NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kurt Busch has entered the annual Polar Bear 150 at Rockingham Speedway scheduled for Saturday, November 27, 2010. Busch will drive No. 22 in the Frank Kimmel Street Stock Nationals event that features a starting field of up to 100 cars on the high-banked one-mile track in the sandhills of North Carolina.

The 2004 NASCAR champion is no stranger to Rockingham having made eight Sprint Cup starts there with a best finish of second in the spring of 2003.

“What a tremendous honor it is to have NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Kurt Busch come and compete with our racers at Rockingham Speedway,” said nine-time ARCA Racing Series champion and series founder, Frank Kimmel. “I think it is a tremendous opportunity for our series with the amount of exposure that Kurt will bring to our race, but also for our drivers. He is coming to run well and win the race, I think that says something about him, but I also think that it says that our series is starting to build credibility. Hopefully this will improve the series, bring out more fans and add to the excitement of the race at Rockingham.”

Rockingham Speedway gates will open at 6:30 am ET on November 27 with qualifying starting at 11:00 am ET and the 150-lap race at 1:00 pm ET.

For more information contact Rockingham Speedway at 910-205-8800 or visit www.rockinghamspeedway.com.

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