SEIG: Set For Kansas Start
04-20-2009 1:26 pm

Shane Sieg heads to Kansas Speedway for his third NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start. This will be Sieg's second start at the 1.5-mile intermediate track in Kansas City, Kansas for Billy Ballew Motorsports. The team has 10 prior starts at Kansas Speedway with a best finish of ninth posted by John Andretti in 2005.

In 2008, Sieg battling three wide for position got loose while sending him into the wall causing damage to the right side of the Toyota Tundra. Crew chief ,Richie Wauters brought Sieg down pit road numerous times for the crew to repair the damage to the front splitter and right side fenders. Sieg battled back from the lap 51 incident to finish in the 18th-place position at the end of the 167-lap race.

"I was pretty disappointed in our run last year," Sieg said" "I got a little free going for the pass and put the truck into the wall. I hate that it happened, but we were still able to salvage a pretty decent finish. Having more time behind the wheel since that race last year has helped a lot. Richie (Wauters, crew chief) and I have built a really good relationship over the last year and I'm feeling pretty confident that we're going to have a solid top-10 finish in Kansas."

The team continues to seek sponsorship for Sieg and the No. 15 Toyota Tundra in order to run the full 25 race NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.


The O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 (167 laps, 250.5 mile) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway is slated to begin at 6:00pm ET Saturday, April 25, 2009. Live race coverage on SPEED begins at 5:30pm ET with MRN and Sirius Satellite Radio coverage beginning at 5:45pm ET.