OXFORD — Two cars. Two days. Two races.

That sums up Kyle Busch’s plans for the weekend.

If he can repeat his success of Saturday night, the weekend could also include two wins for the Sprint Cup points leader.

In his third appearance at Oxford Plains Speedway for the TD Bank 250, Busch has upped the ante on his efforts. He now has a win in the Pass Pro Stock 150-lap feature to show for it.

Busch ran pretty well in his two previous appearances in 2005 and 2006, but this time he’s revving up the engines for two races. He added the Saturday feature race to his 250 weekend schedule.

“I wouldn’t be doing anything else — maybe just sitting on the couch,” said Busch Saturday between practice sessions.

In his other appearances at OPS, he had just the 250 to prepare for. This time, he had two cars he was prepping for racing.

For Saturday’s race, he had a KBM-010, which is now three-for-three in races since being built this winter. Busch won with the Camry in the Rowdy 251 at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich., in June and then won the Slinger Nationals at Slinger, Wis. July 18.

“The Super Late Models, to me, are just fun,” said Busch. “I enjoy racing them all the time. We go and run eight to 10 events throughout the year. It’s the way I grew up. So I know these cars and they’re my favorite types of car. You have all kinds of adjustability. You can kind of play with them.”

That’s what Busch and his crew were doing Saturday. He had tested Saturday’s car Friday night and liked what he was seeing. It had been one of the faster cars before and during the race.  He also got a few practice runs with Sunday’s 250 car yesterday afternoon.

“The PASS car wasn’t bad Friday night,” he said. “We finally got on track about 10 and had one hour session. We just had to work through some things and see if we could make improvements to it.”

Busch made his heat race look easy. He started in the back of the pack. He followed Joey Polewarczyk through the pack early and then took the lead from him midway through the 10-laps to cruise the win and earn to top spot in the feature. He led for the first 13 laps and then spent much of the rest of the race chasing Patrick Leperle. He took it back for good on lap 113, getting the jump on Leperle on a restart. He never let the lead go the rest of the way.

The car he’ll race in the 250 is a brand new Camry, KBM-011. The car was built by Dale Shaw and prepped by T.J. Brackett and Seth Holbrook. Busch tested that car last week. He got some practiced runs in Saturday afternoon.

Busch has been accustomed to running multiple races on the NASCAR circuit. Still, it can be a challenge prepping both cars at the same time.

“It’s really hot,” said Busch, who received his share of boos when introduced prior to the race. “The track temperatures are going to be hot. It’s really going to be slick. The biggest challenge you work through is how different is the track here from day to night. We don’t have that experience here because we haven’t been here all that often.”

Sunday’s weather is supposed to be cooler. So the track conditions Busch saw Saturday afternoon in his 250 car might not be the same as he sees in the afternoon heat races and the evening feature Sunday.

“The race starts in the afternoon,” Busch said. “So it will be somewhat similar to what we had today. The biggest thing we’re trying to do is just make our cars feel good and drive good.”

Though many Sprint Cup drivers have this weekend off, Busch says he’d rather be racing. It makes for a hectic and demanding schedule, but the 26-year-old says it probably helps him more than hinders him.

“Staying sharp is the easy part,” said Busch, a Las Vegas native. “When you’re on the racetrack every single day out of the year, you’re keeping your senses right up there.”

Busch says it is the other facets of the job that can distract the focus. Between autograph sessions, promotional appearances and media requests, Busch juggles a lot more than just racing.

“That stuff makes it more challenging,” he said. “That’s second nature to me.”

kmills@sunjournal