What in the world is going on with NASCAR haulers and fires ?

I know that times are tight and finding sponsorship dollars is getting tough, but what's going on, are these guys running Meth Labs in their haulers or what ?

On Tuesday night Billy Ballew Motorsports lost the Team 51 hauler carrying Kyle Busch's primary and back up truck in route to Texas Motor Speedway to fire near Shreveport, La.

The good news was that Kyle's favorite truck, also his primary truck, was saved and salvaged, along with a partially melted tool box. But everything else, the back-up truck, radios, springs, and other equipment on the hauler were melted and lost to the fire.

His truck arrived at TMS, covered in soot, both waterlogged and water damaged.

The team worked overnight Wednesday taking the engine apart and drying out the cylinders. The intake was looked at and thoroughly inspected the engine making sure it was okay and salvageable to race.

Sure the team was proud of their hard work Thursday night. That's when Kyle qualified third for the Chevy Silverado 350K, with a lap speed of 178.183 mph.

Billy Ballew had insurance up to a million dollars and it should be enough to get the lost equipment replaced.

Jeff Milburn who has competed at Texas with his team at truck races assisted the team with the use of his hauler and a couple of trucks to help the team.

It was rumored Kyle took the entire BBM team out for 28oz. Angus Steaks and pitchers of Miller Lite for their hard work getting the No. 51 truck ready for Friday's race or let's hope he did.

This is on top of the Penske Hauler fire a few months back

On August 20th, the Penske Racing truck hauling the No. 3 and No. 6 primary Penske Dallara-Hondas west from the shop in Mooresville, N. C., to California caught fire and had serious damage along with its contents.

Team Penske president Tim Cindric didn't give a specific financial estimate on the damage, but guessed it was between $1 million and $3 million.

"The material things are not easy to replace, because everybody has to write checks," Cindric said. "The difficult part is the amount of time and effort that goes into the customization of the race cars, the trailer and the pit equipment. That's where the biggest loss really is. The time."

Cindric said the fire started near a wheel bearing. And because the truck tractor and hauler were in such a remote location, fire trucks didn't arrive until a half-hour after the fire began.

The two truck drivers were uninjured. But Penske reported the two race cars suffered from extensive water, smoke and heat damage.