The Spire Motorsports trucks will have a different look at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night. They will have decals throwing it back to Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) in honor of Kyle Busch, who passed away on Thursday.
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The Craftsman Truck Series team revealed on Friday that it will have KBM logos on the rear bumpers and bed covers of its three entries. The No. 7, which Corey Day will drive, will still feature Busch's name on the rear window. Busch had been scheduled to drive the entry.
Continuing our success on the foundation he built. pic.twitter.com/LDa444z81J
— Spire Motorsports (@SpireMotorsport) May 22, 2026
These stickers are a reference to the foundation that Busch built for Spire Motorsports over 14 years.
He founded KBM and first used it to compete in the Truck Series in 2010. Five drivers made starts in the third-tier NASCAR series during that inaugural season. Busch made the most (16) as he won eight times.
KBM fielded entries for numerous drivers over a 14-year span and 822 races. This group included Todd Gilliland, Chandler Smith, William Byron, Christopher Bell, Bubba Wallace, John Hunter Nemechek, Erik Jones, Noah Gragson, Harrison Burton, Denny Hamlin, and Kasey Kahne among many others.
Jones won a championship in 2015 and Bell won a championship in 2017. The team won multiple other owners championships while barreling toward 100 total wins.
Busch ultimately decided to sell the KBM assets, Rowdy Manufacturing's chassis building operation, and CNC machine shop in Mooresville, North Carolina. He sold them all to Spire Motorsports in September 2023, but he continued to have a role in the operation.
Busch made 14 starts for Spire Motorsports after this deal went through. He delivered success to the organization by winning five times. This includes three straight races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
His final win for the Truck Series team took place last weekend at Dover Motor Speedway. He made history in the process by becoming the first driver in series history to lead 1,000 laps at a single track.
"It is difficult to put into words what Kyle has meant to me and my family over the last 21 years, and how much my life has been shaped by the moments, both good and bad, we shared," Spire Motorsports owner Jeff Dickerson said in a statement.
"There is no doubt my life would look entirely different had we not begun this journey together. The reality is our industry is filled with people who could say the exact same thing.
"Before SMT, before SIM, before YouTube, before radio transmissions were transcribed, Kyle and I spent countless hours dissecting every race, everything his car was doing, everything his competitors' cars were doing, what he would do differently, what he needed from me or the team to find even the smallest advantage for the next race.
"He wanted to know every detail and had this immense curiosity not just on the track, but in appearances, business deals, everything. And because of that, he made me and everyone around him better.
"His demand for perfection was never a burden. It was a standard worth striving for.
"As anyone who truly knew him can attest, when Kyle said something kind to you, told you he appreciated you, or even gave you a simple 'good job,' it meant something because praise wasn't given freely.
"It meant a great deal to me personally when we closed the transaction to acquire KBM, because those conversations began the same way our relationship did when we were younger: trying to figure out how to make his trucks faster.
"His relentless pursuit of speed, feel, and perfection became a pivotal chapter not just for me, but for the many employees who came with that journey.
"The spirit Kyle embodied still lives in our building through the people who started at KBM and remain with Spire today. That same spirit has no doubt left its mark at Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, and Richard Childress Racing.
"Simply put, he was one of the best to ever do this. But for those closest to him, there was always another side.
"For years, many of us would tell people there was a softness behind the public persona they rarely saw. As much of a bad ass as he was on the track, some of us were lucky enough to experience how deeply he loved, how much he cared, and yes, how much he hurt.
"Yesterday, my oldest daughter Contessa graduated high school. We have so many pictures of Kyle holding her when she was only days old. The smile on his face, the amazement of holding another human being was incredibly moving.
"We used to tell people about that side of him, and some would assume we were just trying to reshape public perception. No one could question it now.
"By now, the world has seen the incredible devotion he had to being a father to Brexton and Lennix. He loved his kids more than anything. The pride in his voice whenever he talked about them is something I will always remember with gratitude.
"And Samantha, you gave him a kind of happiness and grounding that was unmistakable from the start. He loved you from the very first moment he saw you, and that love only grew through every victory and every setback, on the track and off.
"My heart absolutely breaks for you, Brexton and Lennix.
"My thoughts are also with Tom, Gaye and Kurt and everyone in our industry who is trying to make sense of this loss. It does not seem real."
