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Loudon, N.H. (Monday, September 21, 2009) – Stacy Compton has always been strong in “The Granite State” and that continued on Saturday afternoon in the Heluva Good! 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway when Compton drove the No. 60 SafeAuto Insurance Toyota Tundra to a sixth place finish after running near the top-five for most of the day. The finish helped launch Compton to 10th in the 2009 Championship Title Chase where he is only 11 points away from moving into ninth position.

Compton was the second-best finishing Toyota Tundra after NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular Kyle Busch took the win for Toyota in the 200 lap race. Compton’s sixth place run was three spots shy of his best career performance at the Loudon, N.H. oval, but was a welcomed sign for the team whose goal is to finish in the top-five every week in which they race.

“It was a little disappointing that we did not get a top-five finish,” said Compton after the race. “We got rooted a little bit by the 13 (Johnny Sauter) right there on the last lap. But that’s just hard racing on the last lap. It’s a shame. We had a good truck and great pit stops all day long. Marcus (Richmond, Crew Chief) made good calls all day.”

Compton’s crew was equally as good, picking up spots on pit road where it really counts. “We’ll take it,” Compton continued. “We just need to keep doing stuff like this and building on it. We ran in the top-seven all day. We got shuffled back one time when some guys did some pit strategy, but when everything played out we were able to get a sixth place finish. I can’t thank my team enough for all their hard work preparing this truck for New Hampshire and for pulling off some impressive stops on pit road. It was a good day for us.”

With his sixth place run, Compton closed the gap in the point standings and is only 29 points out of seventh place. Compton will have his next shot to make up ground in the standings when the series heads west to Nevada for the Qwik Liner Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The race will come to you live courtesy of the SPEED Channel at 9 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 26th.

- Wyler Racing, LLC Press Release