BALLEW AND BUSCH READY FOR A NCTS BATTLE IN BROOKLYN

June 13, 2007
Filed under: News — admin @ 7:36 AM

Brooklyn, MI (June 13, 2007) -Kyle Busch will be once again piloting the No. 51 Flanders Beef Patties Billy Ballew Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado in Saturdays Michigan 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event. Busch and Ballew hope to bring home the win after such a strong performance in Dover where Busch was in contention for the win until a tire forced him to give up the lead and go down pit road.

Busch has one previous start at the Michigan International Speedway for Billy Ballew Motorsports; in 2005 Busch not only took the pole for the Craftsman Series race he broke the track record with a time of 39.645 seconds and a speed of 181.612 mph, which still stands today.

“I’m looking forward to going back to Michigan with Billy Ballew,” Busch said. “Michigan is a racy track with room for three and four wide racing. I hadn’t raced in the truck there since 2005 where we had a pole and a second place finish. We are bringing my favorite truck; we drove it in Dover a few weeks ago and it was strong. Chassis 11 has already brought us three wins before, hopefully it will again this weekend.”

Flanders Beef Patties will be back as the primary sponsor on the No. 51 Billy Ballew Motorsports NASCAR Craftsman Truck. Flanders Beef Patties is headquartered and produced in Waycross, GA and is the No. 1 selling economy beef patties in the United States. The product is sold in 49 states in all major grocery retailers and independent grocery retailers across the country. Flanders Beef Patties was also the primary sponsor at the Dover International Speedway.

“We are excited about having Flanders Beef Patties back on board the No. 51 truck this week,” Ballew said. “We came so close in Dover for the win and it would be great to put Flanders in Victory Lane this weekend in Michigan. Kyle is a talented racecar driver and if anyone can put the truck there, he can. It should be an exciting weekend for both teams with Lester in the No. 15 having a solid run last week and a great qualifying effort. So hopefully we’ll be able put them both out front.”

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series drivers take to the track for the Michigan 200 (100 laps, 200 miles) at the Michigan International Speedway Saturday, June 16 at 3:00pm ET. Live television coverage begins on SPEED at 2:30pm ET with MRN Radio and their affiliate stations coverage starting at 3:00pm ET.