Billy Ballew Motorsports announced today that NOS Energy Drink will be the primary sponsor of the No. 51 Toyota Tundra piloted by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season kickoff Friday, February 15, 2008 in the Chevy Silverado 250.

“We’re excited to have NOS Energy Drink onboard with us for Daytona,” Billy Ballew said. “The horsepower the energy drink brings combined with the talent of Kyle (Busch) we look to bring home a victory and start out 2008 on top.”

“As a member of Team NOS, Kyle is a tremendous brand ambassador for NOS Energy Drink.  We are thrilled to grow this relationship in the Craftsman Truck Series and provide human horsepower for Billy Ballew Motorsports and the No. 51 Toyota Tundra Truck,” said NOS Brand Director Mike Fine.

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This Rookie Knows What the Front Looks Like at Daytona

Daytona Fast Facts:

· The Chevrolet Silverado 250 will mark Mitchell’s second start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, but first start with Ergon sponsorship.

· Mitchell, 24, finished second in the 2007 ARCA 200 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway – only his second appearance at the speedway.

· Mitchell, a native of Tallahassee, Florida, will be one of only two drivers from the state of Florida entered in Friday night’s race.

· Mitchell will be making his sixth Superspeedway start. He has three starts at Talladega in a combination of both NASCAR Craftsman Truck and ARCA competition. He has two previous starts at Daytona in ARCA.

· The #15 Ergon Hyprene Chevrolet will compete in 21 races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 2008. Mitchell is competing for Rookie of The Year Honors. (more…)

Billy Ballew Motorsports heads to the Daytona International Speedway way this week for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season kickoff Friday, February 15, 2008 in the Chevy Silverado 250. Piloting the No. 51 Toyota Tundra for Ballew at the 2.5-mile superspeedway will be Kyle “Rowdy” Busch.

Busch and the No. 51 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team had a tremendous end to the 2007 season scoring two wins (Atlanta Motor Speedway (II), Phoenix International Raceway) and a close second in the final race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Busch made only 11 starts in the No. 51 in 2007 posting 2 wins, 4 top-five, 4 top-10 finishes. The team looks to carry forward the momentum into the 2008 season after a successful test at the Super Speedway in January. (more…)

Are you going to be running Nationwide and Craftsman Truck Series events this year? “It’s going to be a busy year – we’ve got the whole cup schedule which is obviously priority with the M&M’s Toyota – but we’ve also got the Nationwide Camry with Joe Gibbs Racing as well as Braun Racing. So it’s a busy year there and then of course I’m racing in the Craftsman Truck Series as well. We’re going to run races with Billy Ballew Motorsports and we’re still looking for sponsorship for that deal there. I don’t have anything but a Tundra on that one. It’s going to be fun though I’m looking forward to it and it’s going to be a busy year and a hard year, but the more track time you get the better is what I always say.”

How did you begin racing for Billy Ballew Motorsports? “The connection is pretty much through Richie Wauters, he is the crew chief on that deal. A few years ago I raced in his late model cars, a short track program. Richie was at the Snowball Derby and we kind of built a relationship there and then he was crew chief for Blue’s stuff in the truck series. I kept begging them to let me run a race and finally they offered me a race. We ended up winning the first one, and when we went to the second one, and we won the second one and so ever since then we’ve always been together.” (more…)