The CW is set to bring NASCAR Cup Series drivers during its NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race broadcasts every week. The official broadcaster of the series will line up Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, and Bubba Wallace, among others, in the NOAPS roster.

Each race will have a different Cup driver as an analyst. Hamlin will kickstart the rotation at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 23. Connor Zilisch will follow him at Nashville Superspeedway on May 30. Ross Chastain will line up next at Pocono Raceway on June 13. A.J. Allmendinger will be present at Sonoma Raceway on June 27.

Two-time Cup Series champion Kyle Busch is set for EchoPark Speedway on July 11, while Bubba Wallace will complete the rotation at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 25. Among the drivers, only Connor Zilisch and Bubba Wallace are new to the line-up as Denny Hamlin, AJ Allmendinger, Ross Chastain, and Kyle Busch have already made their appearances in the CW last year.

This is a different shakeup than the usual process, as guest drivers only appear occasionally. Usually, the series typically has a fixed booth lineup for a full season.

Interestingly, all the drivers named above are full-time NASCAR Cup Series drivers, but also at the same time, they participate in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series under part-time obligation. But Kyle Busch is set for another challenge at Texas this time.

Kyle Busch aims for Truck Series win at Texas

Kyle Busch has revealed that he will look for a win at the upcoming Truck Series race at the Texas Motor Speedway. Speaking about this, the most successful Truck Series driver in NASCAR said:

"Texas is a track where I’ve had a lot of success in the Truck Series, including a win with Spire a couple of years ago,” said Busch, who will drive Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet Silverado Truck on Friday night.

“We had a lot of speed in our HendrickCars.com Silverado at Atlanta, and I know (Carson) Hocevar was really fast at Texas last year, so hopefully we can capitalize on the speed that Spire is bringing to the mile-and-a-half tracks and add another trophy to the trophy case," Busch further added.

Busch has won six of the last 51 NASCAR races there, and most of them have come in the Truck Series. With that said, it will be interesting to see if Busch ends up winning yet another Truck Series race.

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Written by

Sabyasachi Biswas

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Suyashdeep Sason