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| Owner(s) | Kyle Busch Samantha Busch |
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| Base | Mooresville, North Carolina |
| Series | World of Outlaws Sprint Car |
| Race drivers | World of Outlaws Sprint Car: 51.Kyle Busch 18b. Brexton Busch |
| Manufacturer | Chevrolet |
| Opened | 2010 |
| Career | |
| Debut | Nationwide Series: 2011Top Gear 300 (Charlotte) Truck Series: 2010NextEra Energy Resources 250 (Daytona) ARCA Menards Series: 2022Lucas Oil 200 (Daytona) ARCA Menards Series East: 2022Race to Stop Suicide 200 (New Smyrna) ARCA Menards Series West: 2022General Tire 150 (Phoenix Raceway) |
| Latest race | Nationwide Series: 2013Ford EcoBoost 300 (Homestead) Truck Series: 2023NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race (Phoenix) ARCA Menards Series: 2022Shore Lunch 200 (Toledo) ARCA Menards Series East: 2022Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol) ARCA Menards Series West: 2022Desert 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) is an American professional dirt racing team that competes in dirt divisions across the United States. They formerly competed in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series,NASCAR Xfinity Series,CARS Tour,ARCA/CRA Super Series,Southern Super Series,ARCA Menards Series,ARCA Menards Series East, andARCA Menards Series West, and was also the parent company ofSuper Late Model chassis constructor Rowdy Manufacturing. Originally fieldingToyota Tundras since its inception, the team switched toChevrolet Silverados beginning in 2023. The team last fielded two full-timeChevrolet Silverados: the No. 4 forChase Purdy and the No. 51, which was driven each year by the team ownerKyle Busch along withJack Wood and multipleChevrolet drivers from otherNASCAR series.


KBM was founded after Busch purchased the remaining assets ofXpress Motorsports from J.B. Scott (father of driverBrian Scott) in late 2009 as well as purchasing trucks fromRoush Fenway Racing, which had closed its Truck team the previous year. Rick Ren, the crew chief onRon 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 forBilly Ballew Motorsports withMiccosukee Indian Gaming as his primary sponsor, and had split the ride withBrian Ickler the previous year.[1]
Busch brought Ickler to the KBM stable, and signedTayler Malsam away fromRandy Moss Motorsports after he finished second in series Rookie of the Year standings to former Cup and Busch/Nationwide driverJohnny 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 championJohnny Benson if sponsorship could be found. The Miccosukee sponsorship was to carry over to Busch's primary truck as part of an agreement withPhoenix 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 inMooresville,North Carolina on October 14, 2010.[5][6]
In 2011, KBM made its first foray into the then-Nationwide Series (nowNASCAR Xfinity Series) in conjunction withNEMCO Motorsports.[7] The team moved to full-time in 2012. On November 16, 2013, Busch announced that the team would 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, totalingUS$355,000. The sponsorships in question – Central Kentucky Angus Sales for driverParker Kligerman and Sabala Whitetail for driverBrian 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 fromTriad Racing Technologies early in its history, KBM would ultimately receive engines and technical support fromJoe Gibbs Racing through 2022.[11]
After JGR and Toyota failed to secure a replacement for Busch's departing primary sponsorMars, 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 withRichard Childress Racing to drive the No. 8 in the Cup Series in 2023, returning toChevrolet for the first time since 2007.[12] On November 4, 2022, KBM announced thatChase 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 withRev Racing as they expanded into the Truck Series with 2022 ARCA Menards Series ChampionNick Sanchez piloting the No. 2 Chevrolet.
On September 27, 2023, it was announced thatSpire 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 suedRev Racing for breach of contract. The lawsuit states that KBM was owedUS$325,000 for bringingNick Sanchez into the Truck Series.[14] Three months later, KBM dropped the lawsuit, indicating that both parties have reached a settlement.[15]
After selling assets and suspending operations in theCraftsman Truck Series, KBM downsized and continued operating as a small dirt team mainly fielding different types of dirt cars for bothKyle Busch and his son, Brexton Busch. The pair race on local dirt tracks across the country with sponsorship fromLucas Oil andServpro.
In May 2011,Kimi Räikkönen made his Nationwide Series (nowXfinity Series) debut atCharlotte Motor Speedway in the No. 87 Perky JerkyToyota Camry. The car was fielded in an alliance between KBM andNEMCO 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, seeJoe Gibbs Racing

For 2012, KBM added a full-time Nationwide team, the No. 54Toyota Camry. The car was split by bothKyle Busch and older brotherKurt, both with sponsorship fromMonster 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 toJoe Gibbs Racing's Nationwide program for 2013, bringing the No. 54Toyota Camry andMonster Energy with him.[11]
| NASCAR Nationwide Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

For 2013, 22-year-oldParker Kligerman, a former development driver forTeam Penske, was signed to run his first full Nationwide Series schedule in the No. 77Toyota Camry, with sponsorship fromToyota andBandit Chippers.[18] Despite finishing 9th in the standings, owner Busch announced after theFord EcoBoost 300 that he would be shutting down the Nationwide team due to a lack of funding.[8]
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| 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 | ||||||


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 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.
For 2018, KBM announced thatTodd 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 fatherDavid Gilliland would drive at the season opener at Daytona and ownerKyle 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 byRaphaël Lessard in 2020.[24]
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.

