ALMIROLA: In No. 15 At Milwaukee
06-17-2009 10:09 am

Almirola piloted the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports entry at Texas Motor Speedway finishing in the 16th place position and will step in for Brian Ickler who will drive the No. 51 Miccosukee Resort Toyota Tundra.

Almirola has one previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at the Milwaukee Mile. The Tampa, Florida native also posted two pole starting positions in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at the one-mile short track.

"I'm very excited for the opportunity to get back behind the wheel for Billy Ballew Motorsports and to be able to race at The Milwaukee Mile," Almirola commented.

"I've had pretty good runs at Milwaukee and have collected a couple poles there in a Nationwide car. I'm going to be running a double-header weekend, running both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event on Friday followed by the Nationwide Series race on Saturday night. I can't ask for much more than two nights of racing back-to-back."

Billy Ballew Motorsports has 13 previous starts at the Milwaukee Mile with a best finish of ninth place position in 1996 posted by Mark Gibson.

Richie Wauters from nearby Green Bay, Wisconsin will serve as the crew chief on the No. 15 Zaxby's Toyota Tundra.

The Camping World 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is slated to begin at 9:00 ET and will be broadcast live on SPEED.