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Nov 21
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Johnny Sauter Clinches 2009 Raybestos Rookie of the Year in Ford 200
Press Release

Raybestos Rookie Contender Logo
Raybestos Rookie Contender Logo
Where the Raybestos Rookies finished at Homestead:

Johnny Sauter, 9th

Tayler Malsam, 15th

James Buescher, 18th

Ricky Carmichael, 19th

Brent Raymer, 25th

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER QUOTES FOR THE

FORD 200 NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE

AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009,

No. 13 Fun Sand / Rodney Atkins / Curb Records Chevrolet Silverado
No. 13 Fun Sand / Rodney Atkins / Curb Records Chevrolet Silverado
JOHNNY SAUTER IN THE No. 13 FUN SAND/RODNEY ADKINS/CURB RECORDS CHEVROLET CLINCHED 2009 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR HONORS IN TONIGHT’S RACE AT HOMESTEAD.

NOTES:

Sauter scored a ninth-place finish in tonight’s race, his third consecutive top-10 and 13th top-10 of the 2009 season. He was the top Raybestos Rookie in 14 races this season.

Sauter scored his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (race No. 20) where he finished 2.474 seconds ahead of teammate Matt Crafton. The victory came in his 31st career start. Sauter also led the most laps in the event (64 of 146).

Johnny Sauter
Johnny Sauter
Sauter finished the season with two poles: Las Vegas and Phoenix (race No. 24). He became the first Raybestos Rookie pole winner in 17 races at Phoenix and joined Bryan Reffner is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in 13 previous races at Las Vegas.

DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has scored top-10 finishes in 20 of the 25 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season.

A Raybestos Rookie has scored top-10 finishes in the last two consecutive races at Homestead and in three of the last four dating back to 2006. Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Homestead:

1996: Ron Barfield Jr., fourth

1996: Bryan Reffner, fifth

1996: Jay Sauter, eighth

1996: Doug George, 10th

1997: Kenny Irwin, FIRST

1998: Greg Biffle, fourth

1998: Scot Walters, 10th

1999: Mike Stefanik, second

1999: Scott Hansen, seventh

2000: Kurt Busch, ninth

2001: Travis Kvapil, second

2001: Ricky Hendrick, fifth

2004: David Reutimann, fourth

2005: Todd Kluever, seventh

2006: Erik Darnell, third

2008: Brian Scott, second

2008: Scott Speed, 10th

Raybestos® brand brake and chassis parts are produced by affiliated companies in Affinia’s Global Brake and Chassis Group, the leading manufacturer of braking systems and chassis parts in the transportation industry. The brake line includes everything from brake drums to rotors, pads, shoes and hydraulic parts, while the chassis line features tie rods, ball points, idler arms and sway bar links. Raybestos brand braking and chassis systems are also the only systems used by NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing in competition. For more information about Raybestos brakes, visit Raybestos.com. For more information on Raybestos Chassis visit RaybestosChassis.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. Press Release


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