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

- Austin Dillon was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the October 30 Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Dillon scored an eighth-place finish, his 15th top-10 in 22 races. He grabbed top rookie honors for the 15th time in 2010.

- Dillon leads Justin Lofton by 55 points (240-185) in the overall Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the November 5 WinStar World Casino 350k at Texas Motor Speedway.

- Dillon is fifth in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos® Rookie. He is seven points behind fourth-place Matt Crafton 78 ahead of sixth-place Ron Hornaday Jr.

- DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in 17 of the 22 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season.

- Dillon has racked up TWO victories in 2010: the Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway (race No. 10) and the Smith’s Food and Drug Stores 350 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (race No. 20). He is the first Raybestos® Rookie to win multiple races since Carl Edwards won three times in 2003.

- Dillon has won FIVE pole positions this season, the most ever by a Raybestos® Rookie in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history. He became the first Raybestos® Rookie to win THREE CONSECUTIVE poles, capturing the top starting position for the WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway (race No. 8), VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway (race No. 9) and Lucas Oil 200. He also sped to the top starting position for the Build Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway (race No. 18) and at Las Vegas.

- Johnny Sauter was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2009 WinStar World Casino 350k, scoring a sixth-place finish.

- A Raybestos® Rookie has won two of the 11 fall races at Texas: Travis Kvapil (2001) and Brendan Gaughan (2002).

Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the fall race at Texas:

2000: Kurt Busch, third

2001: Travis Kvapil, FIRST

2002: Brendan Gaughan, FIRST

2003: Carl Edwards, fourth

2008: Colin Braun, fifth

DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has finished inside the top-10 in nine of 11 fall races at Texas including each of the last FOUR CONSECUTIVE events

Only once in 11 previous fall races have TWO Raybestos® Rookies finished inside the top-10 at Texas: In 2006, Erik Darnell (ninth) and Marcos Ambrose (10th) accomplished the feat.

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the fall race at Texas:

2000: Kurt Busch, third

2001: Travis Kvapil, FIRST

2002: Brendan Gaughan, FIRST

2003: Carl Edwards, fourth

2004: Todd Kluever, 10th

2006: Erik Darnell, ninth

2006: Marcos Ambrose, 10th

2007: Tim Sauter, 10th

2008: Colin Braun, fifth

2009: Johnny Sauter, sixth

Raybestos® Rookies to lead a lap in the fall race at Texas:

2000: Kurt Busch (twice for 23 laps)

2001: Travis Kvapil (twice for 12 laps)

2002: Brendan Gaughan (twice for 18 laps)

2003: Carl Edwards (twice for eight laps)

2007: Tim Sauter (once for one lap)

DID YOU KNOW? The best qualifying effort by a Raybestos® Rookie in 11 previous fall races at Texas is third by Ricky Hendrick (2001) and Carl Edwards (2003).

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER POINTS

Austin Dillon 240

Justin Lofton 185

Jennifer Jo Cobb 139

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

Kroger 200 Justin Lofton, 13th

Mountain Dew 250 Austin Dillon, eighth

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 Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (three 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 Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (three 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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