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WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER NOTES FOR THE KROGER 200 NASCAR CAMPING WORLD SERIES RACE AT MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010, PAGE 1.

• Johnny Sauter led once for 49 laps to earn WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors in today’s Kroger 200.  Sauter captured the honor for the second time this season.  In 18 short track races Sauter has now led three times for 192 laps.  He has led four times in four races this season for a total of 175 laps.

• Sauter posted 21^st-place finish on the lead lap.

• UNOFFICIALLY Sauter is third in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings, 88 points behind second-place Aric Almirola and 78 ahead of fourth-place Austin Dillon.  He trails leader Todd Bodine by 370 points.

• UNOFFICIALLY Ron Hornaday Jr. leads Elliott Sadler by one race (5-4) in the WIX Filters Lap Leader standings.

• JOE SHEAR JR., CREW CHIEF, No. 13 SEALMASTER CHEVROLET: “This place is our Achilles heal.  We always run really good here and something always happens.  I don’t know if it’s me and the way I call races or we just have bad luck here.  I just don’t know what it is.  It’s hard to even pinpoint it because we run really good and we always come out of here out of the top-10.  We’re disappointed.  We had a good truck this week and we’re just disappointed that we’re tore up again and lost points.”  WHAT HAPPENED WITH JUSTIN LOFTON?  “Our bed top blew off and NASCAR was posting us [black flagged] and our spotter was trying to get to their spotter to let us know we had to pit and obviously he didn’t get the message.  He just wasn’t using his head.”  ARE THERE ANY POSITIVES YOU CAN TAKE FROM RUNNING WELL TODAY?  “For our set up notebook, yes.  For getting points out of here for next year, no.  We’ve got to get better as a team.”

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS

Ron Hornaday Jr.      5
Elliott Sadler        4
Kevin Harvick         4
Austin Dillon         3
Johnny Sauter         2
Jason White           1

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE

EVENT                           DRIVER

NextEra Energy Resources 250    Elliott Sadler,  25 laps
E-Z-Go 200                      Kevin Harvick, 100 laps
Kroger 250                      Kevin Harvick, 187 laps
Nashville 200                   None Awarded
O’Reilly Auto Parts 250         Johnny Sauter,  101 laps
Dover 200                       Jason White, five laps
N.C. Education Lottery 200      Elliott Sadler, 31  laps
WinStar World Casino 400K       Ron Hornaday Jr., 31  laps
VFW  200                        Austin Dillon, 18 laps
Lucas Oil 200                   Austin Dillon, 187 laps
CampingWorld.com 200            Kevin Harvick, 143 laps
AAA Insurance 200               Ron  Hornaday Jr., 129 laps
Pocono  Mountains 125           Elliott  Sadler, 31 laps
Nashville 200                   None Awarded
Too Tough To Tame 200           Ron Hornaday  Jr., 29 laps
O’Reilly 200                    Elliott Sadler, 17 laps
EnjoyIllinois.com 225           Ron  Hornaday Jr., nine laps
Built Ford Tough 225            Ron  Hornaday Jr., 23 laps
TheRaceDayRaffleSeries.com 175  Kevin Harvick, 11  laps
Smith’s Food & Drug Stores 350  Austin Dillon, 93  laps
Kroger 200                                                       Johnny Sauter, 49 laps

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- Camp & Associates, Inc., for WIX Filters, Press Release