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DRIVER: Cole Whitt (No. 60, Turn One Racing)

EVENT: Lucas Oil 150 (NASCAR Camping World Truck Series)

DATE: Friday, Feb. 25, 2011

TRACK: Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Ariz.

RESULT: Start 9 / Finish 6

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Two races into the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, a 19-year-old is breathing down the bumpers of the best the series has to offer.

Red Bull development driver Cole Whitt finished sixth Friday night at Phoenix International Raceway, putting the
rookie in prime position in the points standings. As the series enters its first bye week coming off a sand-to-sand trip
that began with a 14th-place showing at Daytona, Whitt ranks third in points.

“Points are points,” Whitt said. “If you run well, points take care of themselves. With this new points system, it’s going
to be tight. One bad day, you can drop eight spots. A good day, you can gain eight spots. We’re in a good position
because we’ve stayed smart in the these first two races.

“We’re definitely good enough to run with those veterans, those guys that have the Truck Series what it is today.”
After starting ninth, Whitt used his smarts to keep Turn One Racing’s No. 60 within striking distance of the top 10 for
the race’s first 100 laps. Whitt’s race-clean approach worked perfectly, as he avoided a big wreck on lap 112 to move
up to ninth. As Whitt drove calm and collected over the remaining 50 laps, a few of the frontrunners faded and the
No. 60 moved forward on the slick, 1-mile flat track.

Whitt called Friday night “a huge step” for Turn One Racing. The truck failed to qualify for the season-opening race at
Daytona — Whitt eventually hopped in the No. 93 — but the team regrouped and completed a successful turnaround
in time for Phoenix.

“It was a good weekend for the team,” Whitt said. “To miss Daytona and come back with the finish we had at Phoenix
says a lot about this team, the guys I work with. It was hard to not get down on ourselves. But the team did a good
job and stuck with it.

“We didn’t unload with the truck we thought we had, but in the final few minutes of practice we started getting it. I
didn’t wear the tires out and just kind of held my position. Others guys took off an ran hard, but they eventually came
back to us.”

UP NEXT: Too Tough To Tame 200, Saturday, March 12, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.

- Red Bull Racing USA Press Release