Kyle Krisiloff completed the Racetickets.com 200 in 19th place Friday night at California Speedway. Driving the No. 15 ditech.com/National Land Liquidations Chevrolet from the 25th starting position, Krisiloff and the Billy Ballew Motorsports team collected their first top-20 finish of the 2006 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule. The finish allowed Krisiloff and the team to move up seven spots in points after a somewhat disappointing start to the season at Daytona International Speedway.

"We had a pretty good day," said Krisiloff following the race. "We had a good handling Chevy Silverado and I know we could've had a top-10 finish. We were racing trucks side by side and I got a little loose. I lost a bunch of spots and wasn't able to get those positions back."

Krisiloff qualified the No. 15 ditech.com/National Land Liquidations Chevrolet in the 25th position during time trials. Krisiloff complained of a loose condition during his qualifying laps. But since the trucks were impounded following qualifying, Krisiloff and the Richie Wauters-led team knew the truck would come to during the race.

When the first caution waved on lap seven, Krisiloff had already gained seven spots and radioed in to the crew that the truck was pretty good, but was a tick tight in the center of the turns and free off the corners. The second caution period came on lap 18 and Wauters decided to bring the No. 15 ditech.com/National Land Liquidations Chevrolet to pit road for four tires, gas and a track bar adjustment. The quick execution of the pit stop gained Krisiloff four positions.

Around lap 40, Krisiloff radioed to Wauters that the truck was still a little tight in the center. Luckily, the fourth caution came out on lap 44 and Krisiloff was able to bring his machine down pit road for another track bar adjustment and gas only. He restarted the race in the 13th position on lap 47. When caution number five came out just two laps later, Krisiloff noted that it was not a bit loose in the center. Wauters quickly acknowledged that because he was on older tires, he would feel loose. Another lesson the young rookie competitor would learn.

Even on older tires, Krisiloff still complained of being loose when the sixth caution came out. They decided to pit for four tires and fuel only. He restarted in the 16th position on lap 62. On lap 70, Krisiloff radioed to the team, "loose, loose, loose." So when the seventh caution period arrived on lap 72 for debris, Krisiloff brought the No. 15 ditech.com/National Land Liquidations Chevrolet back down pit road to the attention of the pit crew. They simply went down four turns on the track bar to hopefully cure Krisiloff's loose condition. During the caution, Krisiloff radioed to Wauters, "I don't understand how we went from so good to so loose so fast."

During the last quarter of the race, Krisiloff still battled with his competitors to get a top spot in the finishing order. While running side by side with two laps remaining, the No. 59 got loose and spun out. Luckily, Krisiloff was able to maintain control and avoid incident. For the second week in a row, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series would end under a green, white, checker condition. Krisiloff restarted in 21st, got passed on the high side and dropped to the 22nd position. Coming to the checkered flag, an accident occurred and many drivers slowed down to steer clear. Krisiloff dropped to the apron and avoided the spinning machine and wound up picking up three positions in the process.

Finishing in the 19th position allowed Krisiloff and team owner Billy Ballew to move up to 21st in the series points standings after sitting in 28th place following the season opener at Daytona.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series takes the next couple weeks off before heading to Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday, March 17. Before heading to Atlanta for the race, Krisiloff, who is the series' youngest competitor, will celebrate his 20th birthday this coming Friday, March 3. He will then take part in NASCAR's Media Advance in Atlanta on March 7.