Super Late Models

Amber Balcaen adds two Kyle Busch Motorsports SLM starts

The third-generation Canadian racer will drive the flagshp No. 51 entry in a PASS and CARS Tour race …

by
Matt Weaver
March 21, 2019

Kaj Hasselriis

Amber Balcaen will return to Kyle Busch Motorsports for two Super Late Model events in 2019.

The 26-year-old Winnipeg, Manitoba native will drive the flagship No. 51 Camry in the Pro All Star Series Easter Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway on April 20 and in the CARS Super Late Model Tour event at Motor Mile Speedway in Fairlawn, Virginia on May 18.

Balcaen’s entry in the Easter Bunny 150 will carry primary sponsorship from Glen McLeod & Son LTD and Kabat Schertzer De La Torre & Co will serve as an associate sponsor. For the CARS Super Late Model event at Motor Mile, Tavia will serve as the primary sponsor.

She made her debut with the team at Hickory in the CARS Tour Throwback 276 last fall, with a production crew intended to spotlight her and Samantha Busch for the still-pending Racing Wives television show.

“I can’t thank Kyle and Samantha enough for giving me the opportunity to race for them — it means the world to me,” Balcaen said in a press release. “When you are driving for KBM, not only are you driving for one of the best drivers in NASCAR, you know that he has only the best people working for him and I’m looking forward to learning from them.

“Even though I didn’t have the chance to race much last year, I’m confident in my ability as a driver and know that I can be successful with this team. I have high expectations for myself in these races and I’m excited to see what we can accomplish together. Above all, I’m ecstatic to be behind the wheel of a racecar again. It’s what I love to do and I feel so blessed to be back at it.”

Balcaen is a third-generation driver and a winner of a 2016 Limited Sportsman division race at Motor Mile. With the win, she became the first Canadian-born female to win a NASCAR-sanctioned race in the United States. She added another Limited Sportsman win at Motor Mile Speedway in 2017 and also made her first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East start that year.

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Matt Weaver

Matt Weaver is the owner and founder of Short Track Scene. Weaver grew up in the sport, having raced himself before becoming a reporter in college at the University of South Alabama. He also has extensive experience covering NASCAR, IndyCar and Dirt Sprint Cars.

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