What does the future hold for Kyle Busch Motorsports? At 28, Busch is doing his best to give back to the sport. He currently fields trucks in the Camping World Series for 23-year-old up-and-comer Joey Coulter, and for Drive for Diversity standout Darrell Wallace Jr., 20. Parker Kligerman, 23, drives the #77 Toyota on the Nationwide tour. But with just four months to prepare before 2014 Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway, a lack of sponsorship could force Kyle Busch Motorsports to downsize again. In the last week, KBM was forced to release an additional 10 employees. And it pains Busch to have to make those calls. ‘You never want to see that happen. Certainly, its tough. We hate having to go through what we did. This was our most prosperous year of being in the business. We had four teams. We had 82 employees or something like that. It was great to have that feeling to be able to take care of that many families, but you have to make sure you dont go broke doing it.” While Busch would love to keep going, particularly with the promise of his young stable, hes still ‘waiting on the ‘yes “ from sponsors before he can settle on a lineup for 2014. ‘A lot of that comes from the unknown with whats going on in the world of sponsorship’ Busch said. ‘For the truck series, its very tough. For Kyle Busch Motorsports, its been very tough. You know obviously without the support of Toyota that we get, we probably wouldnt be here, so we appreciate them as much as they do for us, as much as they do for JGR, MWR (Michael Waltrip Racing) and all the Toyota teams. ‘Its a little frustrating to not have a better plan organized right now, and Id certainly like to keep it the same if not better than what weve got, but it doesnt look like much is materializing and its really late in the game. [For] “¦ trucks especially, its year to year, whether it is even year to year if you can keep yourself afloat.”( Fox Sports )(10-19-2013) UPDATE: Team owner Kyle Busch suddenly seems fairly confident he can field Camping World Truck Series teams next year for two of NASCARs most promising youngsters. Both of them – Darrell Wallace Jr. and Erik Jones – have won Truck Series races in Kyle Busch Motorsports-prepared Toyotas in recent weeks.”From a sponsorship prospective, you hope it would be very rewarding (because) it shows that our team is capable of running up front. Were capable of winning with younger drivers, younger talent, not just Cup guys like me or Denny (Hamlin). It proves our capabilities and what KBM is all about. Weve understood and now recognize that the Truck Series is a capable playground where we can be competitive. We feel we have a good handle on the Truck Series, so thats where well put our focus.” Busch then outlined what he expects to happen next year. He sounded far more optimistic than several weeks ago, when he and team general manager Rick Ren said they werent sure of their 2014 plans. ‘Were really looking forward to bringing Darrell back’ Busch said of 2014. ‘Its not final, but were close and looking to have two trucks. Well focus on that effort and making sure we have the best trucks in the business and try to funnel some young drivers through and on to (technical partner) Joe Gibbs Racing.”Next year, the plan is the same with Erik. My idea, in the grand scheme of things, in a perfect world, would be for me to run 10-12 Truck Series races in the number 51 and Erik fill in the other 10-12 at mile-and-under tracks where he can run and however the schedule works out. And well have Darrell back full time in the number 54 truck.”( AutoWeek )
