Busch going for a record this weekend at Kentucky

Kyle Busch will attempt to make history Saturday in the Craftsman Truck Series race at Kentucky Speedway by becoming the first driver to win consecutive races in each of NASCAR's three national series.

Busch set up his run for the record book by winning the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races at Chicagoland Speedway last weekend. His only NASCAR race this weekend will be the Built Ford Tough 225 in Sparta, Ky. The Cup series is taking a rare weekend off, and the Nationwide Series also runs Saturday night, at Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis.

Fast Facts

What	Built Ford Tough 225
When	7 p.m. ET Saturday
TV	SPEED, 6:30 p.m. ET
Radio	MRN (Sirius Ch. 28), 7 ET

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Busch, 23, is committed to running as many CTS races as possible to help Billy Ballew take the owners' championship. Busch's ambition has made for some hectic travel when the trucks aren't at the same track as the Cup races.

Busch has missed the past two CTS races and has competed in eight of 12 this season. He started the season with a second at Daytona, followed by wins in Fontana, Calif., and Atlanta. He also was second at Texas, his best finish in an otherwise forgettable weekend when he also ran 43rd in the Cup race at Pocono and 20th in the Nationwide race at Nashville.

Without Busch in the No. 51 Toyota, Ballew has slid to fifth in the standings but is only 63 behind the leading No. 33 of Kevin Harvick Inc. driven by Ron Hornaday. Shane Sieg replaced Busch in the No. 51 at Kansas (18th); Mansfield, Ohio, (21st); and Memphis (ninth). Mike Bliss was 12th in the truck at Milwaukee.

"I want to keep Billy up front, and no one else can do it," Busch said. "I think it's cool that as long as he's been in the sport, he's finally got a chance to win a championship, and I want to help him keep that alive. He's been around so long, and he's never had a full-time driver capable of winning him a championship. I'd like to be the one to do it for him."

Busch has been driving for Ballew since the 2005 season and has eight wins in 37 starts with the team. He drove in 11 CTS races last season with two victories. Saturday's race will be Busch's first in the series at Kentucky.

Busch is in the midst of a spectacular season. He has seven wins and is the points leader in the Cup Series and has five wins and is fifth in points in the Nationwide Series, where he has run all but one race before this weekend.