NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle Busch and his older brother Kurt will team up this year to run for an owner’s championship in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) announced Thursday. KBM has signed a multi-year agreement with Monster Energy Company as primary sponsor of the team's No. 54 Monster Energy Camry in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Team owner Kyle Busch will share driving duties with his older brother, the 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion. Both brothers made the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase last year.
"Since debuting in NASCAR,” the younger Busch said, “Kyle Busch Motorsports has had the goal to add a championship-caliber Nationwide Series team to our organization. With today's announcement of Monster Energy as primary sponsor and my brother Kurt as the second driver, we've accomplished that goal. The Monster Energy team of athletes consists of champion performers united by a desire to be the best. Kurt and I share that same desire and will settle for nothing less than adding a NASCAR Championship to the long list of achievements for one of the strongest brands in the world."
Kyle is scheduled to kick off the venture at the season-opening race at Daytona International Speedway and the goal for the team will be to capture an Owner's Championship in its inaugural race season, similar to the Owner's Championship accomplished by KBM in its first full season in the Camping World Truck Series in 2010.
"Monster Energy has always stood for competing and winning no matter what the sport," said Monster Energy Company President, Mark Hall. "To make this happen, we've always sought out the most determined, fearless and committed athletes for the Monster team. With the Busch brothers sharing the wheel of the Kyle Busch Motorsports Monster Energy Camry, we have every reason to believe we have drivers capable of running up front every weekend."
"Kyle has done an impressive job in building this race team and I'm proud to be a part of it," Kurt said. "He won a Truck Series Owner's Championship in his first year and his team has kept on winning ever since. Now, it's moving into the Nationwide Series, where the bar will remain high. His expectations are the same as mine, and we know each other better than anyone. We're driven to win, and with Monster Energy driving us, we'll be a tough team to beat."
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