in the Kroger 200, and would finish 8th in points.^[64]

In 2014, Wallace ran his second full-time season in the No. 54. In June, Wallace won the Drivin' for Linemen 200 at Gateway Motorsports Park. Three weeks later, he battled Kyle Larson and Ron Hornaday Jr. for the win at Eldora Speedway. 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.^[65] Wallace switched to the No. 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. Wallace won his final race with KBM, the season finale at Homestead Miami Speedway, beating Larson again to earn his first non-short track victory.^[67] Wallace's four wins along with nine top fives and 14 top tens led to a third-place finish in points.^[64]

Multiple Drivers (2015)

Former ARCA Racing Series rookie of the year and Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Justin Boston signed to run the full 2015 season in the No. 54.^[20][68] After nine races and while sitting 12th in the points standings, Boston left the team.^[29] Initial reports stated that Boston and KBM parted ways due to lack of performance and requests for internal changes by Boston not being met.^[29] A later report, however, stated that KBM released Boston due to sponsor Zloop breaching its agreement with the team. The company had initially signed on to be the primary sponsor, but only appeared in two races.^[68][69] KBM would later sue Boston and Zloop (owned by Boston's father) for $4.025 million in defaulted payments.^[70][71] Boston was replaced by Toyota development driver Christopher Bell at Kentucky,^[29] where he was involved in a crash. In his next start, however, Bell battled with rookie Bobby Pierce at Eldora Speedway and won the race after a Green White Checkered finish. It was the second consecutive Eldora win for the No. 54 team.^[72][73] Matt Tifft drove the truck at Pocono, finishing eighth. JGR development driver Cody Coughlin was signed to drive the truck at Michigan, with backing from family sponsor JEGS.^[74] Kyle Busch drove the 54 at Bristol. Gray Gaulding drove the No. 54 in three races, with sponsorship from Krispy Kreme.^[75]

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	Owner	Pts
2013	Bubba Wallace	54	Toyota	DAY 12	MAR 5	CAR 27	KAN 7	CLT 27	DOV 10	TEX 6	KEN 28	IOW 8	ELD 7	POC 7	MCH 21	BRI 28	MSP 4	IOW 5	CHI 11	LVS 5	TAL 17	MAR 1*	TEX 7	PHO 20	HOM 15
2014				DAY 26	MAR 2	KAN 15	CLT 26	DOV 16	TEX 10	GTW 1*	KEN 2	IOW 13	ELD 1*	POC 8	MCH 11*	BRI 2	MSP 12	CHI 6	NHA 2	LVS 2*	TAL 9		TEX 26	PHO 6	HOM 1		4th	799
		34																				MAR 1*
2015	Justin Boston	54		DAY 29	ATL 16	MAR 10	KAN 7	CLT 9	DOV 25	TEX 8	GTW 27	IOW 11															13th	712
	Christopher Bell												KEN 17	ELD 1*							LVS 14	TAL 13		TEX 8		HOM 25
	Matt Tifft														POC 8				CHI 9						PHO 8
	Cody Coughlin															MCH 20
	Kyle Busch																BRI 2
	Gray Gaulding																	MSP 11		NHA 10			MAR 21

Part Time (2010)

The 2010 season started with Tayler Malsam in the No. 56 Toyota Tundra. Early in the season after seven races, it was announced that Malsam was signed by Braun Racing to take over in their No. 10 Toyota in the Nationwide Series. With no driver or sponsorship, the No. 56 team shut down immediately.^[2]

Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	Owner	Pts
2010	Tayler Malsam	56	Toyota	DAY 17	ATL 13	MAR 14	NSH 17	KAN 22	DOV 20	CLT 13	TEX	MCH	IOW	GTY	IRP	POC	NSH	DAR	BRI	CHI	KEN	NHA	LVS	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM

In 2022, KBM fielded the No. 18 Toyota Camry for Sammy Smith and Drew Dollar in the ARCA Series.

ARCA Menards Series results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	AMSC	Pts
2022	Drew Dollar	18	DAY 19		TAL 7*	KAN 15	CLT 24																	965
	Sammy Smith			PHO 3*				IOW 2	BLN 1	ELK 1*	MOH 3	POC 12	IRP 2	MCH 4	GLN 5	ISF 4	MLW 1*	DSF 3	KAN 3	BRI 1*	SLM 1**	TOL 1

In 2022, KBM fielded the No. 18 Toyota Camry full time for Sammy Smith.

ARCA Menards Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	AMSEC	Pts
2022	Sammy Smith	18	Toyota	NSM 1*	FIF 1*	DOV 5	NSV 1*	IOW 2	MLW 1*	BRI 1*	1st	375

In 2022, Sammy Smith drove the No. 18 Toyota Camry at season opener and season ending both at Phoenix. Smith won the season ending.

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year	Driver	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	AMSWC	Pts
2022	Sammy Smith	18	Toyota	PHO 3*	IRW	KCR	PIR	SON	IRW	EVG	PIR	AAS	LVS	PHO 1*	24th	143

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