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2009 Raybestos Rookie Contender

– NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES

- Johnny Sauter was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the June 27 Memphis Travel.com 200 at Memphis (Tenn.) Motorsports Park. Sauter scored an eighth-place finish, his fourth top-10 of the season and claimed top rookie honors for the fourth time this season.

- Tayler Malsam leads Sauter by one point (120-119) in the overall Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the July 18 Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway.

- Malsam is seventh in the series championship standings, best of any Raybestos® Rookie. He trails sixth-place Brian Scott by 50 points and is three ahead of eighth-place Terry Cook.

THE STREAK STAYS ALIVE! At least one Raybestos® Rookie has finished in the top-10 in the last SEVEN consecutive races.

- Marc Mitchell was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky, scoring a ninth-place finish.

DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in the last THREE consecutive races at Kentucky and in six of the nine races held at the 1.5-mile speedway.

DID YOU KNOW? Carl Edwards is the only Raybestos® Rookie to score a win in nine Camping World Truck Series races at Kentucky Speedway. Edwards won the 2003 event by 3.568 seconds over Ted Musgrave. He led the race only once, covering the final 40 laps.

Only TWO Raybestos® Rookies have scored top-five finishes in nine races at Kentucky:

2001: Travis Kvapil, fourth

2003: Carl Edwards, FIRST

The best start by a Raybestos® Rookie at Kentucky is second, shared by Ricky Hendrick (2001) and Todd Kluever (2005).

Raybestos® Rookies that have led a lap at Kentucky:

2000: Kurt Busch (once for 12 laps)

2001: Jon Wood (once for two laps)

2003: Jody Lavender (once for one lap)

2004: Shane Sieg (once for one lap)

The most Raybestos® Rookies to finish in the top-10 at Kentucky: FOUR in 2001.

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Kentucky:

2001: Travis Kvapil, fourth

2001: Rick Hendrick, sixth

2001: Jon Wood, seventh

2001: Billy Bigley, 10th

2001: Nathan Haseleu, 10th

2003: Carl Edwards, FIRST

2004: David Reutimann, ninth

2004: Robert Huffman, 10th

2006: Erik Darnell, ninth

2007: Joey Clanton, seventh

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER POINTS

Tayler Malsam 120

Johnny Sauter 119

James Buescher 102

Ricky Carmichael 70

J R Fitzpatrick 60

Brian Ickler 59

Brent Raymer 41

Chris Jones 32

Chase Austin 16

HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE

EVENT HIGHEST-FINISHING ROOKIE

NextEra Energy Resources 250 J.R. Fitzpatrick, fourth

San Bernardino County 200 Ricky Carmichael, eighth

American Commercial Lines 200 Tayler Malsam, 13th

Kroger 250 James Buescher, 11th

O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 Johnny Sauter, ninth

North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Tayler Malsam, eighth

AAA Insurance 200 Johnny Sauter, fifth

WinStar World Casino 400 Johnny Sauter, sixth

Michigan 200 Brian Ickler, third

Copart 200 James Buescher, fifth

Memphis Travel.com 200 Johnny Sauter, eighth

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY

· Colin Braun was the 2008 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Braun became the SIXTH Roush Fenway Racing driver to win Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the series. In 25 starts Braun scored three top-five and eight top-10 finishes and placed 13th in the series championship standings. His best finish was a third-place effort at Kansas Speedway in April. Braun’s official margin of victory over Brian Scott in the final Raybestos® Rookie standings was 19 points (234-215).

DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is Scott Speed. Speed won the 2008 AAA Insurance 200 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, crossing the finish line 3.379 seconds ahead of second-place Jack Sprague (28 races).

DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is Brian Ickler. Ickler won the pole for the 2009 Copart 200 at The Milwaukee (Wisc.) Mile (two races).

The most Raybestos® Rookies to win a race in a single season: THREE in 1997 (Kenny Irwin, Tony Raines, and Randy Tolsma).

The most poles by a Raybestos® Rookie: FOUR (Greg Biffle in 1998 and Kurt Busch in 2000).

Kurt Busch holds the record for best championship finish (2nd), most wins (four), and most money earned ($745,632).

The record for most top-fives by a Raybestos® Rookie is 13 (Kurt Busch in 2000 and Carl Edwards in 2003).

The record for most top-10 finishes by a Raybestos® Rookie is 19, by Ricky Hendrick in 2001.

SIX drivers from Roush Fenway Racing have won Raybestos® Rookie of the Year while competing in the Camping World Truck Series:
2008: Colin Braun

2006: Erik Darnell

2005: Todd Kluever

2003: Carl Edwards

2000: Kurt Busch

1998: Greg Biffle

Kenny Irwin was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win a race in the Camping World Truck Series. Irwin captured the Florida Dodge Dealers 400K at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 16, 1997. He took the checkered flag by .289 seconds over Mike Bliss.

Irwin also holds the record for quickest win by a Raybestos® Rookie in the Craftsman Truck Series, scoring his first career win at Homestead in just his third career start.

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- Camp & Associates, Inc. Press Release