Busch heads into the 19th race of the 25 race Series season as the favorite on the2.66-mile tri-oval course after picking up his first win there in the Sprint Cup Series this spring.  Busch also showed his strength on the superspeedways in the Craftsman Truck Series picking up the second place position at the famed Daytona International Speedway during the series season opener.

Billy Ballew Motorsports will be making the teams' 225th start in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with the running of the Mountain Dew 250 Saturday, October 4th.  The team has three prior starts at the Talladega Alabama track with a best finish of 14th in 2007 posted by Busch.

Busch has made 13 starts at the Alabama track posting one win, three, top-5 and three top-10 finishes.  Despite only running 12 of the 18 2008 NCTS races to date Busch still ranks 2nd in laps led (426) and in miles led (555.671 led).

Alabama connections: - Two employees of Billy Ballew Motorsports will be headed to their home state of Alabama.  Greg Passen the Tire Specialist on the No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts Tundra hails from Birmingham with Truck Chief on the No. 15 Ergon Tundra JR Norris calls Mulga, Alabama home.

The Mountain Dew 250 (94 laps, 250.04 miles) race is slated for Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 3:00pm CT (4pm ET). Live race coverage on SPEED begins at 2:30pm CT (3:30pm ET) on Saturday.  SPEED will also televise Keystone Light NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying Friday, Oct. 3rd at 12:00pm ET.

The Kyle Busch Foundation is running a promotion where a 51 dollar donation to the foundation will entitle the donor to receive Sparky a replica of Busch's own West Highland white terrier's.  Visit www.KyleBuschFoundation.org for more information on how the Kyle Busch Foundation helps children in many communities.