Kyle Busch finished third in ASA Midwest Tour event at the Madison International Speedway Sunday May 4, 2008 in his No. 51 Toyota Late Model. Busch’s crew chief in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Richie Wauters was by his side as for the Echo Chain Saw 100 race that evening.

Busch had a full weekend after finishing second and third in the NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series Friday and Saturday at the Richmond international Speedway. Busch in his third start at MIS was on his game as he held off fellow ASA driver Mark Eswein on the final lap to post a third place finish

"That was great racing there with (Eswein), a lot of fun," said Busch, who started 14th. Something that you can expect here in this series is good, clean, and hard racing, so that was cool. I almost didn't beat him to the line. I'm glad we did for third to get a podium finish. We struggled here last year at this place, but luckily we found a little bit of something better here today, but it wasn't anywhere close to (Fredrickson). I think the biggest thing about this tour is just that you've got guys that will race you clean, race you hard."  ......continued....

A solid, top-ten run came to an abrupt end for Marc Mitchell in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway.  The rookie from Tallahassee, Fla. was involved in a crash on lap 73 which terminated the Ergon race team's best showing of the season.  Mitchell was running in fifth place at the time of the incident.

Mitchell qualified the Ergon Toyota in fifth place.  His lap of 31.915 seconds around the 1.5 mile oval scored him his best starting position of the season.

When the race got underway, Mitchell hung strong with the top-10.  He was racing in sixth place when the first caution waved, lap 25.  His truck was a tick too tight, so crew chief Doug George called him down pit lane for service.  The crew changed four tires, topped off the fuel cell and raised the track bar to loosen up Mitchell's Toyota.  He returned to the track in 11th place.

The race returned to green on lap 29.  Mitchell worked his way up to eighth place before the team's next pit stop, lap 51.  His truck was still too tight for his liking, so George called for a wedge adjustment, along with fresh right-side tires on the No. 15 machine.  Following his service, Mitchell rejoined the field in 10th place. 

Green flag action resumed on lap 56. The caution flag halted the race on lap 65, with Mitchell holding down the eighth position.  Since he pitted only twelve laps earlier, George opted to leave his driver on the track.  By not pitting, Mitchell moved up to third place for the restart.

On lap 72, the race went green again.  Mitchell quickly became involved in a four-wide battle for fifth place...... continued...

Shane Sieg with an 18th place finish in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Kansas Speedway sends Billy Ballew Motorsports home with a solid second place position in the 2008 championship point’s race.

Sieg substituting for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle "Rowdy" Busch started in the 16th place position for the 167 lap Craftsman Truck Series event in Kansas City, Kansas. Soon after the start Sieg reported to the crew that the No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts Toyota Tundra was tight in the corners coming down pit road under caution on lap 26 for four tires, fuel and two rounds down in the right rear.

Sieg stayed in the top-15 throughout his runs battling three wide for positions when the truck got loose on lap 51 while attempting to pass sending him into the wall causing damage to the right side of the Toyota Tundra. Crew chief Richie Wauters brought Sieg down pit road numerous times for the crew to repair the damage to the front splitter and right side fenders. The damage to the Tundra was minimal after the repairs but set Sieg back a lap restarting in the 30th place position. The misfortune of Sieg’s teammate Marc Mitchell’s accident on lap73 was actually beneficial to the No. 51 team when Sieg received the free pass to gain his spot on the lead lap.

After receiving the "Lucky Dog" putting him back on the lead lap Sieg continually moved forward reporting the truck was really good but had was a tick tight but free off the corners of the 1.5 mile tri-oval race track.     .....continued....