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Rusty Wallace Racing (RWR)

Notes and Quotes:

LoanStar Partners with No. 62 in Fort Worth: Michael Annett’s No. 62 Toyota Camry will proudly sport the LoanStar Title Loans brand this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. A partner with Rusty Wallace Racing since 2008, the LoanStar logo has appeared on the No. 62 and No. 64 entries for select races throughout the last four Nationwide Series seasons. LoanStar’s last race aboard Rusty Wallace Racing’s No. 62 car was at Texas Motor Speedway in November 2010. Annett and his team owner, Rusty Wallace, will sign autographs at the LoanStar Title Loans location at 305 SW Wilshire Blvd. in Burleson, Texas on Thursday, November 3 from 6-7 p.m. CT.

RWR Toyotas Pay Tribute to Russ Wallace: With the passing of Russ Wallace earlier this week, both the No. 62 and No. 66 Rusty Wallace Racing entries will honor him by displaying his name above their driver and passenger side doors for Saturday’s Nationwide Series event at Texas Motor Speedway. Russ molded his children and grandchildren’s careers in the sport of racing, and to honor his legacy the organization will pay tribute through their race cars this weekend.

Racing to Save Lives: After declaring St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® as his charity of choice during the Kansas Speedway race weekend, Annett will again support the hospital on Saturday by donning their logo on his No. 62 Toyota. This week, the St. Jude decal will run in honor of seven-year-old Darcy Cassidy from Meridian, Texas. Darcy suffered with an atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor beginning in November 2008. After 31 radiation treatments and four courses of chemotherapy at St. Jude, she is now thriving back at home in Texas where she recently started second grade. Darcy has proudly returned to her interest in rodeo riding where she finished in the top-15 for barrel racing in the 2010 Pro Youth Rodeo Association. To join Annett in donating to St. Jude, please visit www.stjude.org/racingtosavelives.

Rusty Wallace Racing at Texas: In 21 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway, Rusty Wallace Racing entries have earned three top-10 finishes. Rusty Wallace Racing cars have led 30 laps of competition at Texas Motor Speedway and have completed 4,048 of the 4,216 (96 percent) laps contested in those events.

Michael Annett at Texas: Annett has five career Nationwide Series starts on Texas’ 1.5 mile quad-oval. His best finish at Texas Motor Speedway was 11th in his first career start there in April 2009. In his five attempts at Texas Motor Speedway, Annett has led 10 laps and completed 981 of the 1,005 (97.6 percent) laps contested in those events.

Meet Michael: Coinciding with race week in Fort Worth, the No. 62 Pilot Flying J show car and No. 66 5-Hour Energy show car will be on display at the Pilot Travel Centers location off of I-35, Exit 65 (2400 Alliance Gateway, Fort Worth, Texas 76178) Thursday and Friday, November 3 and 4 from 6-10 p.m. CT and Saturday, November 5 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. CT. Annett and his teammate, Steve Wallace, will be on location signing autographs for fans and customers from 1-2 p.m. CT on Friday, November 4.

Michael Annett on this weekend’s event in Texas:

“We’ve got a lot of special things happening for our team this weekend, and most importantly we are running our race cars in honor of Russ Wallace with his name above our doors. Russ was responsible for bringing one of the most legendary families to NASCAR, and it’s a huge honor for me to be able to be a part of the Wallace racing family. Not only driving for Rusty and alongside Steve, but in the Nationwide Series with Kenny and Mike as well.”

“We are excited to add LoanStar Title Loans to our 2011 sponsor line-up for this weekend’s race in Texas. LoanStar has a strong presence in the state of Texas, so we’re looking forward to giving them a strong finish in front of their home state crowd.”

Mike Moore, Vice President LoanStar Title Loans, on partnering with RWR at Texas:

“We are very excited to team with Rusty Wallace Racing again for this weekend’s race in Texas. We’re looking forward to having Rusty and Michael out to our Burleson location on Thursday and seeing Michael on the track in the No. 62 LoanStar car in Saturday’s race.”

The Machines:

Team 62 Primary: RWR-059 - RWR’s No. 62 team most recently earned a 16th place finish at Kansas Speedway with this chassis in October. The team has also competed in this car at Iowa Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway and Michigan International Speedway in 2011.

Team 62 Back-Up: RWR-051 – The No. 62 Pilot Flying J team’s last race competing with this chassis was at Bristol Motor Speedway in March.

About LoanStar Title Loans:

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- Rising Star Management Group Press Release