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NASCAR: Kyle Busch announces move to Richard Childress Racing in 2023

It’s official. Kyle Busch’s Joe Gibbs Racing tenure is over after the 2022 season.

Busch announced Tuesday that he would be heading to Richard Childress Racing in 2023. The announcement came after reports emerged Saturday that Busch would be leaving his longtime Cup Series home for RCR next season. Busch, 37, has been at Joe Gibbs Racing since 2008.

Busch said he wanted to find a place where he could win races right away and “also needed a place where I could hit reset and be welcomed as who I am.”

The move to RCR comes after longtime sponsor M&M Mars announced that it would be leaving Busch’s No. 18 car at the end of 2022. The company made the announcement in the months before the season and seemingly left the team ample time to find sponsorship for Busch.

That sponsorship, however, never materialized for whatever reason. Busch is now heading to a team that hasn’t won a title since the 1990s with Dale Earnhardt and JGR will likely promote team owner Joe Gibbs’ grandson Ty to replace Busch.