By Bill Kimm, NASCAR.COM
May 17, 2007
11:08 AM EDT

Kyle Busch doesn't dabble in the Craftsman Truck Series very often, but when he does he makes the most of it.

Busch will make his 2007 Truck Series debut in the Quaker Steak and Lube 200 at Lowe's Motor Speedway on Friday (8:30 p.m. ET, SPEED) where he will try to win the race for the third consecutive year.

Last year, Busch also made his NCTS debut at Charlotte posting his only victory. In seven races he finished in the top 10 in all seven, including three top-fives.

"You come over here wanting to have some fun and race hard and do a good job," Busch said. "That is what we're going to do."

Busch will again pay homage to one of his favorite movies, Days of Thunder, by driving the No. 51 Chevrolet and have "Rowdy Busch" above the window. "Rowdy Burns," the character played by Michael Rooker, drove the No. 51 in the 1990 movie starring Tom Cruise.

Interesting Fact

3 Only three drivers have won three consecutive races at the same track. Jack Sprague did it at Phoenix from 1996-97, Ted Musgrave did it at California from 2001-03 and the record for most consecutive wins at one track belongs to Brendan Gaughan who won four in a row at Texas Motor Speedway from 2001-03.

Fun Fact

1 Believe it or not, "Days of Thunder" is actually an Academy Award nominee. In 1991, the stock-car flick was nominated for Best Sound along with "Dick Tracy", "The Hunt for Red October", "Total Recall" and winner "Dances with Wolves".

All the Facts

0 Number of Truck Series winners at LMS who have started on the front row. The highest-starting winner was Kyle Busch in 2005 when he qualified third.
2 Number of second-place finishes for Terry Cook the last two truck races at LMS, finishing behind winner Kyle Busch in both of them.
2 Number of leaders in last year's truck race at LMS (polesitter Mike Skinner and winner Kyle Busch).
3.154 Kyle Busch's margin of victory, in seconds, in last year's race at LMS, the largest Truck Series margin of victory in track history.
6 Number of Nextel Cup regulars who will attempt to qualify for the truck race on Friday (A.J. Allmendinger, Mike Bliss, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Mark Martin and Ken Schrader).
24.86 Percent of passes on the frontstretch in the last two races at LMS, the most on the track. Turn 3 saw the fewest amount of passes at 12.30 percent.
28.5 Average finish of Mike Skinner the last two truck races at LMS despite starting from the pole in both of them.
44.5 Percent of laps Kyle Busch had the fastest truck on the track at LMS in the past two races. The next closest is Mike Skinner at 14.3 percent.
96Number of laps Kyle Busch led in last year's truck race at LMS, the most laps led be a Truck Series race winner in track history.
99.33 Percent of laps Rick Crawford has been on the lead lap this season (745 of 750 total laps).
147.9 Driver Rating for Kyle Busch in the last two LMS truck races. A perfect rating is 150.0.
264 Laps Kyle Busch has been in the top 15 the past two truck races at LMS. 270 laps were run in the two events (97.8 percent).
423 Number of laps Mike Skinner has led in five races this season. The next closest to him is Erik Darnell who has led 97 laps.

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