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Kyle Busch doing well in all three series:

#18-Kyle Busch (fourth) is the second driver to be in the top 10 in points in all three of NASCAR's national series at the same time (Mike Wallace, 2003). Busch finished second in both the Craftsman Truck Series and Nationwide Series races.(NASCAR Statistics)(2-18-...

Gibbs #18 Team Will Skip California Race:

Kyle Busch finished second to Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Tony Stewart in Saturdays Camping World 300 Nationwide Series race at Daytona, but the #18 team will skip the upcoming race at California Speedway. JGRs #18 and #20 teams ran the full schedule in 2007 and the ...

Newman wins Daytona 500:

#12-Ryan Newman won the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, getting pushed by his teammate #2-Kurt Busch for the first Daytona 500 winner for owner Roger Penske, first restrictor plate win for Penske and first ever 1-2 finish for Penske Racing in a Cup race...

Wix Filter lap leader notes:

#30-Todd Bodine led three times for 49 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in the Chevy Silverado 250 at Daytona. Bodine scored his first Daytona win in the event, crossing the finish line .077 seconds ahead of second-place Kyle Busch. Bodine scored...

Busch picks up sponsor for Daytona UPDATE more info:

Kyle Busch announced during qualifying that he had picked up a sponsor for the race. NOS Energy Drink is sponsoring the #51-Toyota for Busch and Billy Ballew Motorsports at Daytona.(2-14-2008) UPDATE: As a member of Team NOS, Kyle is a tremendous brand ambassador for...

Wednesday’s 1st Practice

for the Gatorade Duel 150's/Daytona 500 is over after rain shortened the 90 scheduled minute practice to 60 [the original sched], the rain stopped and they are drying the track and the plan is to try to practice as soon as the track is dry. The 2nd practice today is...

Kyle Busch to run at Iowa:

Iowa Speedway announced that #18-Kyle Busch will compete in the July 20 ASA Midwest Tour Super Late Model race. "I enjoy going back to my roots to help promote Late Model events," Busch said in the release. "It gives me a chance to give something back to racing fans...

Change not near in Sprint Cup age limit:

NASCAR president Mike Helton said an age requirement change for the Sprint Cup Series is not imminent, but NASCAR officials still are considering 21 as the age rule for future entry into the series. "If we do this, we will give plenty of advance notice," Helton said...

Braun Racing Announces Drivers for #10& #32: UPDATE 2:

Dollar General Corp. welcomes a trio of Sprint Cup all-stars into the drivers seat of the Dollar General Toyota Camry for the 2008 Nationwide Series season. Brian Vickers, Kyle Busch, and Denny Hamlin will pilot the Dollar General Camry in select races. Recently, Braun...

California Testing over

with #11B-Denny Hamlin being the overall fastest in a Toyota at 182.523mph in the Day 1 morning session, followed by #12A-Ryan Newman in a Dodge [Day1morning], #18-Kyle Busch in a Toyota [Day1morning], #8A-Mark Martin in a Chevy [Day1morning] and #99A-Carl Edwards ...

California Testing – Day 1, morning:

on the first day of testing at California Speeway, 54 cars ran laps, with a double dose of #11A &B at the top, Denny Hamlin took the top two spots in the morning session on Day 1, with the #11B Toyota at 182.523mph, followed by the #11A Toyota at 181.800. Then #12A...

Las Vegas Speeds Day 1 PM:

74 cars tested in the afternoon session on Day 1 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with #18-Kyle Busch being the fastest of the day at 183.580mph [getting closer to the track record of #9-Kahne set in 2007 at 184.856mph]. #20B-Tony Stewart was 2nd [and 3rd in thr #20A], ...

Kyle Busch stays to run at Lakeland:

#18-Kyle Busch will spend an additional day at USA Speedway in Lakeland, Fla. after Saturday's SpeedFest was delayed until 1:00pm/et on Sunday by rain. Then he will head to Las Vegas to test his Sprint Cup cars.(Speed51.com)(1-27-2008)...

Mitchell to race trucks, not cars: UPDATE 3 Mitchell to BBM; Ergon to sponsor:

Marc Mitchell is taking the truck route in hope of picking up a race car down the road. The Tallahassee driver began negotiating Tuesday with two finalists who are bidding for him to drive in the Craftsman Truck Series next season. More talks between Mitchell, his ...

UPDATE:

Hearing that Marc Mitchell is headed to Billy Ballew Racing in the #15 Toyota. However, also hearing that the team may have to skip the first five races due to lack of engines from Toyota.(1-9-2008) UPDATE 2: Marc Mitchell said Thursday that he's close to a deal, but...

MRN Radio wins seven NMPA Awards:

The National Motorsports Press Association held their annual Awards Ceremony on Sunday, January 20 and MRN Radio earned multiple honors. Motor Racing Network (MRN Radio) - The Voice of NASCAR, won seven awards in four different categories. The awards were won by the...

Stremme to Ballew? UPDATE Billy Ballew Motorsports announces #51 drivers:

Hearing David Stremme will drive 15 races for a second Billy Ballew Motorsports Truck Series team with Kyle Busch running a few other Truck Series races.(1-10-2008) UPDATE: Billy Ballew Motorsports officially announces the 2008 driver line up for the #51 Toyota Tundra...

Accident creates controversy between Busch & Clanton:

In the final hour of the first of three days of testing there were two multiple accidents, including one that brought out some finger-pointing between Kyle Busch, driver of the #51 Ballew Motorsports Toyota, and Clanton, driver of the #09 Zaxby's Ford. "It's a veteran...

Ballew Motorsports to run second team with Chevy engine:

Ray Dunlap reported during the Preseason Thunder Daytona testing recap on SPEED/tv that Billy Ballew Motorsports is expected to announce their driver for a second team on Monday. Kyle Busch will be running a number of races in the #51-Toyota; the new team will be using...

Gibbs retires as coach of the Redskins UPDATE 2:

Joe Gibbs, owner of Joe Gibbs Racing [#11,#18, #20] resigned as coach and team president of the Washington Redskins on Tuesday. The Redskins said in a statement that Gibbs will remain part of the Redskins family and serve as a special adviser to owner Dan Snyder.(ESPN...