Busch placed the No. 51 Toyota in the ninth place position on the starting grid with a time of 22.663 seconds at a speed of 108.971 miles per hour.
Busch back in the Billy Ballew Motorsports entry for the first time since Michigan in June didn’t hold the young talent up as he maneuvered his Tundra around the .686-mile racetrack in Indianapolis, Indiana .
On lap 18 Busch reported the truck was chattering but still driving three wide to pass for position stating the truck was tight off the corners.
Crew chief, Doug George brought Busch down pit road under the first caution on lap 38 for tires, fuel and adjustments. Busch needed big adjustments to the track bar noting that the track bar had no lateral grip. An earlier stop for fuel put the team in a different cycle then the others.
Busch’s truck improved with the changes and by lap 65 he was on the heels of the leaders in the third place position in the Miccosukee Resort Tundra.
Caution returned to the track on lap 93 with Busch leaving pit road with the point position for the restart on lap 102. The talented driver immediately began advancing on the field but the No. 30 truck caught Busch on lap 125. The two battled for the lead as two other drivers joined the hunt for the lead.
Busch lost the lead on lap 146 after reporting to the Billy Ballew Motorsports team that his right-front tire was chattering. He continued to battle for the top spots but was unable to advance back to the lead settling for a 10th-place finish in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race.
Busch led 49 laps in the 200-lap race, posted 10 of the fastest laps of the race, and led the field in green flag lap passes of a total of 47.
The NASCAR Camping World heads next to the Nashville Superspeedway Saturday, August 1, 2009.
- Billy Ballew Motorsports Press Release