‘Florida native promotes AkAwareness.com sponsorship’

Tampa, Florida native, Aric Almirola and Billy Ballew Motorsports head to Daytona International Speedway for the season opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race Friday, February 12, 2010.

Almirola will pilot the No. 51 AkAwareness.com Graceway Pharmaceuticals®, LLC Toyota Tundra in 2010 after coming off a stellar 2009 series season with Billy Ballew Motorsports. 

“Billy Ballew has worked really hard over the winter to secure Graceway Pharmaceuticals again as our primary sponsor,” Aric Almirola said. “It really is a great opportunity that we have with Graceway’s backing to race for a championship in 2010.”

Almirola joined the team at Texas Motor Speedway competing in 16 events, posting seven top-five and 10 top-10 finishes.  The 25 year-old driver recorded the closest margin of victory at Talladega Superspeedway, after pushing his Billy Ballew Motorsports teammate to the win, giving the team its first one-two finish in their 300^th NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start. 

Almirola has one previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start, two Nationwide Series and one Sprint Cup Series starts on the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway. 

“We’re looking forward to starting the season off where we left off in 2009,” Almirola said. “Our trucks are really strong and we are looking to visit victory lane as much as we can! Richie (Wauters) and all the guys have been working long hours to make sure our trucks are as good as they can be.”

Billy Ballew Motorsports has had eight prior entries at the high-banked racetrack where the team has one-pole and two second-place finishes to their credit. 

Almirola, of Cuban-American descent, grew up in nearby Tampa, Florida and always looks forward to going to Daytona International Speedway. 

“Any chance I get to go to Florida to race, I’m excited,” Almirola said! “Daytona is only two hours from Tampa; where I grew up; so all my family can come over and watch.  When I was a kid, this was the track we came to. We always would drive over in February and July for the 500 and the Firecracker 400.”

The NextEra Energy Resources 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is slated to begin Friday, February 12, 2010 at 8:00pm.  SPEED has expanded event coverage televising both practice sessions and truck series qualifying.  Practice: Wednesday, February 10^th at 6:00pm, Thursday, February 11th at 9:00am. Qualifying: Thursday, February 11th at 6:30pm.  Race coverage begins on SPEED, MRN & Sirius Satellite Radio beginning at 7:30pm local time.            

For more information on actinic keratosis (AK) please visit www.AKAwareness.com; ‘Is it AK or OK’ is sponsored by Graceway Pharmaceuticals®.   Graceway’s sponsorship is part of a national public education campaign to raise awareness of actinic keratosis (AK) — a potential early warning sign of skin cancer — as well as the long-term consequences of sun damage over a lifetime.  It is estimated that about 10 million Americans have AK, a common pre-cancer that often develops on skin frequently exposed to the sun.  

Graceway Pharmaceuticals®, LLC, headquartered in Bristol, Tennessee, is dermatology focused pharmaceutical company which focuses on acquiring, in-licensing, and developing branded prescription pharmaceutical products.   Current prescription products marketed by Graceway include Aldara®, Maxair® Autohaler®, and Atopiclair®. 

Aldara®, Maxair® Autohaler®, Maxair and Design™, Atopiclair, and the Leaf Design® are trademarks owned by or licensed to Graceway Pharmaceuticals, LLC.

For more information on Graceway’s racing program contact: Ben Blessing -Graceway Pharmaceuticals® -ben.blessing@gracewaypharma.com -423-274-2111

‘2005 Series Champion Carries Hope for Haiti on No. 15 Billy Ballew Tundra’

NASCAR veteran, Ted Musgrave will take to the track at Daytona International Speedway in the No. 15 Hope for Haiti Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota Tundra NASCAR Camping World Truck Series truck for the season opening event Friday, February 12, 2010. 

The 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion sat out the 2009 series season due to funding is ready to get back behind the wheel at the World Center of Racing in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Musgrave has eight NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts posting three top-five and four top-10 finishes on the 2.5-mile superspeedway.  He has competed in 18 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and two International Race of Champions (IROC) events at the aero dependent high-banked racetrack.    

“Daytona – it is a gamble,” Ted Musgrave said.  “You can have a great truck and not win the race or a terrible truck and finish upfront.  It is 75-80% dependent on who works with you and who doesn’t whereas Talladega is an aero track that depends 100% on people helping you.  Daytona puts a premium on the handling of the truck, making the driver more a part of equations – you have to have the right handling. To me superspeedway stuff isn’t the most exciting racing and I much prefer running on the 1.5-mile tracks but Daytona is the biggest race of the year so we’ll go down there kick it off and do what we have to do to end up at the front at the end of the race.”

