Kyle “Rowdy” Busch piloting the No. 51 Miccosukee Resort Toyota Tundra blazes to victory in the inaugural EnjoyIllinois.com 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Busch in the Billy Ballew Motorsports entry posted back to back wins after the victory at Bristol Motor Speedway and Friday night’s dominating performance at the 1.5-mile speedway in Joliet, Illinois.  Busch’s victory in the Camping World Truck Series gives the 24-year old driver a win in each of NASCAR’s Top-Tier National Touring Series at the Joliet, Illinois racetrack. 

Busch placed the new Toyota Tundra chassis (#32), in the fourth-place position on the starting grid with a time of 31.469 seconds at a speed of 171.597 miles per hour for the 150-lap race under the lights at Chicagoland Speedway.

In “Rowdy” Busch style, he drove the Miccosukee Resort Tundra deep into turn one, running three-and four-wide hunting for the lead when the first caution flag flew on lap 3.  After the restart on lap 5, Busch battled for the lead, taking the point position on lap 11.

Busch reported that the truck was loose, asking for wedge and track bar adjustments on his first pit stop under caution on lap 33.  Busch restarted in the sixth-place position on lap 36 and used his momentum to take the lead just two laps later. 

Busch maintained the lead, checking out on the field until a 42-lap green flag race run forced the teams to pit under green flag conditions.  Busch brought the Miccosukee Resort Camping World Tundra down pit road on lap 80 for fuel and adjustments and regained the lead on lap 91. 

Caution fell on the racetrack on lap 97 when the team brought the No. 51 Tundra back down pit lane for four tires on lap 97 where a slow stop caused the team to lose spots on the track.  Busch returned to pit road on lap 98 for fuel restarting in the seventh-place position for the restart on lap 101.   Busch drove three and four-wide around the racetrack headed for the front.  By lap 109 Busch advanced to the third place position.  Busch advanced to the second-place position as a series of cautions on the track occurred forcing him to be patient and wait for the opportunity to regain the lead from Todd Bodine (#30).  (more…)

Aric Almirola in the No. 15 Graceway Pharmaceuticals Billy Ballew Motorsports NASCAR Camping World Truck posted an eighth-place finish in the running of the EnjoyIllinois.com 225 race at Chicagoland Speedway Friday night.

Almirola who had an ill-handling truck in qualifying, started in the 20^th position for the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at 1.5-mile Chicagoland Speedway.

From the start of the race, Almirola knew the nose of the Graceway Pharmaceuticals truck needed to be down closer to the racetrack to help the loose driving conditions.  The Ballew Motorsports team brought Almirola down pit road under caution on lap 32 making adjustments to the truck.  Almirola restarted in the 19^th position on lap 36 and immediately began passing the trucks ahead of him for position.

A long green flag run broke out in the race forcing teams to have to make green flag pit stops for service.  The Billy Ballew Motorsports team kept Almirola out on the track as long as they could hoping for a caution but gave up the fifth-place position on lap 83 to come down pit road.

As the cycle of pit stops continued, a truck spun bringing out the caution on lap 97 which trapped several other competitors a lap down.  This advanced Almirola to the third-place position, his highest position of the race.   

With the laps of the EnjoyIllinois.com 225 dwindling down the team wanted to make one more adjustment and put fresh Goodyear tires on the truck for a Saturday night shootout to the finish.  Almirola came down pit road for a final time on lap 122 while running in the sixth-place position.  He returned for the restart on lap 125 in 12^th place and again used his talent to pass trucks on the race track posting an eighth-place finish in the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway. This is Almirola’s fifth top-10 finish in seven starts for Billy Ballew Motorsports in the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.

According to NASCAR Loop Statistics Almirola was second, only to former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion – Ron Hornaday, in number of positions improved in the last 10 percent (15 laps) of the race.  Almirola made 47 green flag passes, third in statistics out of the 36-truck field.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series heads next to the Iowa Speedway for the inaugural running of the Lucas Oil 200 Saturday, September 5, 2009.

Kyle “Rowdy” Busch piloting the No. 51 Miccosukee Resort Toyota Tundra blazes to victory in the inaugural EnjoyIllinois.com 225 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.

Busch in the Billy Ballew Motorsports entry posted back to back wins after the victory at Bristol Motor Speedway the prior week and this week dominated at the 1.5-mile speedway in Joliet, Illinois.  Busch’s win in the Camping World Truck Series gives the driving phenom wins in each of NASCAR’s Top-Three Touring Series at the Joliet, Illinois racetrack.

Billy Ballew Motorsports announced today that Graceway Pharmaceuticals will return as the primary sponsor of the No. 15 Graceway Pharmaceuticals NASCAR Camping World truck and the primary associate sponsor of the No. 51 Miccosukee Resort/Graceway Pharmaceuticals Tundra at Chicagoland Speedway this weekend.

Graceway Pharmaceuticals was the primary sponsor at Britstol Motor Speedway for the No. 09 of Nate Monteith (fin. 26) and the No. 15 of Aric Almirola (fin. 6).  They also were the primary associate sponsor of the No. 51 Camping World Truck driven by Kyle Busch who dominated the 200 lap race picking up his 12th-career victory for Billy Ballew Motorsports.

Almirola will pilot the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports NASCAR Camping World truck at the 1.5-mile D-shaped tri-oval with Busch in the No. 51 Tundra for the inaugural running of the EnjoyIllinois.com 225. 

“Graceway is very excited about continuing its relationship with Billy Ballew Motorsports and teaming up for the EnoyingIllonis.com 225 at the Chicagoland Speedway,” Greg Jones, Senior Vice President, Business Development at Graceway Pharmaceuticals said.  “Billy’s team continues to be a dominant force in the Camping World NASCAR Truck Series and we look forward to another trip to victory lane.” 

Graceway Pharmaceuticals, LLC, headquartered in Bristol, Tennessee, is dermatology focused pharmaceutical company which focuses on acquiring, in-licensing, and developing branded prescription pharmaceutical products.   Current prescription products marketed by Graceway include Aldara®, Maxair® Autohaler®, and Atopiclair®.

Aldara®, Maxair® Autohaler®, Maxair and Design™, Atopiclair, and the Leaf Design® are trademarks owned by or licensed to Graceway Pharmaceuticals, LLC

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at the Joliet, IL speedway is slated for 9:00pm ET Friday, August 28, 2009.

Televised coverage of Keystone Light Pole Qualifying will be carried on SPEED beginning at 5:00pm ET.  Live televised race coverage begins at 8:30pm ET with MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio joining in at 8:45pm ET.

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