Kyle Busch Motorsports has announced its lineup of crew chiefs for the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
Ryan Fugle will call the shots for Noah Gragson and the No. 18 Toyota. Mike Hillman Jr. will work with Harrison Burton, Kyle Busch and other drivers on the No. 51 Tundra. Marcus Richmond will have Todd Gilliland as the primary driver of the No. 4 entry with Kyle Busch driving two races and David Gilliland competing in the season-opening event at Daytona International Speedway.
Fugle has guided his team to an owners championship in all four of his seasons (2013 and 2015-17) as a crew chief at KBM. His drivers have combined for 21 wins and 14 poles in 91 races. Last season, Christopher Bell collected a series-high five wins and five poles en route to the championship.
Hillman is a two-time Truck Series champion crew chief. He helped Toyota capture its first title in a NASCAR national series when he guided Todd Bodine to the Truck Series crown in 2006 and led Bodine to his second championship four years later. In 10-plus seasons atop the pit box, Hillman’s drivers have collected 20 wins and 18 poles. He joined KBM for the last four races of the 2017 season and helped guide Burton to a third-place finish at Martinsville Speedway.
Richmond has collected 10 wins and 14 poles across 245 races in his 12 seasons as a Truck Series crew chief. He’s been to Victory Lane with six different drivers: Gragson, Ty Dillon, Kevin Harvick, Timothy Peters, Johnny Sauter and Dennis Setzer. Richmond has recorded at least one win every year since 2012 and is entering his second season with KBM.
