Waltrip In Talks With Billy Ballew About Truck Ride
Posted By Michael J Smith On January 5, 2010 @ 1:34 am In Camping World Truck Series | 2 Comments
[1]According to a report from SceneDaily [2], Michael Waltrip is in talks with Billy Ballew Motorsports about driving one of the team’s trucks full-time in the Camping World Truck Series next season.
Waltrip, who is running a limited Sprint Cup schedule next season with his team, Michael Waltrip Racing, may not want to run a full truck schedule next season. Waltrip stepped back after signing Martin Truex Jr to replace him [3] in a Napa Toyota next season.
Waltrip was quoted as saying:
[Billy Ballew is] working on sponsorship, and if it comes through, there’s a pretty good chance I’ll run a couple races for him.
Kyle Busch drove a BBM truck last season part-time, and he won seven races in those trucks. Last month, Busch announced plans to start his own truck team [4].
Meanwhile, Ballew is looking to find drivers to fill his two open seats. He is also looking for sponsorship for Waltrip and a second driver, Aric Almirola. He’s also said that he is considering Steve Wallace for a part-time truck team.
Ballew expects an announcement on Waltrip next week.
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[2] SceneDaily: http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/Michael_Waltrip_could_run_multiple_Truck_races_for_Billy_Ballew_Motorsports.html
[3] replace him: http://lead-lap.mikejsmith.net/2009/07/07/its-official-truex-to-mwr/
[4] start his own truck team: http://lead-lap.mikejsmith.net/2009/12/11/kyle-busch-purchases-truck-series-team/
[5] : http://lead-lap.com/2010/01/05/waltrip-in-talks-with-bbm-about-truck-ride/
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