Starr and Dusty Davis. Truck No. 51 history The 51 truck made its debut at Lowe's Motor Speedway in 2006 with Kyle Busch driving. The use of the number and the name "Rowdy Busch" over the door were a tribute to Rowdy Burns in the film Days of Thunder. With sponsorship from National Land Liquidations, Busch won his first race in the truck, and finished eighth in his next race in the truck at Dover. Johnny Sauter and Martin Truex Jr. also ran one race apiece in the 51. In 2007, Busch ran a majority of the races with the Flanders Beef Patties truck, and winning twice. Kenny Wallace, Aric Almirola, and Paul Menard each ran one race in the truck, with Kelly Sutton driving in four races with Copaxone sponsorship. In 2008, Busch and Shane Sieg shared driving duties in the 51, running Toyota Tundras with NOS Energy Drink, Miccosukee Indian Resort & Gaming, and San Bernardino County as sponsors. Busch drove the No. 51 part-time in 2009 with NOS and Miccosukee returning as sponsors, and Brian Ickler drove the races when Busch did not. After 2009, Busch formed his own team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, and signed Ickler as a driver. Aric Almirola ran the full 2010 season with Graceway Pharmaceuticals sponsoring. Almirola took two wins and scored 21 top-tens en route to finishing 2nd in points to Todd Bodine. Almirola left the team to drive JR Motorsports' No. 88 Chevrolet. Almirola drove for VAR at Daytona, though the No. 51 was intended to be driven by VAR development driver Justin Johnson. Financial problems forced Vision Aviation owners to shut down the Truck team. Chris Fontaine drove the truck at Dover. The team was bought out by Ballew once more and fielded a Ford for Colin Braun in 2 races. Kyle Busch Motorsports ran the 51 for various drivers, including Josh Richards and German Quiroga for a few races in 2011. On August 31, 2012, Billy Ballew Motorsports returned to truck competition by fielding the No. 51 Chevy for Sprint Cup Series driver Kurt Busch in the Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. This was the team's first race in 2012, after shutting its doors at the end of the 2011 season. Busch qualified the truck in 19th out of 36th place and finished in 10th. The truck used for this race was chassis number 11,