“Busch Finishes Second, Malsam 13th; Both Drivers in Top-10 in Points”

Date: March 6, 2010

Event: E-Z-GO 200 (Round 2 of 25)

Series: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Location: Atlanta Motor Speedway (1.54-mile oval)

Winner: Kevin Harvick of Kevin Harvick Inc. (Chevrolet)

KBM Finish: Kyle Busch (Started 2nd, Finished 2nd / Running, completed 130 of 130 laps)

Tayler Malsam (Started 11th, Finished 13th / Running, completed 130 of 130 laps)

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The race was the second event ever for KBM, which fields the No. 18 Toyota Tundra for Busch and the No. 56 Toyota Tundra for Malsam.

Busch led three times for 15 laps, but couldn’t catch winner Kevin Harvick in the closing laps of the 200-mile race.

“That was about all that we had,” said Busch, who has four Camping World Truck Series victories at Atlanta. “We gave it everything there. That’s a good run for us. A solid run for Kyle Busch Motorsports and these guys – they deserve it. They’ve worked so hard over the wintertime and have done a great job. I really want to thank Toyota, Heluva Good!®, RaceTrac Convenience Stores for being on the truck and M&M’s and everybody that’s made this so fun so far this year.

“We’re looking for some more funding of course, and this proves that we’re out here to run good. We definitely want to make sure that we’re a testament in this sport and that we do the best we can week in and week out. And of course, I want to say hey to all of the kids up there in the stands that were here on behalf of the Kyle Busch Foundation. It’s cool to have them here and sorry we came up a little bit short today. Maybe we’ll get another one here before the year is out.”

Malsam struggled with a loose handling condition for much of the 130-lap race around the 1.54-mile oval and went a lap down just prior to the halfway mark. Crew chief Dan Stillman and the KBM crew tinkered with the truck’s handling with a series of track bar and tire pressure adjustments, and thanks to some timely caution periods, Malsam was able to get his lap back on lap 75 via the lucky dog rule, which is awarded to the first truck one lap down when the caution comes out.

During the caution period when Malsam received the lucky dog, Stillman called Malsam to the pits on lap 80 for four tires and fuel, while several other trucks did not pit.

With fresh tires, Malsam was able to move from 16th to seventh and was in great position for a potential victory – if the race had gone green for the final 50 laps since all the other trucks would’ve had to pit.

Unfortunately, on lap 111, the caution did indeed come out due to debris and Malsam headed to pit road with the rest of the field as the No. 56 Toyota was beginning to have handling issues once again.

After the KBM crew changed four tires, added fuel and made a track bar adjustment, Malsam returned to the track in 13th position – the same position he would take the checkered flag in after 130 laps.

“We were just loose all day,” Malsam said. “The first stint we were real bad. We worked on it all day and got it better, but it was just a little too late. We had a good run going right after the 100-lap mark. We had tires and we were able to pick a lot of trucks off. If it had gone green all the way to the end, we would’ve been in good shape.”

With two trucks in the top-15 and more importantly, no damage done to either truck, driver/owner Busch was pleased with the second outing for his newly formed race team.

“It was a really good day for the Kyle Busch Motorsports team,” Busch said. “These guys did a great job. They worked real hard all through the winter to get us here. Two brand new trucks with myself and Tayler and we ran real well. Tayler was coming up to speed there toward the end of the race.

“We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us. We’re a young team and we’re fortunate to have people like Toyota, Heluva Good! and RaceTrac Convenience Stores here with us, but we’d like to get some more help from others if there’s any out there. We’ve got a long year ahead of us and this is a testament to how well this team is going to run and we’re looking forward to it.”

Kevin Harvick won the E-Z-Go 200 by 1.308 seconds over Busch. It was Harvick’s seventh career Camping World Truck Series victory, his first of the season and his first at Atlanta. With the victory, Harvick has now won in each of NASCAR’s three series at Atlanta – NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Nationwide and NASCAR Camping World Truck.

Aric Almirola, Steve Wallace and Todd Bodine took spots three through five. The rest of the top-10 consisted of Ricky Carmichael, Timothy Peters, Johnny Sauter, Rick Crawford and Austin Dillon.

