Doosan Infracore to serve as sponsor for 20 at Mexico

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. -- Doosan Infracore, a global leader in the heavy industrial marketplace, is taking driver Kyle Busch and the No. 20 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing south of the border for the Mexico 200 Nationwide Series race at Mexico City's legendary former Formula 1 road course -- the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

"We're proud to represent a worldwide industrial leader in NASCAR's flagship international event at Mexico City," said J.D. Gibbs, president of Joe Gibbs Racing. "Doosan is no stranger to racing and the power of motorsports sponsorship. In the 10 years since it began sponsoring Joe Gibbs Racing, its machine tools division has more than doubled its market share. Our partnership with Doosan is one we truly appreciate, and it's our hope that with Kyle and our No. 20 Nationwide Series team at Mexico City, we can continue to build on that kind of success."

Doosan Infracore is Korea's largest manufacturer of construction equipment, forklift trucks and machine tools, and is a major supplier of defense products, as well as diesel and natural gas engines. Its U.S. subsidiary, Doosan Infracore America Corp., is headquartered in Suwanee, Ga.

"The vast majority of people in the infrastructure industry are either football fans or NASCAR fans, or both," said Attila B. Catto, general manager of sales and marketing/director of motorsports for Doosan Infracore. "The association with Joe Gibbs Racing gives us exposure to both groups. The name Joe Gibbs is associated with more than football and racing. Joe Gibbs is known as a winner, and our association with Joe Gibbs Racing conveys that you can't lose with a Doosan Infracore product.

"We look forward to a successful weekend of racing with Kyle Busch and the No. 20 Toyota team at Mexico City."

The Mexico 200 is set for April 20 on the 2.5-mile, 14-turn road circuit in downtown Mexico City. ESPN has coverage beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET. The green flag is set for 2:22 p.m. ET.

Busch has 11 career series victories in 114 starts, and he was runner-up in the 2004 series championship -- his only full season on the tour. Busch's only Mexico City appearance came in 2006, when he qualified ninth, led five laps and finished seventh. He has two runner-up finishes in six Nationwide Series starts thus far in 2008.