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TRUCKS: Billy Ballew Team Seeking Sponsorship For 2011
Billy Ballew Motorsports needs sponsorship for next year in light of Graceway Pharmaceuticals' departure...
Bob Pockrass  | http://www.scenedaily.com  |  Posted November 10, 2010   Charlotte, NC
Billy Ballew Motorsports driver Aric Almirola (Left) talks with Todd Bodine (Right). (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Billy Ballew Motorsports’ driver is second in the Camping World Truck Series standings, but the team doesn’t have a sponsor for 2011.

The team would like to continue with Aric Almirola behind the wheel next season, team owner Billy Ballew said. Almirola has signed to drive for JR Motorsports in 2011 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series but likely could start all but two of the truck races next year based on the schedules for the two series.

Graceway Pharmaceuticals will not be returning as a sponsor.

“Right now we don’t have anything locked in,” Ballew said. “We’d love to have a sponsor for Aric. … We’re just trying to get sponsorship on this thing. It’s late in the game, and it’s really tough out there right now.”

While he wants Almirola to drive, Ballew would consider a sponsor that wants a specific driver.

Ballew started the season with two trucks but parked one in the middle of the season because of a lack of funding.

“We still have all the stuff in place to run two,” Ballew said. “Without having the funding to run one [truck], it was silly to run the two.”

With a 25-race schedule, Ballew hopes to find sponsors willing to sign at least a five-race deal.

The cost of sponsorship varies in the truck series. Kyle Busch – whose Truck Series team leads the owner points – also is looking for sponsorship and has said he is looking for approximately $3 million in funding for next year.

Ballew’s team is third in the owner standings. Germain Racing has not had a full-season sponsor this year for Todd Bodine, who is leading the standings and could clinch the truck title Friday at Phoenix.

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