Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Busch back in Ballew truck at Indy

Aric Almirola returns to one of his favorite tracks, O’Reilly Raceway Park (ORP) this weekend in the No. 15 RedTop Auto Auction Billy Ballew Motorsports entry. Almirola will be playing double duty at the Indianapolis, Indiana racetrack running in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the NASCAR Nationwide Series races. “I can’t wait to run back-to-back nights at ORP, running the No. 15 RedTop Truck for Billy Ballew and then Saturday night in the No. 40 Nationwide Series car for Key Motorsports,” Aric Almirola said. “It’s a racers dream to run back-to-back nights and especially at ORP!” ORP serves as the site of Almirola’s second career start in one of NASCAR’s top-tier Touring Series where he posted a 10th-place finish in the Camping World Truck Series in 2005. He has one other Truck Series start at the short track in 2006. Almirola has two previous NASCAR Nationwide Series starts posting one pole start and a sixth place finish. Billy Ballew Motorsports has nine previous starts at the .686-mile short track in Indianapolis, Indiana with a best finish of eighth place posted by Kyle Busch in 2008. “It’s a little bull-ring, flat-out side-by-side racing,” Almirola said. “It’s unlike any other racetrack that we go to on the NASCAR circuit. You can find any line around the place to race and pass guys. Being a short track and being able to run two and three-wide is awesome.” “There’s not a bad seat in the house! I wish we could race at ORP more than just once, it’s a racers track. You’ve gotta get up on the wheel and drive. Not that I don’t do that every weekend at every track, but ORP is different. It’s a different challenge for the driver, but fun at the same time.” RedTop Auto Auction will serve as the primary sponsor on the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports truck. Auction Broadcasting Company, parent company to the Atlanta, GA-based ABC Red Top Auto Auction is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The AAA Insurance 200 (200 laps, 137.2 Miles) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is slated to begin at 8:00pm ET Friday July 24, 2009. SPEED will broadcast live coverage of the race beginning at 7:30 pm ET with live truck series qualifying at 5:00pm ET. -30- Rowdy Returns to Trucks at ORP July 20, 2009 ‘First start back for Ballew since Michigan’ 6 51 MIS 1640Kyle “Rowdy” Busch will make his return to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Friday, July 24, 2009 for the running of the AAA Insurance 200 presented by JD Byrider at O’Reilly Raceway Park (ORP) piloting the No. 51 Miccosukee Resort/RedTop Auto Auction Toyota Tundra. Busch last piloted the Billy Ballew Motorsports entry at Michigan International Speedway in June posting a second place finish. Busch has posted two wins, five top-5 and six top-10 finishes in seven NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts in 2009. Busch has two NASCAR Nationwide Series wins in four starts at the Indianapolis, Indiana short track. He has three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts posting a best finish of eighth place in 2008 for Billy Ballew Motorsports. The team has nine previous starts at the .686-mile short track in Indianapolis, Indiana. “We’re looking forward to having Kyle (Busch) back in the truck this weekend,” Team owner, Billy Ballew said. “ORP is a great short track with a lot of action for the drivers and especially the fans.” Kyle Busch will be racing in all three NASCAR Top-Tier Touring Series this weekend at ORP and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Brian Ickler will be on standby for NCWTS qualifying incase of schedule changes at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Miccosukee Resort will serve as the primary sponsor on the No. 51 Billy Ballew Motorsports entry with RedTop Auto Auction as the associate sponsor for the 200 lap race. The AAA Insurance 200 (200 laps, 137.2 Miles) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is slated to begin at 8:00pm ET Friday July 24, 2009. SPEED will broadcast live coverage of the race beginning at 7:30 pm ET with live truck series qualifying at 5:00pm ET. As part of race week activities in Indianapolis, Indiana will be at the Dave Illingworth Toyota Dealership on Wednesday July 22nd at 4:30 pm for an autograph signing with the Rowdy Trailer. The Rowdy Style Souvenir Hauler will be at ORP for the Truck and Nationwide Races as well.

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