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NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDERS – NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES

Justin Lofton was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the July 31 Pocono Mountains 125 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway. Lofton scored a fifth-place finish, his second top-five this season, claimed top Raybestos® Rookie honors for third time in 2010.

DID YOU KNOW? Austin Dillon scored a seventh-place finish at Pocono, and has now finished SEVENTH OR BETTER in each of his last SIX starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Dillon is the only Raybestos® Rookie in series history to win THREE CONSECUTIVE pole positions, capturing the top starting position for the 2010 WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway (race No. 8), VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway (race No. 9) and Lucas Oil 200 (race No. 10). The most poles by a Raybestos® Rookie in series history are FOUR by Greg Biffle (1998) and Kurt Busch in (2000).

Dillon leads Justin Lofton by 40 points (178-138) in the overall Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the August 7 Nashville 200 at Nashville (Lebanon, Tenn.) Superspeedway.

Dillon was the top Raybestos® Rookie in the 2010 Nashville 200, claiming a 14th-place finish.

Johnny Sauter was the top Raybestos® Rookie in the 2009 August race at Nashville, grabbing a sixth-place finish.

Carl Edwards is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win in 10 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Nashville. Edwards won the 2003 race by 1.209 seconds over Ted Musgrave in 2003. He is also the only Raybestos® Rookie to lead the most laps at Nashville, leading twice for 76 of 150 laps.

Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Nashville (10 races):

2001: Travis Kvapil, fifth

2003: Carl Edwards, FIRST

2005: Todd Kluever, fifth

2006: Marcos Ambrose, third

DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has finished in the top-10 in ALL NINE August races at Nashville.

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Nashville (10 races):

2001: Travis Kvapil, fifth

2002: Brendan Gaughan, sixth

2003: Carl Edwards, FIRST

2004: Robert Huffman, eighth

2004: David Reutimann, ninth

2005: Todd Kluever, fifth

2006: Marcos Ambrose, third

2006: Chad McCumbee, seventh

2007: Joey Clanton, 10th

2008: Colin Braun, sixth

2009: Johnny Sauter, sixth

2009: Tayler Malsam, ninth

DID YOU KNOW? TWO or more Raybestos® Rookies have finished in the top-10 three times in 10 previous race at Nashville:

2004: Robert Huffman (eighth) and David Reutimann (ninth)

2006: Marcos Ambrose (third) and Chad McCumbee (seventh)

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER POINTS

Austin Dillon 178

Justin Lofton 138

Brett Butler 115

Jennifer Jo Cobb 114

Chris Eggleston 34

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

Lucas Oil 200 Austin Dillon, FIRST

CampingWorld.com 200 Austin Dillon, seventh

Kroger 200 Austin Dillon, sixth

Pocono Mountains 125 Justin Lofton, 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? Austin Dillon is the most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series when he captured the 2010 Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway (four 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 Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway (four 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).

- Austin Dillon is the only Raybestos® Rookie in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history to win THREE CONSECUTIVE pole positions. Dillon claimed the top starting position for the 2010 WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway (race No. 8), VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway (race No. 9) and Lucas Oil 200 (race No. 10).

- 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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