Kyle Busch doesn't regret selling his race team

This past September, Kyle Busch sold his NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, to Spire Motorsports.

KBM operated from 2010-2023, with Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017) winning driver championships under Busch. Now eight months removed from that transaction, Busch told Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports this week that he doesn’t regret selling KBM, nor does he miss “dealing with people.”

Kyle Busch wants a race win but it isn’t because he is stressing over making the playoffs. It’s something else that he needs a Cup win to make him feel good. And he isn’t regretting selling KBM, which could have served as a distraction during this time. pic.twitter.com/Anm1t8dsvp

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) May 30, 2024

“It’s been a little bit weird, yeah. I still go over there occasionally to go in the shop and get fitted for a truck or something like that,” Busch said. “But going over to [my son] Brexton’s shop — that’s KBM now. It is working through his race stuff, and my micro [sprint] program and whatever we do with that. So that’s been cool to have something different on the side to focus on a little bit — and not really worry about too much big stuff with 70 employees versus now just having three.

Busch added of what he doesn’t miss about owning a race team: “Just dealing with people. It’s fun and it’s cool and it’s great to have relationships with everybody. But honestly, there’s been times where it’s a headache, it’s stressful. You want to keep people happy. You want to keep people employed, and sometimes that weighs on you. And it’s been nice to not have as many to deal with.”

Kyle Busch looking to snap extended losing streak in Cup Series

With his responsibilities as a race team owner aside, Busch’s focus has squarely been on this Cup Series season, his second piloting the No. 8 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. Thus far, results have been a mixed bag. The two-time Cup Series champion remains winless through 14 races and sits 14th in the points standings. He’s tallied just five top 10s and two top 5s.

His last win came at World Wide Technology Raceway in June of last season. Wouldn’t you know it, Gateway happens to be the site of this Sunday’s Enjoy Illinois 300, where Busch hopes to snap a 36-race winless streak.

“It’s tough, right? There’s been 36 races between now and then,” Busch said. “And there’s been how many different winners and us not being one of those is certainly something that we need to get better at. We certainly know that we need to get further up front and be able to get ourselves in position to win these races. When you’re running up front and you’re in position, you have more opportunities to win and you’re going to eventually get yourself into victory lane.”