Kyle Busch to race in Xfinity Series this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway

It will be Busch’s 367th career start in the Xfinity Series, but first since making the move to RCR in 2022. With 102 victories, Busch is by far the winningest driver in the history of the Xfinity Series. He also won his first and only Xfinity Series championship in 2009.

Busch, the two-time Cup Series champion, competed in four races in the Xfinity Series last season piloting the No. 10 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing. He tallied three top 10s, finishing a season best P4 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Busch has been dominant during his Xfinity Series career at Charlotte, picking up nine wins, 22 top 10s and 19 top 5s in 26 starts. His most recent victory came during the 2020 season, driving the No. 54 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Kyle Busch getting another go in the Xfinity Series

Busch said this past Friday at North Wilkesboro Speedway that he would “love an opportunity” to race in the Xfinity Series again.

“I would love the opportunity to get back in an Xfinity car wherever that may be, you know, the chances of that have changed twice, three times this year of maybe that happening,” Busch said, via Chris Knight of Catchfence. “So, you know, I’ve always loved the series and enjoyed getting back there. I think the cars are obviously more like the old [Cup] cars that we used to run. I’d like to think that I can still do that, do well in those [cars].

“But I thought the same thing with trucks at Darlington and that didn’t go good. So, we’ll see what happens.”

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. punches Kyle Busch, brawl ensues on pit road after All-Star Race wreck

Busch, 39, has yet to get things going in the Cup Series this season. Still looking for his first win, Busch sits 13th in the points standings with five top 10s and two top 5s. He finished ninth in Sunday’s NASCAR All-Star Race but soon made headlines off the track. Busch and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. got into a physical altercation outside his hauler, with Stenhouse landing the first shot.

Stenhouse’s run to win $1 million ended just two laps in after Busch put him into the wall in retaliation for some contact between the two on the first lap. He threatened to fight Busch when the race ended and delivered on that.

“I feel like Kyle, and I have always raced each other really hard back to the Nationwide Series when we were competing for wins week in and week out,” Stenhouse said. “Never had any issues. Then you know, I wrecked him one time at Daytona, and he’s been kinda bad mouthing me ever since then. I feel like we get along with each other okay outside the racetrack, I talk to him quite a bit.

“I’m not sure why he was so mad, I shoved it three-wide, but I mean, he hit the fence and kind of came off the wall and ran into me. I don’t know when I was talking him, he kept saying that I wrecked him. So, definitely built-up frustration with how he runs his mouth all the time about myself, but I know he’s frustrated because he doesn’t run as well as he used to. I understand that. We’re a single-car team over here, we’re working really hard to go out and get better each and every weekend.”