For Further Information or Driver: Interview Requests Contact: Owner: Billy Ballew Sandra Vorse (704) 264-9548 Crew Chief: Richie Wauters [email protected] Truck: No.15 Samsung Instinct

Chassis: No. 29 Event Information Aric Almirola Statistics: NASCAR Series Starts Ave St Ave Fin Laps Complete Winning Truck Series Race 8 of 25 NASCAR Sprint Cup 1 41.0 33.0 328/334 98.2% $102,450  WinStar World Casino 400 Camping World Truck 4 14.2 25.8 527/635 83.0% $40,815  (167 laps, 400k) 1.5-mile Totals 5 $143,265  Texas Motor Speedway

 Fort Worth, Texas Billy Ballew Motorsports Texas Motor Speedway Statistics:  Friday, June 5, 2009 Year ST FIN Driver Laps Total Led Winning Status  9:00pm ET 2008 3 2 147 147 87 45,850 Running 2008 14 22 106 147 9,710 Running Broadcast schedule 2008 17 2 Kyle Busch 172 172 $ 49,050 Running  Live SPEED Televised Coverage 23 12 Marc Mitchell 172 172 15,635 Running Friday, June 5, 2009: o 8:30pm ET 2007 5 29 Kyle Busch 70 149 27 $ 8,000 Engine  Live radio coverage begins at 12 20 JR Norris 146 149 $ 11,600 Running 8:45pm on MRN & Sirius Satellite 2007 8 18 166 169 $ 14,025 Running Radio 21 33 6 169 $ 10,225 Accident (All times Eastern) 2006 34 19 Kyle Krisiloff 166 168 $ 13,365 Running Primary Sponsor 8 2 Kyle Busch 148 148 $ 42,750 Running

2005 33 11 167 167 $ 11,625 Running Samsung Instinct 4 3 Kyle Busch 147 147 26 $ 27,870 Running

2004 16 26 101 167 1 $ 9,765 Engine 2 10 Shane Hmiel 146 146 $ 13,865 Running

2003 14 24 144 146 $ 10,715 Running

21 18 Patrick Lawler 143 146 $ 10,185 Running

About Aric Almirola 2002 25 26 111 167 $ 9,515 Engine

Born: Mar 14, 1984 28 16 Brian Rose 142 146 $ 10,360 Running

Hometown: Tampa, FL Totals 16 16.3 13 Drivers 2400 2843 141 $324,110 4 DNF 84.4%

About Crew Chief Richie Wauters: Starting at the tracks around Green Bay, WI Richie Wauters quickly moved into the NASCAR Touring Series. Wauters crewed successful NASCAR Nationwide Series teams with and Johnny Sauter. Wauters, who has worked for Billy Ballew Motorsports for the past ten years, led the team to its first victory in 2004 and has continued to lead as the team scored nine more victories during the 2005-2008 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series seasons. Wauters set up the first truck race that NSCS Driver Kyle Busch ran in the Camping World Truck at the Lowes Motor Speedway where he won that event. In his off time Wauters still focuses on racing with his team. The team won the Snow Ball Derby in 2004 and finished second in 2005. His NASCAR Southeast Series team has nine wins over two seasons. The team won the Southeastern Elite Division Championship and won the last race of the Elite Division at the Phoenix International Raceway at the end of 2006. Wauters has worked with drivers such as; Rusty and Steven Wallace, Kyle Busch, , , , , , and a host of other top NASCAR drivers.

2009 No. 15 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race by Race Statistics:

Site St Fin Laps Status Driver Money Led Daytona 16 15 100/100 Running Shane Sieg $18,630 Fontana 25 16 99/100 Running Shane Sieg $14,004 26 23 126/130 Running Shane Sieg $10,682 Mar tinsville 2 32 197/251 Running Shane Sieg $9,857 Kansas 24 19 130/132 Running Shane Sieg $13,155 - Lowe’s 21 16 133/134 Running Brian Ickler $11,180 Dover 9 25 65/200 Accident Brian Ickler $12,330 Totals 17.6 20.9 850/1047 1 DNF 2 Drivers $89,838 0 81.2%

2009 No. 51 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race by Race Statistics:

Site St Fin Laps Status Driver Money Led Daytona 19 2 100/100 Running Kyle Busch $56,495 18 Fontana 1 1 100/100 Running Kyle Busch $60,950 95 Atlanta 1 1 130/130 Running Kyle Busch $56,300 33 Martinsville 11 17 251/251 Running Kyle Busch $8,580 139 Kansas 9 5 132/132 Running Brian Ickler $16,355 0 Lowe’s 1 2 134/134 Running Kyle Busch $34,120 0 Dover 10 9 200/200 Running Kyle Busch $13,355 133 Totals 7.4 5.3 1047/1047 0 DNF 2 Drivers $246,155 418 100%

Almirola Returns to the Truck Series in Texas-Aric Almirola will make his return to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Friday, June 5, 2009 at Texas Motor Speedway piloting the No. 15 Samsung Instinct Billy Ballew Motorsports entry.

Almirola has 33 starts in the Camping World Truck Series posting five top-10 finishes. Almirola piloted a Billy Ballew Motorsports entry in 2007 at Memphis Motorsports Park. He has one previous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and four Camping World Truck Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway. Billy Ballew Motorsports has 18 previous starts at 1.5-mile Fort Worth, Texas track with a best finish of second posted by Kyle Busch. (2008, 2006)

Almirola will travel to Texas Thursday morning after running in the Prelude to the Dream Super Late Model Race at Wednesday evening. The fifth annual all star Late Model race is broadcast on HBO PayPer View with all the proceeds going to support Military personnel and their families.

Samsung Instinct will be the primary sponsor of the No. 15 Camping World Truck. Samsung Corporate Headquarters is located in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and in conjunction with the sponsorship they are running a promotion where one lucky person will become an Honorary Samsung Instinct Pit Crew Member for the day at the upcoming NCWTS race at Texas Motor Speedway. Visit www.BillyBallewMotorsports.com or www.samsunginstinct.com/nascar for complete contest rules and entry requirements.)

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway is scheduled to begin Friday June 5, 2009 at 8:00pm CT and will be broadcast live on SPEED.

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