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Team owner charged with DUI


(By Greg Engle)

Posted: Thursday,March 5th, 2009

A DUI charge has been filed against NASCAR team owner Billy Ballew after his arrest at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., AJC.com reports.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution site said Ballew confirmed in a telephone interview that he was arrested Wednesday night at the track.

Henry County police said a sheriff’s sergeant arrested Ballew at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. He was jailed on a driving under the influence charge and later released, the site said.

Ballew told AJC.com that he was driving a sponsor from his condominium to the passenger’s motor home when “an irate cop” wearing a cap marked “security” stopped him. The condo and the mobile home are both on the track property.

Ballew said he refused to take a breathalyzer test, but acknowledged that he was carrying a mixed drink in the car when he was pulled over. “It was only one drink. I was not drunk,” Ballew told the newspaper site. “I was on Atlanta Motor Speedway property. I was not on the highway.”

Ballew, a former driver, owns a Truck series team that is scheduled to compete this weekend with driver Kyle Busch.

(information from ThatsRacing.com)


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