s kyle busch samantha busch base mooresville north carolina series camping world truck series car numbers 4 9 15 18 34 51 54 56 77 87 race drivers 4 . christopher bell 9 . william byron r 18 . cody coughlin kyle busch harrison burton part time 51 . daniel su rez cody coughlin erik jones gary klutt sponsors 4 . jbl toyota sirius xm dc solar 9 . liberty university 18 . jegs spillfix coughlin toyota sirius xm busch 51 . arris su rez jegs coughlin jones klutt manufacturer toyota opened 2010 career debut nationwide series 2011 top gear 300 charlotte camping world truck series 2010 nextera energy resources 250 daytona latest race nationwide series 2013 ford ecoboost 300 homestead camping world truck series 2016 dc solar 350 las vegas races competed total 342 nationwide series 67 camping world truck series 275 drivers championships total 1 nationwide series 0 camping world truck series 1 2015 race victories total 55 nationwide series 1 camping world truck series 54 pole positions total 29 nationwide series 3 camping world truck series 26 kyle busch motorsports kbm is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the nascar camping world truck series and the late model . the team is owned and operated by kyle busch a sprint cup series and xfinity series champion and truck series driver . the team currently fields the no. 4 jbl toyota tundra full time for christopher bell the no. 9 liberty university toyota tundra full time for william byron the no. 18 toyota tundra part time for cody coughlin kyle busch and harrison burton and the no. 51 arris jegs toyota tundra full time for part time drivers daniel su rez and cody coughlin . the team formerly operated a team in the nationwide series now xfinity series before ending the nationwide series program at the end of the 2013 season . contents 1 history 2 nationwide series 2.1 car no. 54 history 2.2 car no. 77 history 3 camping world truck series 3.1 truck no. 4 history 3.2 truck no. 9 history 3.3 truck no. 15 history 3.4 truck no. 18 history 3.5 truck no. 51 history 3.6 truck no. 54 history 3.7 truck no. 56 history 4 references 5 external links history edit kbm was founded after busch purchased the remaining assets of xpress motorsports from j.b. scott father of driver brian scott in late 2009 as well as purchasing trucks from roush fenway racing which had closed its truck team the previous year . rick ren the crew chief on ron 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 for billy ballew motorsports with miccosukee indian gaming as his primary sponsor and had split the ride with brian ickler the previous year . 1 busch brought ickler to the kbm stable and signed tayler malsam away from randy moss motorsports after he finished second in series rookie of the year standings to former cup and busch nationwide driver johnny 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 champion johnny benson if sponsorship could be found . the miccosukee sponsorship was to carry over to busch s primary truck as part of an agreement with phoenix 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 in mooresville north carolina on october 14 2010 . 5 6 in 2011 kbm made its first foray into the then nationwide series now xfinity series in conjunction with nemco motorsports . 7 the team moved to full time in 2012 . on november 16 2013 busch announced that the team will 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 suit 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 totaling usd 355 000 . the sponsorships in question central kentucky angus sales for driver parker kligerman and sabala whitetail for driver brian scott owned by scott s father j.b. scott had prior associations with the drivers . 9 after receiving engines from triad racing technologies early in its history kbm currently receives engines and technical support from joe gibbs racing . 10 nationwide series edit in may 2011 kimi r ikk nen made his nationwide series now xfinity series debut at charlotte motor speedway in the no. 87 perky jerky toyota camry . the car was fielded in an alliance between kbm and nemco motorsports guaranteeing r ikk nen a spot in the field . r ikk nen started 22nd and finished 27th four laps down . 7 11 car no. 54 history edit for the operations of the no. 54 team after the 2012 season see joe gibbs racing kurt busch in 2012 . parker kligerman in 2013 for 2012 kbm added a full time nationwide team the no. 54 toyota camry . the car was split by both kyle busch and older brother kurt both with sponsorship from monster energy . 12 kyle ran 17 races while kurt ran 16 . the team struggled in its initial year winning only one race with kurt at richmond . 13 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 to joe gibbs racing s nationwide program for 2013 bringing the no. 54 toyota camry and monster energy with him . 10 car no. 77 history edit for 2013 22 year old parker kligerman a former development driver for team penske was signed to run his first full nationwide series schedule in the no. 77 toyota camry with sponsorship from toyota and bandit chippers . 13 despite finishing 9th in the standings owner busch announced after the ford ecoboost 300 that he would be shutting down the nationwide team due to a lack of funding . 8 camping world truck series edit truck no. 4 history edit 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 . 14 15 jones would have his best season with collecting 3 wins 11 top five and 20 top ten finishes to win the championship title . christopher bell moved into the truck full time for 2016 . 16 bell was involved in a violent crash near the end of the season opener at daytona . his truck gripped the track causing it 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 . 17 truck no. 9 history edit in the middle of the 2015 nascar camping world truck series season team owner kyle busch announced that christopher bell would drive a fourth kbm truck numbered 52 in the unoh 225 at kentucky speedway . the crew chief was announced as wes ward . 18 after the release of justin boston however bell moved to the no. 54 truck at kentucky and the no. 52 did not run . 19 at phoenix in november william byron made his debut in a fourth kbm truck numbered 9 with sponsorship from liberty university . 20 21 bryon finished 31st after being involved in the early wreck with brandon jones and cole custer . byron drove the no. 9 truck full time in 2016 . 16 in his thirteenth career start at pocono byron scored his fifth win of the season breaking kurt busch s old record for wins by a rookie truck series driver with nearly half the season left to go . 22 truck no. 15 history edit in april 2011 kbm signed 2007 formula one world champion kimi r ikk nen to run a limited schedule in the camping world truck series . r ikk nen and busch planned three to five races beginning at charlotte motor speedway in may . 23 the efforts were sponsored by perky jerky 24 and the team used the owners points of billy ballew motorsports 15 team . in his debut r ikk nen started 31st but finished a solid 15th . the deal ended due to lack of sponsorship beyond the charlotte race . 25 dirt late model driver josh richards signed to run 11 races with kbm and sponsor joy mining machinery making his debut in the no. 15 at kentucky speedway . 26 richards finished 29th in his debut then 21st at atlanta . truck no. 18 history edit jason leffler in 2012 . the no. 18 truck kyle busch s sprint cup series number the primary entry of kbm during their debut 2010 season with kyle busch running a partial schedule and brian ickler running non companion races . 1 the team would lose its miccosukee sponsorship prior to the season 2 replaced by toyota m & m s interstate batteries dollar general and traxxas . 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 by roush fenway racing to drive its no. 6 and no. 16 nationwide 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 with johnny 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 for 2011 with kyle running 16 races and ickler running 4 . kasey kahne drove a single race for the no. 18 with sponsorship from automotive service excellence winning at darlington . josh richards drove two races with joy mining equipment . kyle busch scored 6 wins over the course of the season . 27 for 2012 veteran jason leffler was signed to be the primary driver of the no. 18 toyota tundra . the team secured sponsorship from dollar general for 14 races . 28 after nine starts and with a lone top five finish to his credit leffler was released . 29 finishing the season in the truck were joe gibbs racing drivers brian scott five races denny hamlin drew herring and kyle busch 3 races along with kurt busch . 29 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 . 30 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 former richard childress racing driver joey coulter to