Ballew brings home two top finishes Saturday during the running of the EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.  Rowdy Busch, posted the team’s first victory of 2007 in the No. 51 RedTop Auto Auction Chevrolet Silverado. Georgia native, Shane Seig brought home a strong 17th place finish in the Terry Reid Chevrolet www.only78.com Chevrolet Silverado.        post race results to follow…..

The No. 51 RedTop Auto Auction Billy Ballew Motorsports team has one focus this weekend as they head to the Atlanta Motor Speedway for the running of the EasyCare 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.  That focus is to claim victory one of the 2007 season.

Piloting the RedTop Auto Auction Silverado will be NASCAR NEXTEL Cup 2007 Chase for the Championship contender Kyle Busch who is also a regular for Billy Ballew Motorsports in the Craftsman Trucks.

Busch has given Ballew his only win at his home track of the Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2005.  Billy Ballew Motorsports has six starts at the 1.54-mile race track in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series posting one win and two top-10 finishes.  Ballew’s first race as a team owner was at the track in Hampton, GA for an Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) event in 1996.

“I love when we race here in Atlanta,” Ballew said.  “The team was started here at this track in this state and Georgia has stuck behind it ever since.  I have to thank RedTop Auto Auction for coming onboard with the No. 51 this weekend.  I’m hoping Kyle (Busch) can give them and the team a victory on Saturday.  We haven’t a win in the books yet this season and I’d like to do again here at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.”

Busch is no stranger to the Atlanta Motor Speedway with six NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Starts, four Busch Series starts including two top-5 and 2 top-10 finishes and one start in the Craftsman Truck Series where he scored his first win for Billy Ballew Motorsports in the fall 2005 event.

“I’m excited to be back in the truck for Billy Ballew this weekend in Atlanta,” said Busch. “My first run for him was in Atlanta and we won.  It was an action-packed race and at the end I saw the hole to make it to the finish line so I kept going for it.  The last lap of that race in 2005 is one I will never forget.  I would love to repeat the win for Billy Ballew and RedTop Auto Auction.  We haven’t had a win this year yet in the truck and I think we have a good possibility to do that here in Atlanta.  Atlanta Motor Speedway is fast, and I like the way you can run on the bottom or the top, making it a fun track to drive. That’s probably why you see so many exciting finishes at Atlanta.”

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series takes to the track for the running of the 22nd of the 25 race season Saturday, October 27 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.   The EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 (130 laps, 200.2 miles) is slated to begin at 1:00pm ET.  SPEED will broadcast live qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series beginning at 9:30am ET with race broadcast beginning at 12:30pm ET.  MRN Radio and Sirius Satellite will begin broadcast at 12:45pm ET.

For more information on Billy Ballew Motorsports, their drivers and sponsors please visit www.BillyBallewMotorsports.com.

RedTop Auto Auction will be the primary sponsor on the No. 51 Billy Ballew Motorsports Chevrolet Silverado NASCAR Craftsman Truck at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.  RedTop Auto Auction based in Cartersville, Georgia knows that the customer is the reason for their existence and the reason they are becoming one of the top auto auctions in the Southeast United States.  For more information on RedTop Auto Auction visit www.RedTopAutoAuction.com.

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‘Terry Reid Chevrolet – www.only78.com Onboard at AMS’

Billy Ballew Motorsports announced today that Terry Reid Chevrolet in Cartersville, Georgia will be the primary sponsor of the No. 15 Chevrolet Silverado NASCAR Craftsman Truck at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Georgia native Shane Sieg will climb behind the wheel of the Georgia owned and sponsored Craftsman Truck for the EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 (130 laps, 200.2 miles) Saturday, October 27. Sieg has one prior start at the Atlanta Motor Speedway where he qualified in the 30th place position and fast tracked his way to a 13th place finish on the 1.54-mile race track.  Billy Ballew Motorsports has six starts at the 1.54-mile race track in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series posting one win and two top-10 finishes.  Ballew’s first race as a team owner was at the track in Hampton, GA for an Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) event in 1996. (more…)

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series held true to its reputation for action packed racing while taking to the .526-mile Martinsville Speedway Saturday, October 20 for the running of the Kroger 200.

NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series Chase for the Championship contender Denny Hamlin piloted the No. 15 Flanders Beef Patties Chevrolet Silverado for Billy Ballew Motorsports and fell victim to the beating and banging that was going on early in the race.  But Hamlin, from nearby Chesterfield, Virginia, was able to battle back from adversity and looked  to have a top -15 finish when on the last lap, the No. 15 Flanders Beef Patties NASCAR Craftsman truck was spun in a multi-truck accident sending him home with a 19th place finish in the 200 lap shoot-out. (more…)