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• Raybestos® Rookie Austin Dillon won the September 25 Smith’s Food and Drug Stores 350 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway, crossing the finish line 5.588 seconds ahead of second-place Johnny Sauter. Dillon won for the second time in 22 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races and became the first Raybestos® Rookie to win multiple races since Carl Edwards won three times in 2003.  He claimed top rookie honors for the 14^th time this season.

• Dillon won the pole at Las Vegas at Las Vegas, his FIFTH of the season, the most ever by a Raybestos® Rookie in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history.  He is also the only Raybestos® Rookie 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).

• Dillon leads Justin Lofton by 54 points (236-182) in the overall Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the October 23 Kroger 200 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

• James Buescher was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2009 Kroger 200 at Martinsville, scoring an 11^th-place finish.

• The best finish by a Raybestos® Rookie in six fall races at Martinsville is second-place by Travis Kvapil (2001), Carl Edwards (2003) and Todd Kluever (2005).

• Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the fall race at Martinsville (14 races):

2001:   Travis Kvapil, second

2003:   Carl Edwards, second

2005:   Todd Kluever, second

2006:   Erik Darnell, third

• Raybestos® Rookies have won TWO pole positions in 23 previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Martinsville, both in the fall race: Greg Biffle (1998) and Carl Edwards (2003).

• Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the fall race at Martinsville (14 races):

1996:   Rich Bickle, seventh

1997:   Kenny Irwin, Jr.

1997:   Stacy Compton

2000:   Scott Riggs, ninth

2001:   Travis Kvapil, second

2001:   Matt Crafton, sixth

2001:   Ricky Hendrick, ninth

2001:   Nathan Haseleu, 10^th

2002:   Brendan Gaughan, ninth

2003:   Carl Edwards, second

2005:   Todd Kluever, second

2006:   Erik Darnell, third

2008:   Scott Speed, seventh

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER                   POINTS

Austin Dillon            236
Justin Lofton            182
Jennifer Jo Cobb         136
Brett Butler             125

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
Too Tough To Tame 200            Austin Dillon,  fifth
O’Reilly 200                     Justin  Lofton, fifth
EnjoyIllinois.com 225            Justin Lofton,  fifth
Built Ford Tough 225             Austin Dillon,  ninth
TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175   Austin Dillon, ninth
Smith’s Food and Drug Stores 350 Austin Dillon, FIRST

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 31^st 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 Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (one race).

• 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 Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (one 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 are FIVE by Austin Dillon (2010).

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