Five months ago, Kyle Busch sat at a table in the front of the media center at Charlotte Motor Speedway and lamented the fact that he ever got into the Camping World Truck Series as an owner. Thursday in the same setting, he celebrated the fact that his state-of-the-art Kyle Busch Motorsports shop finally opened in Mooresville, N.C. But when he finished talking about all the goods he sold in the KBM gift shop, he admitted times remain difficult for his fledgling truck operation — and that it still faces an uncertain future beyond this season. As far as what we can report now, as far as going forward, I have been successful in selling five races for next year in the Truck Series. I won’t announce who yet, but that will come probably in the next week or two,” Busch said. “We’re in contract mode, so that’s awesome. Nonetheless, Busch talks as if he plans to ride it out. He said he still has lofty hopes for KBM in the not-too-distant future. “I think the possibilities are endless at Kyle Busch Motorsports,” Busch said, citing the fact that he owns plenty of land around the new building that is LEED-certified — the first “green” building in the motorsports industry that he knows of. Busch said he uses fellow Cup driver Harvick’s operation as an example of what he would like KBM to become. “I know he’s kind of said that he would like or his goal in the next couple years is to see two trucks and two Nationwide teams. My goal at KBM is to try to get two truck teams going — if not for next year, for the following season,” Busch said. “And eventually we could be where it’s two Nationwide teams and a Truck team or a Nationwide team and two Truck teams.(NASCAR.com) [Previous news on this story is posted on the September Archives Page](10-15-2010)
