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Kyle Busch to drive in 12-15 Truck races for Billy Ballew Motorsports in 2009
By Jared Turner - SceneDaily Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Kyle Busch will make between 12 and 15 starts for Billy Ballew Motorsports this season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, team owner Billy Ballew said on Wednesday.
Busch, who has run a partial schedule for the Toyota team for the last four seasons in addition to a full NASCAR Cup schedule, will return to Ballew’s No. 51 truck, which he drove to three wins in 18 starts last season.
Busch, who is slated to drive the truck mainly on weekends when the Sprint Cup and Truck series compete at the same track, will share the seat for a second straight year with driver Shane Sieg.
Ballew’s other team truck, the No. 15 entry shared by several drivers last season, including Marc Mitchell, David Stremme, John Andretti, Denny Hamlin and James Buescher, has no primary sponsorship and may not run past the season’s first four races, Ballew said. A driver for those first four races has not been named.
“We don’t have any funding or a dime put into place as of today,” he said.
Ballew’s No. 51 truck will once again have backing from Miccosukee Resorts.
“As you know it’s a pretty tough time in our series right now if you look at the truck count,” said Ballew, a Georgia businessman who launched his team in 1996. “I don’t know what the fix is right now other than time.”
If the No. 15 does acquire a primary sponsor, Ballew says his preference would be to have one driver in the seat for the entire season. If multiple drivers end up sharing the ride again, Ballew expects Hamlin to be among them.
Hamlin made two starts in the truck in 2008.
“We’ve always been successful with him,” Ballew said. “It’s always fun racing with Denny.”
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| 8 | Denny Hamlin | -352 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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Fast Lane said:
Jan 15, 2009 at 1:33 AMBad news for the others.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportTracy McKay said:
Jan 15, 2009 at 1:51 PMMakes me happy! :-)
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» Confirm Abuse Reportdave ginger said:
Jan 15, 2009 at 2:42 PM12-15 races= 8-10 wins!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportPat Draper said:
Jan 15, 2009 at 3:21 PMSo glad to hear Kyle is racing for Billy again this season. For some of you that don't know this already Kyle gets NO pay when he races for Billy the money goes back into the team. What a great guy Kyle is to do that, He is not only a great racer but a great friend to Billy. I hope he win all the races he's in. So I don't want to read anything from you Busch Bashers inless you can match what Kyle is doing.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportJ C said:
Jan 15, 2009 at 4:50 PMSure let Kyle race the trucks while all the truck drivers are out of work due to shutdowns. He won't have any problem winning when there is only a half of field. Why doesn't he leave the truck series alone and let the truck drivers have rides. Same with the Nationwide series. These cup drivers need to back off. They're ruining the racing.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner Boehmert said:
Jan 15, 2009 at 7:12 PMkeeps those truck guys on their toes...go get em Kyle...
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» Confirm Abuse ReportJanice Marler said:
Jan 15, 2009 at 7:26 PMBilly Ballew is running a business and is going to do what's best for his company. He knows that Kyle will give him value for what he invests in that truck. I didn't know that Kyle was racing just "for the love of it." That's great! I like Kyle but I don't like him if you can understand that. I'll say one thing, though, is that Kyle can sure drive. I rather got to like his signature bow when he wins last year. I know it was like he was sticking it to the booers, but I thought it was neat. Billy knows that people will watch just to see what goes on with Kyle. And, he loves getting the wins. I'm pulling for his company whether I actually pull for Kyle or not. See, people, no one is all bad -- even Kyle!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportTracy McKay said:
Jan 15, 2009 at 10:58 PMLike I have said many times....Kyle would (& could!) drive an 18 wheeler with 2 wheels on it! You're right, Janice -#7, No one is all bad just as no one is all good...I have seen clips of each and everyone of the drivers where they shoot their mouths off and be rude and cocky (Even the beloved ones have their moments as well!) And how many of them drive for $0 ???? Probably not too many of them! I cannot wait to see hime race again. Come on February!
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