Billy Ballew Motorsports has had eight prior entries at the high-banked racetrack where the team has one-pole and two second-place finishes to their credit.  

Associate sponsors Eco Clear Solutions, MagicJack.com and Bee My Bear are all lending a hand in the Hope for Haiti cause.

The NextEra Energy Resources 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is slated to begin Friday, February 12, 2010 at 8:00pm.  SPEED has expanded event coverage televising both practice sessions and truck series qualifying.  Practice: Wednesday, February 10^th at 6:00pm, Thursday, February 11th at 9:00am. Qualifying: Thursday, February 11th at 6:30pm.  Race coverage begins on SPEED, MRN & Sirius Satellite Radio beginning at 7:30pm local time.

About Hope for Haiti: Naples, FL resident and humanitarian, JoAnne Kuehner, wanting to make a difference through focusing on education, she put her trust and support into “people” who were already striving for success. Joining forces with Dr. Keith Hussey in 1997, the focus to make a difference expanded to nutrition and healthcare. Now nearly 20 years later, Hope for Haiti prides its long-term success of our mission on the foundation on which it was built. Hope for Haiti continues to believe in “people” and therefore partners with those in Haiti who are doing an excellent job and supporting them in furthering their work. We do not build and run our own schools. Rather than reinvent the wheel, we work directly with those who are successfully ministering to the poor and who will be there for the long term. In this way, we make sure that over 95 cents of every dollar donated is used for programs that can help create a better future for the children of Haiti.  Hope for Haiti has held the vision from the very beginning that the people of Haiti are the ones who take control of their future and we are here to lend a needed hand along the difficult path.

‘2005 Series Champion Carries Hope for Haiti on the No. 15 Tundra’

The 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion, Ted Musgrave will make his return to the series at Daytona International Speedway piloting the No. 15 Hope for Haiti Toyota Tundra in the NextEra Energy Resources 250 for Billy Ballew Motorsports. 

Musgrave, who sat out the past season due to lack of sponsorship, will pilot the Billy Ballew Motorsports entry in the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opening race February 12, 2010. 

The series veteran has 191 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career starts with 17 wins, 80 top-five and119 top-ten finishes and12 pole starts. 

“How much more can you ask for actually,” Ted Musgrave said.  “Billy Ballew’s Toyota Tundra’s run consistently out front every week and it is a dream opportunity to step back into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in the top equipment in the garage.  I’ve really missed driving last year but kept myself in the loop by being at the track and racing is like riding a bicycle you never really forget how to do it.” 

Hope for Haiti will serve as the primary sponsor on the No. 15 Tundra.  (more…)

Graceway Pharmaceuticals®, LLC along with Billy Ballew Motorsports announce the continuation of their partnership for the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Season.

Graceway Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Bristol, TN joined forces with Billy Ballew Motorsports in 2009, at Bristol Motor Speedway, sponsoring all three of the team’s entries.  Graceway remained the primary sponsor on the No. 15 and the associate sponsor on the No. 51 entry for the remainder of the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.

In 2010, Aric Almirola will be the driver of the No. 51 Graceway Pharmaceuticals®, LLC Toyota Tundra.  Nate Monteith will join Almirola in a second Graceway sponsored Tundra for Billy Ballew Motorsports in seven of the 2010 truck series events.  Graceway Pharmaceuticals will also be the associate sponsor on the No. 09 James Finch NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car with Aric Almirola piloting the entry in 2010.

“Graceway is thrilled to once again team up with Billy, Aric and Nate for the 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series as well as starting a new relationship with James Finch and Phoenix Racing as an associate sponsor for the No. 09 Sprint Cup Series car.  Billy and Aric were able to bring a tremendous amount of attention to Graceway’s Actinic Keratosis (AK) Awareness program in 2009 due to their ability to continuously run at the front of the pack,” Greg Jones, Senior Vice President, Business Development at Graceway Pharmaceuticals said.  “We believe Billy Ballew Motorsports with Aric at the wheel is going to be the team to beat in 2010 and Nate will experience a break-out year.  We are also excited to continue to raise awareness of AK through our continued sponsorship in the NASCAR Truck & Sprint Cup Series.”

“We are extremely excited pleased about the continued partnership with Graceway Pharmaceuticals,” Billy Ballew said.  “Greg (Jones), Ben (Blessing) and all the employees of Graceway have been absolutely fantastic to work with and we are looking forward to continued success with the venture.  We are fortunate to have Aric Almirola and Nate Monteith in the stable this season with Graceway as the sponsor.  Our goal is to continue to run upfront and bring Graceway Pharmaceuticals to victory lane 2010.”  (more…)