Indianapolis, IN (July
21, 2008)-Kyle Busch will
take to the track in the No.
51 Miccosukee Resort Toyota
Tundra NASCAR Craftsman
Truck this week at the
O’Reilly Raceway Park
celebrating his seventh-year
anniversary of his first
NASCAR national series race
at the Indianapolis track in
a NASCAR Craftsman Truck,
August. 3, 2001 at the
tender age of 16.
Despite crashing in
qualifying, Busch drove the
backup truck from back of
field to finish ninth
proving that you can pass on
the .0686-mile short track.
Busch has 12 short track
starts in the NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series with
a best finish of fifth at
the Bristol Motor Speedway
and the Martinsville
Speedway both posted in 2005
driving for Billy Ballew
Motorsports.
Billy Ballew Motorsports
has five starts at the
Indianapolis, IN racetrack
with a best finish of second
in 2004 with Shane Hmiel
behind the wheel.
Busch will be also
competing at the famed
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
for the Brickyard 400 and
commuting back and forth to
the short track down the
road. Shane Sieg will be on
standby to practice and
qualify the Miccosukee
Resort Tundra if weather
hampers the schedule.
Sieg has one prior start
at ORP and has made four
starts for the Billy Ballew
Motorsports team in 2008
with a best finish of ninth
at the Memphis Motorsports
Park.
"It's been great to be
able to have the success
that we've had this year,"
said Busch. "In the Truck
Series, we ran second at
Daytona, we won at
California and Atlanta
back-to-back, and haven't
really had much since. We've
had fast trucks just haven't
had the opportunities to win
races in them. We have to
try and get back on task.
Try to get back on what we
were doing earlier this year
and get our trucks back
going again. We had a good
run in Kentucky but got
behind after a pit stop
during the green flag. We
have a good truck for ORP
and hopefully put Billy
Ballew back in Victory
Lane.”
Busch is looking to
capture the 2008 NASCAR
Craftsman Truck Series
Owners Points Championship
for team owner and friend
Billy Ballew. Ballew sits
fourth in the Owners Points
chase just 47 points out of
the lead.
The Power Stroke Diesel
200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck
Series race at the O’Reilly
Raceway Park is slated for
Friday, July 25, at 8:00pm
ET. The 200 lap, 137.2 mile
race will be broadcast live
on SPEED beginning at 7:30pm
ET and on MRN and Sirius
Satellite Radio beginning at
7:45pm ET.
For more information on
Billy Ballew Motorsports and
Kyle Busch visit
www.BillyBallewMotorsports.com
and www.RowdyBusch.com.
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