Kurt Busch will drive a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chevy in next Friday night’s Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, as part of a joint venture involving Billy Ballew Motorsports and Phoenix Racing. The truck is an 11-time winner in recent seasons with drivers Kyle Busch, Shane Hmiel and Aric Almirola at the wheel. It was most recently campaigned by Vision Aviation Racing in 2011, before that team closed its doors. Reskinned as a Chevy and outfitted with a Hendrick engine, the truck will be entered by Ballew, but prepared and crewed by Phoenix Racing. ‘I ‘m helping Billy out a little,’ confirmed Finch today. ‘He’s going to field the truck, and I ‘m helping him out by loaning him a pit crew and a driver.’ ‘We haven ‘t announced anything yet,’ said Ballew, ‘but I ‘m about 99% sure it’s going to happen. I ‘ll know for sure by Monday, but I ‘m confident enough that we already sent the entry in to NASCAR.’(Godfather Motorsports)(8-26-2012)