The race featured six caution periods for 27 laps, with 11 drivers failing to finish.

While Busch is not running the full Camping World Truck Series schedule, the No. 18 Toyota is competing for the owner’s title, and it is sixth in points after round 2 of 25, 68 markers behind the series-leading No. 30 Toyota of Germain Racing. Brian Ickler is driving the No. 18 Toyota in the events where Busch will not compete.

Malsam is competing in all 25 races and is ninth in the championship standings, 104 points behind leader and 2006 series champion Todd Bodine.

The next event on the Camping World Truck Series schedule is the March 27 Kroger 250 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The race starts at 1:30 p.m. EST with live coverage provided by SPEED beginning with its pre-race show at 2 p.m.

- True Speed Communication Press Release

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Palm Beach is a new track to the ARCA Racing Series circuit and while that course could be a setback to some, the Lakeville, Minnesota team is grasping the opportunity as a chance to emerge with their road racing ace behind the wheel.

Marks, 28, cut his teeth on road courses in divisions such as SCCA regional and national road racing, Speed World Challenge GT Championship, Touring Car and Grand-Am Cup and the Rolex Sports Car Series. He’s also earned four wins and five poles in Grand-Am Cup and finished third in Rolex Sports Car Series points in 2004.

With his road course background and the team’s ever-growing confidence – it would be an understatement if the team wasn’t on everyone’s short list as the track’s inaugural ARCA winner. Following Daytona, the team took advantage of an open test to help give them an indication of what they would be in for this weekend.

“Palm Beach is a good example of what a lot of new tracks are going to these days,” said Marks. “The track itself is very smooth and was paved with the right aggregate to create a surface that’s very raceable and seems to take rubber down and grip up. There’s a lot of grip.

“The layout is great because it has a few technical sections that can be approached differently depending on the type of car and how your car is handling. Also, and most importantly, it has a few good passing zones and a few places that you can really set someone up and make a pass. It’s important to have technical corners that lead to passing zones and they’ve done a good job of that. It should be a good treat for the fans.”

Sitting just outside the top-10 in the ARCA Racing Series point standings, a clean solid run would be the ammunition the team would use to move up the ladder until the next race in April.

“We’re off to a solid start,” added Marks. “I’m enjoying being part of this Win-Tron Racing team. It’s a real honor to work with Mike (Chaffee, crew chief). “He’s very even-tempered, has a lot of experience, is low key and doesn’t get emotional. He’s won a lot of races and knows how to prepare, show up, do the job, and go home to work on doing it better next time. That’s the type of guy I want sitting atop of the pit box.”

Win-Tron Racing co-owner and general manager Nate Thiesse is excited to see what the weekend may bring for his operation. “I don’t think we could have a better driver for Saturday than Justin. He is smart when it comes to these road courses. He knows what it takes to stay out of trouble, be easy on the equipment and be around when it’s go time.”

From 2005 to 2009, Justin Marks has competed in 42 ARCA Racing Series events presented by RE/MAX and Menards events collecting five top-five finishes and mounting 13 top-10 efforts. He has also collected two pole positions including a New Track Record (NTR) at Kansas Speedway in 2007. Marks career best finish is second which has occurred twice at The Milwaukee Mile (2007) and Chicagoland Speedway (2007). He has led the field for 136 laps in five races. He finished fifth in the ARCA Racing Series championship point standings in his lone season of full-time ARCA competition in 2007.

Entering Palm Beach, Win-Tron Racing holds the 11th position in the ARCA RE/MAX Series owner’s standings after one race. Car owner Kevin Cywinski is 60 markers from the top spot held by fellow car owner Bill Gerhart (No. 5). Just five markers keep Cywinski from the 10th position controlled by car owner Bill Venturini (No. 55).

The Tire Kingdom 150 presented by ModSpace (75 laps / 150 miles) is the second of 20 events on the 2010 ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards schedule. The first ARCA race held at Palm Beach is a two day show. Practice begins Friday, February 26 with a three hour practice session planned from 11:30a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Menards pole qualifying presented by Ansell is set for later in the day Friday, February 26 slated to begin at 4:00 p.m. The event will take the green flag on Saturday, February 27 shortly after 1:00 p.m. The race will not be televised but race coverage including live timing and scoring and radio broadcast will be available through the ARCA Racing Network (ARN) online at arcaracing.com. All times are local.

