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2010 Raybestos Rookie of the Year

– NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES

- Austin Dillon was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the June 12 VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway. Dillon scored a fifth-place finish, his second top-five and fourth top-10 finish in nine races this season. He took top rookie honors for the fifth time in 2010 and for the second consecutive race.

- Dillon leads Justin Lofton by 16 points (112-96) in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the July 11 Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway.

- Dillon won the pole at Michigan, his second in 11 career starts. He also nabbed the top starting spot for the June 4 WinStar World Casino 400K at Texas Motor Speedway and became the first Raybestos Rookie to win consecutive pole positions since Kurt Busch in 2000.

- Johnny Sauter was the top Raybestos® Rookie in the 2009 Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway, scoring a fifth-place finish. Tayler Malsam posted a 10th-place finish, giving the 2009 rookie class two top-10 finishers in the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race at the .875-mile speedway.

- The best qualifying effort by a Raybestos® Rookie at Iowa is fifth-place by Malsam.

Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Iowa (one race):

2009: Johnny Sauter, fifth

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Iowa (one race):

2009: Johnny Sauter, fifth

2009: Tayler Malsam, 10th

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER POINTS

Austin Dillon 112

Justin Lofton 96

Jennifer Jo Cobb 80

Brett Butler 79

Chris Eggleston 24

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

O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 Austin Dillon, sixth

Dover 200 Justin Lofton, third

N.C. Education Lottery 200 Justin Lofton, 15th

WinStar World Casino 400K Austin Dillon, third

VFW 200 Austin Dillon, fifth

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY

Johnny Sauter won 2009 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Sauter was the top rookie 14 times in 25 races and his official margin of victory over Tayler Malsam was 57 points (270-213). He scored his first win at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (race No. 20) in his 31st career start, 2.474 seconds ahead of teammate Matt Crafton. He finished the season with one win, two poles, seven top-five, 13 top-10 finishes and placed sixth in the series championship standings.

DID YOU KNOW? Sauter is the most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series when he captured the Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (15 races).

DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is also Austin Dillon, who grabbed the top starting spot for the 2010 VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway (one race).

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.

- TWO Raybestos® Rookies have won consecutive pole positions: Austin Dillon (2010) and Kurt Busch (2000).

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