Kyle Busch drove his No. 15 Sound and Speed Chevrolet for Billy Ballew Motorsports to a sixth place finish this past Saturday at Martinsville Speedway.  Making his fifth NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series start in 2006, Busch started in ninth position, got as low as 28th place following pit stops and battled to regain his top-10 positioning by the end of the 200-lap race.

"There was plenty of beating and banging, it's Martinsville though. I've got to thank Billy (Ballew) and Richie (Wauters, crew chief) and all the guys for letting me have some fun here on Saturday at Martinsville," said Busch following the race.

Unlike the Billy Ballew Motorsports team, the No. 15 was low on the practice sheets during the two sessions held on Friday, but when it came for qualifying, Busch was able to jump high on the charts.  "We never made a qualifying run so we weren't sure what to expect," Busch said after posting his qualifying time of 20.030 secs.  "We hadn't been all that great all day anyway. We're just going to try to make the most out of what we've got."

Characteristic of a race at Martinsville, the race went under yellow-flag conditions 12 times.  Allowing the No. 15 Sound and Speed Chevy to bunch up to the rest of the field, Busch would capitalize and make the most passes of any driver during the race, at a track where passing is difficult.  "There wasn't much passing," said Busch.  "You could go up to the top groove for about one or two corners on a restart just as long as the bottom groove was all mixed up. You'd get shuffled out there. It's too tight.  You couldn't do anything."

"Kyle did a great job for us out there today," said Billy Ballew, team owner.  "To be able to make all his positions up following his last pit stop and get into the top-10 takes an incredible amount of talent.  I appreciate all of Kyle's efforts and thank Sound and Speed for being on board with us for the race."

With the sixth place finish, Busch was able to catapult Billy Ballew Motorsports into the top-20 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Owners Points standings for the first time in 2006.  The No. 15 team now sits in 18th place with four races remaining in the 2006 season.

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series heads to Atlanta Motor Speedway this coming weekend, where the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports team is the defending winners.