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August 24, 2009 (Mooresville, N.C.) - Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill., is a new stop for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and a great chance for Todd Bodine and Germain Racing to showcase Ventrilo in its home state. Though the Truck Series has never raced at Chicagoland, the No. 30 Ventrilo Tundra has logged countless laps at the 1.5-mile oval. Before testing was banned on NASCAR-sanctioned tracks, Chicagoland was a very popular test track for Truck Series teams.

“For the inaugural NASCAR race in the Cup Series, I got the pole at Chicagoland, so I like the track. I’ve always enjoyed it. Germain Racing’s No. 30 Ventrilo Tundra team has done a lot of testing at Chicagoland. We’ve run really well. We ought to be able to unload our No. 30 Ventrilo Tundra and be competitive,” said Bodine, who adds that he’s looking forward to racing in the “Windy City” again. “Chicago is a great town. I’m definitely looking forward to racing at the track again.”

Crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. has been a part of many Germain Racing test sessions at Chicagoland. He believes his team will be very prepared for the Truck Series debut.

“Our No. 30 Ventrilo Tundra has won many testing sessions at Chicagoland and we hope to transfer that into a race win,” said Hillman Jr. with a smile. “We’ve always enjoyed going to Chicagoland. We think this should be a strong track for our team.”

Hillman has prepared Germain Racing chassis TRD-124 for Chicagoland. It’s a truck that the driver says he could drive anywhere, which is half of the battle.

“Driver confidence is important. When Germain Racing unloads the No. 30 Ventrilo Tundra at Chicagoland, we will have put a lot of pressure on ourselves. It’s the first race at that track, but our mile and a half program has a strong history of being competitive. We’re taking our Texas winner, Chassis TRD –124. It is just about the best truck we have and what might be better than all of the data on the truck is that it’s Todd’s favorite truck which can be worth a lot on the time charts,” said Hillman.

Bodine races the No. 30 Ventrilo Tundra Friday night at Chicagoland Speedway. Qualifying is at 4:10 P.M. Eastern on Friday. Tune into to SPEED, or MRN, for race coverage at 9:00 PM Eastern. Todd Bodine enters Chicagoland ranked sixth in the Truck Series championship standings with two wins this season.

Germain Racing began in 2004 as a part-time Truck Series team which has earned two or more wins every year and has finished in the top-five in the championship standings in each of its four full-time seasons. Opportunities are available now for your company to add the competitive spirit of Germain Racing to your internal or external marketing efforts. Visit www.germainracing.com for information.

About Flagship Industries:

Flagship Industries Inc, located in Maryville, Illinois, was founded in 2003 to pursue the development and marketing of the Ventrilo product line which was originally started in the spring of 1999. Due to its superior sound quality, reliability, scalability, user interface and ever evolving feature set, Ventrilo has become the preferred group communications tool. Ventrilo 3.0.0 is the next evolutionary step of Voice over IP (VoIP) group communications software. Ventrilo is also the industry standard by which all others measure themselves as they attempt to imitate its features. More information can be found at www.ventrilo.com.

- Germain Racing Press Release