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• Austin Dillon was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the April 2 Nashville 200 at Nashville (Lebanon, Tenn.) Superspeedway.  Dillon scored a 14^th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the third consecutive race.

• Dillon leads James Lofton by five points (43-38) in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the May 2 O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway.

• Johnny Sauter was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2009 O’Reilly Auto Parts 250, scoring a ninth-place finish.

• DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has finished in the top-10 at Kansas in the last FIVE consecutive races.

• Ricky Hendrick is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win in nine previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Kansas.  Hendrick captured the 2001 event by 2.841 seconds over Ted Musgrave.

• Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Kansas:

2001:   Ricky Hendrick, FIRST

2001:   Jon Wood, fourth

2001:   Billy Bigley, fifth

2003:   Carl Edwards, second

2005:   Todd Kluever, second

2006:   Marcos Ambrose, third

2008:   Colin Braun, third

• The record number of Raybestos® Rookies to finish in the top-10 at Kansas is FIVE in 2001.

• Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Kansas:

2001:   Ricky Hendrick, FIRST

2001:   Jon Wood, fourth

2001:   Billy Bigley, fifth

2001:   Travis Kvapil, sixth

2001:   Nathan Haseleu, 10^th

2003:   Carl Edwards, second

2005:   Todd Kluever, ninth

2006:   Marcos Ambrose, third

2007:   Aaron Fike, eighth

2008:   Colin Braun, third

2009:   Johnny Sauter, ninth

• The most Raybestos® Rookies to lead a lap in a race at Kansas: FOUR in 2001.

• Raybestos® Rookies that have led a lap at Kansas: :

2001:   Ricky Hendrick (three times for 32 laps)

2001:   Jon Wood (twice for 12 laps)

2001:   Travis Kvapil (once for three laps)

2001:   Billy Bigley (once for two laps)

2003:   Carl Edwards (once for three laps)

2005:   Todd Kluever (once for two laps)

2006:   Kyle Krisiloff (twice for 16 laps)

2006:   Marcos Ambrose (once for one lap)

2007:   Aaron Fike (once for six laps)

·         The best qualifying effort by a Raybestos® Rookie is second, shared by Ricky Hendrick (2001) and Tyler Walker (2007).

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT  STANDINGS

DRIVER                 POINTS

Austin Dillon          43
James Lofton           38
Brett Butler           36
Jennifer Jo Cobb       34
Chris Eggleston         9
Landon Cassill          7

HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE

EVENT                            HIGHEST-FINISHING  ROOKIE

NextEra Energy Resources 250     Brett Butler, 11th
E-Z-GO 200                       Austin  Dillon, 10th
Kroger 250                       Austin  Dillon, 16th
Nashville 200                    Austin  Dillon, 14th

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY
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• DID YOU KNOW? Sauter is the most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (10 races).

• DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is also Sauter, who grabbed the top starting spot for the 2009 Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix (Avondale, Ariz.) International Raceway (six races).

• DID YOU KNOW?  SIX drivers from Roush Fenway Racing have captured Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:

2008:   Colin Braun

2006:   Erik Darnell

2005:   Todd Kluever

2003:   Carl Edwards

2000:   Kurt Busch

1998:   Greg Biffle

• 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 (second-place), 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.

• 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 Camping World Truck Series, scoring his first career win at Homestead in just his third career start.

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- Camp & Associates, Inc., for Raybestos, Press Release