Further information including sponsorship opportunities with Win-Tron Racing is available by visiting win-tronracing.com or contacting Nate Thiesse at 952.469.1839.

For more on Justin Marks please visit, JustinMarksRacing.com.

Be sure to get personal with Justin Marks by following him on Twitter at Twitter.com/justin_racing.

- Win-Tron Racing Press ReleaseD

Chase Mattioli

“Addiction and dependency on alcohol or drugs affects us all,” Mattioli explained. “Everyone is touched by this disease and has family members, friends or acquaintances that are struggling with alcoholism and/or chemical dependency. No one, regardless of age, income, race or gender is immune. For years Clearbrook has been helping in a big way, and I hope our efforts on and off the track, and the attention of race fans, make a difference,” Mattioli concluded.

“The Mattioli family has been big supporters of our efforts at Clearbrook and we appreciate and applaud Chase’s help in spreading the word,” commented Clearbrook CEO, Dr. Nick Colangelo.

If Mattioli finishes in 10th or higher, Clearbook will receive $10,000, with $100,000 coming their way if he wins. Both contributions are funded by insurance annuities, secured through one of the international leaders in creative insurance solutions, Massachusetts based HCC Specialty Underwriters, www.hccsu.com.

“Our Insurance products have backed prizes and charitable contributions that have ranged from $10,000 Hole in Ones to $10,000,000 Triple Crowns” says Jack Woodbury, HCC’s Sr. Vice President.

A link to Clearbrook is posted on Mattioli’s website, www.chasemattioli.com.

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The February 27th ARCA Tire Kingdom 150 is scheduled to get the green flag at 1:30 pm Saturday.

- Chase Mattioli Racing Press Release

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 22, 2009) – A date marked above all others on the racing calendar for Eric Holmes is the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.) on Jan. 29-30.

The postseason event is often referred to as the ‘Daytona 500 of short-track racing.’

“It’s the biggest and best race of the year,” said Holmes, a two-time champion in the NASCAR Camping World Series West. “I look forward to it every year.”

Holmes knows what it’s like to taste victory at the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown. He won the Elite Division portion of the event in 2004, while competing in the former NASCAR Southwest Tour.

“That was the biggest win of my racing career,” said the 35-year-old driver from Escalon, Calif. “Getting your name on that trophy and all the stuff that goes with it made it a pretty special night for me and my team and everybody involved in that. Every year I look forward to going back to regain that feeling that we had that night.”

Although he has come close, Holmes has come up short in his attempts to win the Camping World race in the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown.

“In 2006, I came within about half a turn of winning it,” Holmes recalled of a fierce three-way challenge he was involved in. “Sean Caisse, Matt Kobyluck and I were battling right to the end.”

Holmes ended up turned around on the final turn of the final lap, however, while Kobyluck beat Caisse to the finish line to score his first of two wins in the prestigious event.

Holmes thought he might also have a shot at the win a year ago, but a broken part took him out of contention.

“I think last year I had a good shot at winning it, too,” he said. “We had worked really hard. We kind of struggled the last two seasons at Irwindale and we really hit on something last year and had a really fast car, with the limited amount of practice that we had.

“I felt that Brian Ickler and I, along with Trevor Bayne, had the cars to beat,” Holmes said. “We were just kind of riding. We made some really good changes at the break. When we came back out, we broke a sway bar arm. It was really disappointing.”

Meanwhile, there is some added incentive to go for the win this year, according to Holmes.

“Those East guys have been beating us up there,” he said of the all-star event. “Definitely this year I want to get back in Victory Lane and get a West Coast victory for us.”

The No. 20 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota that Holmes and his Bill McAnally Racing team plan to take to Irwindale is the same car they raced in last year’s event.

“We’ll take the same car, it’s pretty much our workhorse car we’ve driven the last year and a half,” Holmes said. “They’ve totally re-freshened it and are getting it all ready to go. I think we’ll have a real good shot at winning it.”

