Kyle Busch is shockingly move on. The Las Vegas native announced on Wednesday morning that he has sold Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) and Rowdy Manufacturing to Spire Motorsports. Included in the sale are the assets of Busch’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team and the assets of Rowdy Manufacturing’s chassis building operation and CNC machine shop. The transaction also includes the 77,000-square-foot facility that houses KBM and Rowdy Manufacturing in Mooresville, N.C.

It comes as a massive surprise in the fact that this is Busch’s baby. He has a love for this series as he holds the most wins in the history of the Truck Series with 64 in 170 races. Some wondered why he was even running a Truck team on top of being a NASCAR Cup Series driver too. Well it’s because Busch loved to race. This was his hobby. Some folks like to hunt or fish. Busch likes to race. So while he was racing, why not have a team of his own.

Then, as he became a father and his oldest son Brexton wanted to join the racing fray, Busch felt like this passion could lead into a future for his son too.

It’s a big part of why Busch is with Richard Childress Racing right now. Not only contractually could he and Joe Gibbs Racing not work out a deal for Busch to remain in the No. 18 Toyota, but the Truck team and Toyota’s plans didn’t line up either.

So, he went to Chevrolet when he joined the RCR camp. Even a year ago, Busch maintained that the new plans were for Busch to run this team and basically reserve a spot for Brexton for when he’s ready. If all went to plan, when Brexton was 16, Busch would run part-time with his son. When Brexton was 18, Busch would step away and hand the keys off to his son.

Plus, Busch is after being the first driver to win a championship through all three divisions. He won the 2009 Xfinity Series title and the 2015 and 2019 Cup Series championships. He never ran a full season in Trucks to win a title there.

But, while he was young enough, he was hopeful to retire from Cup driving, go for a Truck title, share a ride with Brexton then give him the future when he was ready.

Now, that’s changed.

“I’m at a different point in my life now than I was back in 2010,” Busch said. “My family has grown, my Cup Series team changed this year and our son’s racing schedule has become as demanding as my own. It’s important to me to be able to spend more time with my family and my No. 8 team at Richard Childress Racing. It’ll be hard to walk away from the amazing facility that we’ve built. I’ll miss walking the shop floor talking with our employees, hosting our fan days in the lobby and spending countless hours there ensuring its success. However, I know at this point in my life and in my career that this is the correct decision.”

With having such a successful program and selling off all assets, it is a blow for the Truck Series to lose someone like Busch.

Since debuting in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2010, KBM established itself as one of the most successful teams in all of NASCAR. Owned by Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion, and fueled by his passion for winning, the organization holds the Truck Series records for most career wins (100) and most wins in a single season (14 in 2014). In addition to collecting a series-record seven owner’s championships, the organization produced two championship-winning drivers: Erik Jones (2015) and Christopher Bell (2017).

He’s seen drivers like Jones, Bell, William Byron, Bubba Wallace, Daniel Suarez, Noah Gragson, Harrison Burton, Todd Gilliland become Cup drivers as KBM graduates.

He has drivers like Chandler Smith and Christian Eckes making their ways up now.

“When we started the Truck Series team back in 2010, I never imagined that we would be able to win 100 races with 18 different drivers and that one day I’d be racing in the Cup Series alongside so many of the drivers that I once mentored at KBM,” Busch said. “I owe a lot of gratitude to so many people, starting with Samantha and my family for believing in this dream that I had. It took countless hours by so many amazing people to make KBM the winningest team in Truck Series history. I will always appreciate everyone that walked through the doors and gave their all to make this such a successful organization. Not only has it been the people that were employed here, but it’s also the families that supported them while they worked long hours and traveled on the weekend sacrificing time at home and missing family events. And I certainly can’t say enough thanks to Toyota for the first 13 years of support and to Chevrolet for stepping up to the plate this year. Due to their commitment and that of our great sponsors, we’ve been able to compete at the highest levels and hang a lot of banners.

Regarding Busch’s outlook on the next chapter for Spire Motorsports’ Truck Series operation, the winningest driver in Truck Series history is positive. “I’m confident that our assets and employees are in good hands moving forward. I don’t see the winning ways changing at all. I’ve known the Spire guys for a long time and their recent investments in NASCAR show their commitment to success.”

It’s a massive story that Spire just acquired Live Fast’s charter for upwards of $40 million and has now purchased an entire Truck outfit. They are becoming a massive force and one that could signal potential partnerships down the line as they have an alliance with Trackhouse now for that new charter and one that could start soon with Andretti Global.

With a Truck team already lined up and sometimes shared with Hendrick Motorsports, they now have 3 total full-time Truck teams and three Cup rides.