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LapLeader- WIX Filters

· David Reutimann led twice for 25 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in today’s Autism Speaks 400. Reutimann claimed the honor for the second time this season. He has led 72 total laps in five races this season and at least one lap in the last two consecutive races.

· Reutimann scored an 18th-place finish on the lead lap.

· UNOFFICIALLY Reutimann is 13th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship standings, 31 points behind 12th-place Mark Martin and five ahead of 14th-place Kasey Kahne.

· UNOFFICIALLY Kyle Busch leads Tony Stewart, Denny Hamlin and Reutimann by two races (4-2) in the overall WIX Filters Lap Leader standings.

· REUTIMANN QUOTES: “It started off really, really good and as we went we were okay. We were pretty decent. We just needed to work on it just a little bit. We got caught a lap down when they had that debris caution. We were still in pretty good shape. The car just kind of gave up, started getting really, really loose on entry and nothing we could do to fix it. Really, really disappointed. The guys did a good job. We battled hard and 18th doesn’t seem like near enough. Something change going on with the car. We’ve got to look at it ‘cause it went way bad way quick and we could never get it back.”

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS

Kyle Busch 4

Tony Stewart 2

Denny Hamlin 2

David Reutimann 2

Jeff Burton 1

Ryan Newman 1

Martin Truex Jr. 1

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE

EVENT DRIVER

Daytona 500 Kyle Busch, 88 laps

Auto Club 500 Tony Stewart, three laps

Shelby 427 Jeff Burton, 61 laps

Kobalt Tools 500 Ryan Newman, three laps

Food City 500 Kyle Busch, 378 laps

Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Denny Hamlin, 296 laps

Samsung 500 David Reutimann, 40 laps

Subway Fresh Fit 500 Tony Stewart, 19 laps

Aaron’s 499 Kyle Busch, 42 laps

Crown Royal 400 Denny Hamlin, 148 laps

Southern 500 Martin Truex Jr., 61 laps

Coca-Cola 600 Kyle Busch, 173 laps

Autism Speaks 400 David Reutimann, 25 laps

Since 1939, WIX® Filters has been an innovator in filtration products. WIX designs, manufactures and distributes products for automotive, diesel, agricultural, industrial and specialty filter markets. Its product line includes oil, air, cabin interior, fuel, coolant, transmission and hydraulic filters for automobiles, trucks and off-road equipment. WIX, a member of the Affinia family of brands, is the number one filter in NASCAR and an exclusive NASCAR Performance Product. Its NASCAR relationship also includes the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award, which recognizes the drivers leading the most laps in each race. For more information, visit www.wixfilters.com.

Affinia Group Inc. is a global leader in the on and off-highway replacement products and service industry. In North America the Affinia family of brands includes WIX® Filters, Raybestos®, AIMCO® and BrakePro® brake products, and McQuay-Norris® and Raybestos™ Chassis parts. South American and European brands include Nakata®, Filtron®, Urba® and Quinton Hazell®. For more information, visit affiniagroup.com.

*Affinia Group Inc.’s affiliated companies include Brake Parts Inc. WIX Filtration Corp LLC, Affinia Products Corp LLC and other high quality manufacturers of the Affinia family of brands.

- Camp & Associates, Inc., for WIX Filters, Press Release