Kyle Busch Seeks Road-Course Win in Third Different Country

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For the sixth time in NASCAR history, the Nationwide Series will bring their garage across the border to Montreal, Quebec, Canada for the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at the famed Circuit Gilles Villeneuve track. Kyle Busch will make his second attempt at the 2.709-mile road course, in a field laced with road-course experts such as Alex Tagliani, Ron Fellows and Jacques Villeneuve, whose father’s name the track is entitled to.

Busch’s past international road-course success includes a win in the Nationwide Series in 2008, at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez track in Mexico City, Mexico. It was his second visit to the Mexico facility. The young, but veteran, driver who holds the record for most wins in the Nationwide Series, first tackled this week’s Canada track in 2009, and recorded a 10th-place finish. This week will mark his second visit to the Montreal facility, but first as the owner-driver of the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota for his first-year Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) Nationwide Series team. While he has also enjoyed success on the U.S.-based road course Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International, in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, it would be a feat and a NASCAR record, for Busch to record a victory at three different road-course events in three different countries.

In order to pursue this accomplishment, Busch will work between two race markets and two countries. While the Sprint Cup Series will hold their weekend event at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Owen Kelly of Tasmania, Australia will help Busch prepare for the Saturday event in Canada. Kelly will support the No. 54 team during practice and qualifying sessions, while Busch remains in the States, preparing his Sprint Cup Series entry for Sunday’s race. Busch will make the trip to Montreal Saturday morning prior to race start and will be looking to achieve victory amidst a busy schedule.

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