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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 August 7 Nashville 200 at Nashville (Lebanon, Tenn.) Superspeedway. Dillon scored a second-place finish, his fourth top-five in 14 races this season, and claimed top rookie honors for the 10th time in 2010.

DID YOU KNOW? Dillon has finished SEVENTH OR BETTER in each of the last SEVEN consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.

Justin Lofton scored a ninth-place finish at Nashville, his third top-10 of the season and second consecutive.

- 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 Lofton by 48 points (198-150) in the overall Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the August 14 Too Tough to Tame 200 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.

- The Too Tough to Tame 200 is the first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Darlington since Nov. 13, 2004. Robert Huffman was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in that race, scoring a ninth-place finish.

- The best finish by a Raybestos® Rookie in four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Darlington is sixth by Travis Kvapil in 2001.

- The most Raybestos® Rookies to finish inside the top-10 in a race at Darlington are four in the inaugural 2001 race: Kvapil, Matt Crafton (eighth), Billy Bigley (ninth), and Nathan Haseleu (10th).

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Darlington:

2001: Travis Kvapil, sixth

2001: Matt Crafton, eighth

2001: Billy Bigley, ninth

2001: Nathan Haseleu, 10th

2004: Robert Huffman, ninth

- Only one Raybestos® Rookie has led a lap in four races at Darlington: Matt Crafton (once for four laps in the 2001).

- The best qualifying effort by a Raybestos® Rookie at Darlington is second-place by Ricky Hendrick in 2001.

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER POINTS

Austin Dillon 198

Justin Lofton 150

Brett Butler 123

Jennifer Jo Cobb 123

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

Nashville 200 Austin Dillon, second

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 (five 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 (five 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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