In 2021, Lessard was released and replaced withJohn Hunter Nemechek, who drove the No. 38Front 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 toGMS 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 would not return to the team in 2023 due to Kyle Busch Motorsports switching from Toyota to Chevrolet, as Nemechek had a contract with Toyota and not the team.[26]

Chase Purdy would 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 theTexas race.[27]

In the middle of the2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, team owner Kyle Busch announced thatChristopher Bell would drive a fourth KBM truck, numbered 52, in theUNOH 225 atKentucky Speedway. The crew chief was announced asWes Ward.[28] After the release ofJustin 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 fromLiberty University.[30][31] Byron finished 31st after being involved in an early wreck withBrandon Jones andCole 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, breakingKurt 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.
| 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 |
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| 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 | 59th | 13 |
| 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 | 5th | 2199 |
In April 2011, KBM signed2007 Formula One World ChampionKimi Räikkönen to run a limited schedule in theCamping World Truck Series. Räikkönen and Busch planned three to five races beginning atCharlotte Motor Speedway in May.[33] The efforts were sponsored by Perky Jerky,[34] and the team used the owners points ofBilly 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 driverJosh Richards signed to run 11 races with KBM and sponsorJoy Mining Machinery, making his debut in the No. 15 atKentucky Speedway.[36] Richards finished 29th in his debut, then 21st atAtlanta.
| 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 |
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| 2011 | Kimi Räikkönen | 15 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | DAR | MAR | NSH | DOV | CLT 15 | KAN | TEX | 35th | 155 | ||||||||||||||||
| Josh Richards | KEN 29 | IOW | NSH | IRP | POC | MCH | BRI | ATL 21 | CHI | NHA | KEN | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | HOM | ||||||||||||||

The No. 18 truck (Kyle Busch'sSprint Cup Series number), the primary entry of KBM during their debut2010 season, withKyle Busch running a partial schedule andBrian Ickler running non-companion races.[1] The team would lose itsMiccosukee sponsorship prior to the season,[2] replaced byToyota,M&M's,Interstate Batteries,Dollar General, andTraxxas. 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 byRoush Fenway Racing to drive its No. 6 and No. 16Nationwide 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 withJohnny 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 for2011, with Kyle running 16 races and Ickler running 4.Kasey Kahne drove a single race for the No. 18 with sponsorship fromAutomotive Service Excellence, winning atDarlington. 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 theKevin Harvick Incorporated No. 2 truck.[37]
For 2012, veteranJason Leffler was signed to be the primary driver of the No. 18 Toyota Tundra. The team secured sponsorship fromDollar 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 wereJoe Gibbs Racing driversBrian Scott (five races),Denny Hamlin,Drew Herring, and Kyle Busch (3 races), along withKurt 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.
For 2013, Busch hired formerRichard Childress Racing driverJoey 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 ownerRichard Childress.[42] Coulter struggled, with only five top tens and a 15th-place points finish. With Coulter moving toGMS Racing, the No. 18 team did not run in 2014 and 2015.[43]
In late 2015, KBM announced thatCody Coughlin would pilot the No. 18JEGS.com Toyota Tundra part-time for the 2016.[21] Coughlin ran the 18 in the season-opening event atDaytona International Speedway.Harrison Burton made his Truck Series debut in the No. 18 atMartinsville 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 fromSPEEDVEGAS. For the final 2 races of the season, the trucks were prepped byWauters Motorsports.

It was announced in October 2016 thatNoah 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.
In 2019,Harrison Burton piloted the truck full-time, replacing Gragson who moved to the Xfinity Series andJR Motorsports. Burton did not win a race and finished 12th in points.[46]
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.

