‘Busch in for Final Four with Ballew Seeking Owner’s Championship’

Kyle “Rowdy” Busch piloting the No. 51 Miccosukee Resort Billy Ballew Motorsports Toyota Tundra looks for only treats this Halloween, no tricks in the running of the Mountain Dew 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway Saturday, October 31, 2009.

Kyle Rowdy Busch will return to Billy Ballew Motorsports to pilot the No. 51 Miccosukee Resort Toyota Tundra in the final four 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.

Busch has piloted the No. 51 Tundra in 11 races in 2009, posting five wins, eight top-five and 10 top-10 finishes for the independent team owner.  His last victory came at New Hampshire Motor Speedway where Busch last piloted the race truck. 

Busch has two previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the 2.66-mile superspeedway for Billy Ballew Motorsports with a best finish of third-place position posted in 2008.  He has six previous Nationwide Series starts and nine NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts including one win.

Billy Ballew Motorsports making their 300^th-Series start this weekend has five previous starts at Talladega Superspeedway with Busch posting a best finish of third-place in 2008.

While the 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season winds down to a close, Billy Ballew sits just 178-points out of the Owners Championship Points lead and hopes that with Busch in the truck for the final four the team will be able to make up the difference.  Ballew had his best NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Owners Points finish of third-place position in 2008.

“We’re pretty close in points going into these final four races,” Billy Ballew said.  “With Kyle (Busch) in the truck I’m confident we’ll pull off some good finishes and hopefully get past the #33 to take the 2009 Owners Points Championship.  It would mean the world to me to be able to get that spot this year.  Hopefully, we’ll have some great runs and take home the trophy in November.”

Dallas Austin, the songwriter, record producer and musician will be an honorary pit crew member on the No. 51 Billy Ballew Motorsports team.  Dallas is also “Rowdy” with The Rowdy Collection and RowdyTV.com and is based in Ballew’s hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.  Some of his most notable clients include Michael Jackson, TLC, Boyz II Men, Pink, Monica, Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Stacie Orrico, Another Bad Creation and Fishbone. 

The Mountain Dew 250 (94 lap, 250.04 mile) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is slated to begin Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:00pm CT.

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Aric Almirola and the No. 15 Graceway Pharmaceuticals AKAwareness.com team will head to Talladega Superspeedway for the running of the Mountain Dew 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, Saturday, October 31, 2009. 

Almirola has one previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start, one Nationwide and three Sprint Cup Series starts at the 2.66-mile superspeedway.

“Where else can you see 36 trucks in a pack racing three and four wide at 190 mph, inches from each other,” Aric Almirola said? “I’m sure it’s a nail-biter for the fans, but it’s honestly at lot of fun behind the wheel. You just try to get yourself in position within 10 laps to go and once you get down to two laps to go it’s every man for himself.”

Billy Ballew Motorsports who is celebrating their 300^th-start in the Camping World Truck Series has had five previous entries at the superspeedway with a best finish of third-place position posted in 2008.

“It’s cool that Billy (Ballew) is making his 300^th start at Talladega,” Almirola said. “I feel proud to be a part of the list of 50 drivers to have driven for Billy Ballew Motorsports over the years. It just shows how long he’s been around the sport and racing is very performance-base driven, and to make his 300^th start it compliments Billy’s efforts and his race teams he’s built. And you can’t stay in the sport and run at a competitive level without supportive sponsors and Billy has done a great job at brining partners in and taking them to victory lane.”

“It’s overwhelming,” Billy Ballew said.  “I’ve been be fortunate to have success with that many drivers for this many years.  This started as a dream, to have my own team and over the years it has become something pretty close to my heart.  It is even more special that this 300^th-start is occurring in Talladega which is close to my home base of Atlanta, Georgia.”

Aric Almirola and Billy Ballew Motorsports along with their sponsor are continuing to promote a national public education campaign to raise awareness of actinic keratosis (AK) (Ack-tin-ick Kare-uh-toh-siss) – a potential early warning sign of skin cancer – as well as the long-term consequences of accumulated sun damage.  Please visit www.AKAwareness.com for more information.

The Mountain Dew 250 (94 laps, 250.04 miles) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is slated to begin Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:00pm CT.

Denny Hamlin piloting the No. 51 Miccosukee Resort/Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota Tundra posted a sixth-place finish in the Kroger 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway, Saturday, October 24, 2009.

Hamlin placed the Billy Ballew Motorsports entry in the fourth-place position on the starting grid for the 200-lap race on .526-mile short track in Martinsville, Virginia.  (more…)

 Aric Almirola piloting the No. 15 Graceway Pharmaceuticals AKAwareness.com Toyota Tundra finished in the 12^th-place position in the running of the Kroger 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race Saturday, September 24, 2009 at Martinsville Speedway.

Almirola suffered from tight conditions in practice and placed the Billy Ballew Motorsports entry in the 15^th-place position on the starting grid for the 200-lap race.  Despite the efforts of the Graceway team, the tight condition continued though out the entire race on the .526-mile Martinsville, Virginia short track.  (more…)