Kyle Busch will return this season to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series for Spire Motorsports, where he will compete in five races. The first race is this weekend when he races in the FR8 208 at Atlanta Motorspeedway at 1 p.m. Saturday.
While working again with crew chief Brian Patties, the other races will be May 17 at North Wilkesboro Speedway; May 23 at Charlotte Motor Speedway; May 30 at Nashville Superspeedway and Aug. 8 at Watkins Glen International.
Busch, 39, also won at Texas Motor Speedway in the Trucks Series in 2024 raising his all-time wins to 66, most in the Truck Series.
“With my long-standing relationship with Jeff (Dickerson, Spire co-owner) and having a lot of my former employees still working on the Craftsman Truck Series teams at Spire Motorsports, it’s cool to be able to hop back in their Chevy Silverados five times and work towards filling those trophy cases,” Busch said in a team release. “I still really enjoy being a part of the process of evaluating their equipment and being a mentor to the young drivers in Spire’s lineup. It’s fun trying to help speed up their learning curve by passing on a few pointers here and there.”
Busch is first all-time in the Truck Series with an average finish of 6.5 and second with 8,050 laps led.
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“My schedule will consist of some tracks where I’ve had a lot of success in the Truck Series, like Atlanta, Charlotte, and Nashville but also two tracks that I’ve never raced at in a truck − North Wilkesboro and Watkins Glen,” Busch said. “So, I’m looking forward to hopefully adding a couple more tracks to the list of places where I’ve won across my Truck Series career.”
Busch failed to finish in the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 on Sunday. He got caught up in a crash on Lap 186 that involved Joey Logano.
Busch was credited with a 34th-place finish in Sunday’s race.
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