KBM sale isn’t the end of Kyle Busch in NASCAR’s Truck Series

Kyle Busch will still be involved in the Craftsman Truck Series team he founded next season, even after selling all its assets to Spire Motorsports.

Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway, a few days after the sale was announced, Busch described his future as a consultant for Spire, while also continuing to run the five races he’s eligible for in the series to keep working with partner Zariz Transport.

“It’ll still be worthwhile for me to see that team succeed with all the people and everything we’ve had there over the years,” Busch said. “I’m excited about those that will stay and getting a key fob that turns off at 6 p.m.”

Kyle Busch Motorsports was founded in 2010 and has 100 victories in the series to date. The organization has won two driver championships with Erik Jones and Christopher Bell and a record seven owner’s championships.

Busch sold the race team, which fields two entries, the 77,000-square-foot race shop in Mooresville, North Carolina, as well as Rowdy Manufacturing — a chassis-building company that is housed in the race shop.

Jeff Dickerson, a former spotter for Busch, and T.J. Puchyr co-own Spire Motorsports. The organization debuted in the Cup Series in 2019 and now fields two full-time entries. Spire began fielding a Truck Series entry on a part-time basis last season.

“I just feel I haven’t been able to give it as much of my devoted attention as it needs — being around as much with (son) Brexton racing, and family stuff, and me racing, and trying to focus on that and being with the Cup team,” Busch said. “There were some conversations that happened with the crew chiefs that kind of made me start thinking about it.