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MOORESVILLE, N.C. (August 30, 2011) - The famous yellow-and-black paint scheme on Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Dollar General Tundra for Friday’s Atlanta 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race will feature a special decal on the rear quarter panel promoting the sponsor’s “Race in to Win” sweepstakes. The decal is very fitting, considering winning the NCWTS race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton Ga. is exactly what Busch has become accustomed to doing. The 26-year-old, who is the only NCWTS driver to register multiple wins at Atlanta, has earned four trips to Victory Lane in six career starts at the 1.54-mile quad-oval.

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Kyle Busch, Driver of the No. 18 Dollar General NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra:

Are you looking forward to racing in all three series at Atlanta this weekend?

“I’m definitely looking forward to going to Atlanta this weekend and racing in all three series. As far as the trucks go, we’ve had a couple tough weeks and need to have a strong run Friday to make up some of the points we have lost in the owners’ standings. Atlanta is a track that I’ve always ran well at in the trucks, so it’s a good place to be going to as we try and get things headed back in the right direction. It’s also a big weekend for me on the Cup side with the Sprint Summer Showdown.

It would be really nice to get to Victory Lane on Sunday and be able to win $1,000,000 each for the Kyle Busch Foundation, Joe Gibbs Racing and a fan. That $1,000,000 would go a long way in helping the Kyle Busch Foundation provide essential tools for less fortunate children throughout the country.”

What does it take to be successful at Atlanta?

“It takes a lot of things. You have to have a lot of grip, you have to have a lot of downforce, you have to have tire management, a great engine and fuel mileage too. There are a lot of circumstances that it can come down to at the end and what it will boil down to.”

Eric Phillips, Crew Chief of the No. 18 Dollar General NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Toyota Tundra:

What are you looking to accomplish during practice at Atlanta?

“With practice being during the day and then having the race at night, we’ll be working hard on the balance of the Dollar General Tundra. We need to make sure that the setup we have for practice will transition well to the race. You also need get the truck where Kyle is comfortable running both the top and bottom lines. Once the race starts, you need to be able to run both lines to be able to pass people at Atlanta.”

Does knowing that you came from behind to win last year’s owners’ championship help the team’s mindset going into last nine races this year?

“Yes and no. We know that if we go out and do our job as a race team that the points will take care of themselves. We’re not focused on where we need to be at the end of the season, our focus is on having a strong run at Atlanta Friday. We just need to take it one race at a time and do everything that we can each week to put ourselves in a position to have a strong run.”

Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Dollar General Toyota Tundra:

Chassis KBM-8: Chassis KBM-8 went to Victory Lane in its debut with Kyle Busch behind the wheel in the N.C. Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway in May. The Tundra has been on the track three times since then, twice with Busch and once with Josh Richards. In its most recent start, Busch piloted KBM-8 to a second-place finish in the Good Sam RV Emergency Road Services 125 at Pocono Raceway.

Notes of Interest:

- Kyle Busch Hosting Guests from Carrie Steel-Pitts Home at Friday night’s race:

- Kyle Busch will be hosting guests from the Carrie Steel-Pitts Home – a private, nonprofit, and nondiscriminatory child caring agency that provides 24-hour state approved residency for neglected, abandoned abused or orphaned children- at Friday night’s Atlanta 200 thanks to a generous donation of tickets from Atlanta Motor Speedway and Speedway Children’s Charities. Located in Atlanta, Ga., Carrie Steel-Pitts Home is one of five organizations throughout the country that the Kyle Busch Foundation assists in providing essential tools for less fortunate children. This will be the group’s fourth annual trip to the NCWTS race at Atlanta. They have been able to celebrate a Busch victory after two of their first three visits.

Kyle Busch @ Atlanta:

- Four career NCWTS wins are most of any driver and five top-five finishes rank second

- Has finished in the top 10 and led at least one lap in each of his six NCWTS starts

- Ranks first over the last ten NCWTS races in average starting position (2.8) and ranks second in several categories, including driver rating (129.5), average running position (3.21), laps led (206) and fastest laps run (113)

- Captured the pole for the 2009 NCWTS American Commercial Lines 200 (3/7/09)

- Scored Toyota’s first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win in the 2008 Kobalt Tools 500 (3/9/08)

Kyle Busch 2011 Camping World Truck Series:

- In 11 starts this season, has won a series-leading five races (Phoenix, Nashville, Dover, Charlotte, Kentucky) and is tied with James Buescher for most top-five finishes with eight

- Ranks first among NCWTS drivers in laps led (514), miles led (571.2), fastest laps run (240), fastest early in a run (3.67 rank), fastest late in a run (3.33 rank) and green flag speed (2.67 rank)

Kyle Busch Camping World Truck Series Career:

- Has won 30.2% of the NCWTS races he has entered and finished first or second in 49%

- 102 All-Time Combined NASCAR National Series wins rank third all-time (Petty 200, Pearson 106)

- Ranks second in NCWTS history in wins (29), fourth in laps led (4,021), tied for sixth in poles (11) and 10th in top-fives (56)

- One of 10 drivers in NASCAR history to lead over 20,000 laps among the top three series

- Reached 25th win in NCWTS faster than any driver in the history of NASCAR’s top three series, attaining the milestone in just his 87th career start

- Youngest driver (20 years, 18 days) in NCWTS history to win a race (Quaker Steak & Lube 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on 5/20/05)

- Has at least one NCWTS victory in each of the last seven seasons and multiple victories in each of the last five

- 119.6 career driver rating entering the 2011 season is the highest accumulated by a NCWTS driver since the stat was introduced in 2005

- Average career finish of 7.4 ranks first among active drivers with 10 or more career starts in the NCWTS

Kyle Busch Motorsports and the No. 18 Toyota Tundra:

- KHI’s No. 2 by 34 points in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Owners’ Point Standings

- Led the NCWTS Owners’ Points after 14 of the first 15 races this season

- Rank first in the NCWTS in wins (6), laps led (609) and fastest laps run (301)

- Crew chief Eric Phillips ranks first among active crew chiefs with 24 career NCWTS wins and General Manager Rick Ren’s 27 wins as a crew chief are the most in the history of the NCWTS

- In 2010 became the first team since the NCWTS originated in 1995 to win the owners’ championship in its inaugural season

- Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Release