^{Shane Sieg in the No. 15 Miccosukee Resorts Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota Tundra has a solid 14th place finish at the Dover International Speedway in the running of the AAA Insurance 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.}

^{Sieg struggled in practice but picked up in qualifying placing the Tundra in the 19th place position for the 200 lap event Friday, May 30th posting a time of 23.820 seconds at a speed of 151.134 mph.}

^{From the start of the event on the one-mile track nicknamed the “Monster Mile” Sieg reported being loose through the corners but maintained a position in the top-20 until they could come down pit road for adjustments. Sieg became the victim of the leader going a lap down during a long green flag run but on lap 52, was able to take on fresh tires and some track bar adjustments.} (more…)

Kyle Busch in the No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts Toyota Tundra will start in the third place position today in the AAA Insurance NCTS race after posting a time of 23.201 seconds at a speed of 155.166 mph.

Shane Sieg piloting the No. 15 Miccosukee Resorts Tundra had struggled in practice Thursday but was able to improve his truck after posting a time of 23.820 seconds at a speed of 151.134 mph placing him in the 19th place position for the 200 lap, 200 mile race.

Kyle Busch in the No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota Tundra dominated the running of the AAA Insurance 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at the Dover International Speedway Friday, May 30, 2008. Busch led 96 laps including lap one after his start of third place in the 200 mile, 200 lap race at the “Monster Mile”. Busch looked to be the clear victor until a fitting on the transmission broke sending him into the pits for repair and home from the track with a 27th place finish.

Busch qualified third for the event and immediately took the point position by the time the trucks went past the start/finish line for the first circuit. Busch in his own zip code settled in to save his tires on the concrete track but had the speed to catch the rear of the field putting multiple race trucks a lap down. Busch reported being aero-tight and asked for air pressure and track bar adjustments on his pit stop on lap 51. The quick stop under caution kept Busch in the lead where he was until the truck began to smoke on lap 96. As the caution flag flew, Busch headed to the garage area to find out what was causing the heavy smoke fearing they had to replace the transmission during the event. The crew rushed into action and found that it was a fitting on the side of the transmission had broken causing the leak. The team made the necessary repairs to the truck sending him back out on the racetrack in 19 laps.

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Shane Sieg will pilot the No. 15 Miccosukee Resorts Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota Tundra NASCAR Craftsman Truck at the Dover International Raceway Friday, May 30, 2008 for the running of the AAA Insurance 200.

Sieg has made two starts in 2008 for Billy Ballew Motorsports in the No. 51 Craftsman Truck substituting for NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kyle ‘Rowdy’ Busch who normally drives the Toyota Tundra. This week Sieg will step in for Marc Mitchell who is slated to compete in 21 of the 25 Craftsman Truck Series races this season.

Sieg has one previous start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at the Monster Mile with a finish of 16th place position. Billy Ballew Motorsports has five previous starts with one win posted by Kyle Busch in 2005.

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