In 2021, Eckes was released and replaced withChandler Smith, who drove the Nos. 46 and 51 part-time for the previous two seasons, and competed forVenturini Motorsports in theARCA 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 the2022 season with a 21st-place finish atDaytona. He scored wins atLas Vegas andPocono to make the playoffs. During the playoffs, he won atRichmond and stayed consistent enough to make the Championship 4. Smith finished third atPhoenix and third in the standings.[49]
Smith, like his teammates, will not return to KBM in 2023, as he will drive full time forKaulig Racing in theNASCAR Xfinity Series in the No. 16 Chevrolet, replacingA. J. Allmendinger.[50]

In 2017, KBM formed the No. 46 team with sponsorship fromPedigree Petfoods andBanfield 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 withBrandon Jones at Charlotte andRiley Herbst at the second Las Vegas race. The team also returned in 2019, with drivers such asRaphaël Lessard,Riley Herbst, andChandler 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 |
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| 2017 | Todd Gilliland | 46 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV 20 | TEX | GTW | IOW | MAR 5 | TEX | PHO | HOM | 31st | 161 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 31st | 154 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 27th | 216 | ||||||||||||||
| Riley Herbst | KAN 9 | CLT | TEX | IOW 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chandler Smith | GTW 4 | CHI | KEN | POC | ELD | MCH | PHO 3 | HOM | ||||||||||||||||||||

The No. 51 was previously used by Busch atBilly Ballew Motorsports, a reverse of the team's No. 15 and a tribute to both the lateBobby Hamilton and the filmDays of Thunder. In 2011,NASCAR Corona Series championGermán Quiroga made his first Truck Series start in the No. 51 withTelcel as a sponsor atNew 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 atTalladega.
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 andHomestead-Miami Speedway on November 16, with sponship fromNet10 Wireless.[52]Denny Hamlin drove the truck atMartinsville Speedway on October 27, 2012, with sponsorship from Toyota and earned Kyle Busch Motorsports their firstTruck Series win of the 2012 season.
In 2013, the No. 51 became a full-time team, with Busch running 11 races. 16-year-old driverErik Jones ran 5 races, whileScott Bloomquist ran theMudsummer Classic.[53] On November 8, 2013, Jones won theLucas Oil 150 atPhoenix 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 finaleFord EcoBoost 200 atHomestead-Miami Speedway the next week. The No. 51 would win the 2013Camping World Truck Series owner's title, barely edging theThorSport Racing No. 88 team of driver's championMatt 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 JGRXfinity Series driverDaniel Suárez,ARCA Racing Series driverMatt Tifft and late model racerChristopher 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 atIowa Speedway.[28]
For 2016, Suárez split the ride withCody 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. OwnerKyle Busch ran five races withTextron Aviation as the primary sponsor.[58] It was later announced thatHarrison Burton would run six races andTodd Gilliland in four.[59][60]Myatt Snider contested eight races withLouisiana 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, andBrandon Jones, a JGR Xfinity driver, was also added for four races, andRiley 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 driversKyle Busch,Chandler Smith,Riley Herbst, Brandon Jones, andAlex Tagliani. Jones picked up his first career Truck Series win at Pocono, beating eventual championSheldon Creed. In 2021, the truck was split between Busch,Drew Dollar,Corey Heim,Brian Brown,Parker Chase andMartin 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 atSonoma Raceway. Buddy Kofoid would also run 2 dirt events atBristol Motor Speedway andKnoxville 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 andJack Wood running a minimum of 10 races. Busch scored a win atLas 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 theTexas race.[27] Busch scored the team's 100th win atPocono.[63]

In 2013,Joe Gibbs Racing development driverDarrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. ran the full season in the No. 54 Toyota with sponsorship from ToyotaCare andCamping World/Good Sam Club. Wallace won his first race atMartinsville Speedway in theKroger 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 theDrivin' for Linemen 200 atGateway Motorsports Park. Three weeks later, he battledKyle Larson andRon Hornaday Jr. for the win atEldora 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 annualMudsummer Classic.[65] Wallace switched to the No. 34 for the Kroger 200 at Martinsville in tribute toWendell 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 atHomestead 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]
FormerARCA Racing Series rookie of the year andJoe Gibbs Racing development driverJustin 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 driverChristopher Bell at Kentucky,[29] where he was involved in a crash. In his next start, however, Bell battled with rookieBobby Pierce atEldora 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 driverCody Coughlin was signed to drive the truck at Michigan, with backing from family sponsorJEGS.[74]Kyle Busch drove the 54 at Bristol.Gray Gaulding drove the No. 54 in three races, with sponsorship fromKrispy 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 |
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| 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 | 10th | 704 | |
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2010 season started withTayler Malsam in the No. 56Toyota Tundra. Early in the season after seven races, it was announced that Malsam was signed byBraun 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 | 36th | 798 |
In 2022, KBM fielded the No. 18Toyota Camry forSammy Smith andDrew 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 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | |
| 2022 | Drew Dollar | 18 | Toyota | DAY 19 | TAL 7* | KAN 15 | CLT 24 | 29th | 114 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 4th | 851 | ||||||||
In 2022, KBM fielded the No. 18Toyota Camry full time forSammy Smith.
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Driver | 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. 18Toyota Camry at season opener and season ending both atPhoenix. 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 | ||