Beyond the bragging rights and large winner’s purse, Holmes is also considering the idea of having his name on a second NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown trophy.

“It would be a special night,” he said. “And another special trophy on my mantle would be really cool.”

Holmes, who won NASCAR Camping World Series West championships in 2006 and 2008, is coming off a season in which he finished second in the point standings. He has nine career wins and 12 career poles in 49 series starts.

The seventh running of the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, which brings together the top racers from across North America, will be highlighted by the 225-lap Camping World Series all-star race. Each race winner during the 2009 Camping World Series season is eligible for a protected starting spot, as are the 2009 champions from each of NASCAR’s six regional touring series and the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion.

In addition to eligible 2009 race winners and series champions, the starting lineup will be determined through time trials, limited provisionals for Camping World Series regulars, and the last-chance “Open” race that provides drivers one final chance to make the grid.

The 2010 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown schedule also includes 100-lap Whelen All-American Series Super Late Model and 75-lap Late Model races. Both nights of racing will air live on SPEED.

- NASCAR Press Release

Kevin Hamlin

Hamlin, the Snohomish, Washington native has made his fair share of NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts, a few NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) runs and recently this year attempted to make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at Kansas Speedway but came up a little short. Still, Hamlin continues to dig and waits on the right opportunity to rocket to victory lane and maybe even a championship.

Sooner or later – that time is going to come and Hamlin will be on the racetrack battling the other Hamlin, Denny.
Hamlin’s driving career starting in the Pacific Northwest at the age of 3, racing dirt ovals on a 50cc 3-wheeler. By the age of six, he had moved up to Quarter midgets where he won eight regional events and one national championship. At age 14, his family purchased a late model to pursue his career. In 1996, Hamlin began racing at the Super Stock division at Evergreen Speedway, becoming the youngest winner in the division caption three feature victories in 1997.

In 1998 Hamlin moved up to the NASCAR Northwest Series, where in 103 career starts he captured 11 wins, 41 top-fives and 62 top-10 finishes. He was also crowned the 2001 and 2002 Northwest Series Champion and also was named the 2001 and 2003 Most Popular Driver. He owns the Northwest Series records for the youngest ever race winner at 19 years 11 months, youngest ever champion at 21 years 6 months and most consecutive laps led at 275 spanning over three races. – Impressive in by books.

I first became familiar with Kevin Hamlin when he competed in two ARCA RE/MAX Series events in 2005 driving for the notorious Ken Schrader. Driving the No. 99 Dodge Charger, he made two starts at Kentucky Speedway and Michigan International Speedway respectively and didn’t disappoint. Hamlin qualifed in the top-six in both events and battled to two top-10 finishes including a career best fifth in his debut at Kentucky Speedway.

From then, Hamlin took his career to the next level in the second tier, Nationwide Series.

Kevin Hamlin

The 2006 year started off on a heel of a different series for Hamlin. In an entry fielded by former NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Bobby Hamilton, Hamlin qualified the No. 04 Dodge Motorsports Dodge Ram 29th but brilliantly drafted to a well-earned 11th place finish. Without hesitation, the effort by one of the most likeable drivers in the garage kept him on the target screen – but unfortunately not on the track.

He would race just one more time in 2006 reuniting with Biagi Bros. Racing for the annual July tradition race but only be able to post a 27th place finish. Hamlin’s run at Daytona came through Auggie Vidovich’s misfortune of not being cleared to run the 2.5-mile superspeedway of Daytona.

Despite on the sidelines, Hamlin would never relinquish his goal or dream of competing full-time in NASCAR and utilize time at the track of practicing and qualifying the No. 41 entry for Reed Sorenson to keep his name in the limelight.

The patience would seem to payoff as in 2007 Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates announced that Juan Pablo Montoya and Hamlin would split the driving duties of the No. 42 Texaco-Havoline Dodge Charger. Hamlin would compete in seven races during the year and post his first top-10 effort at Gateway International Raceway where he racked up a seventh place finish. The effort was more commendable after being spun late in the race by Carl Edwards. The very next week, Hamlin proved the performance was no fluke by guiding his machine to an eighth place run at the ever-tricky O’Reilly Raceway Park.

When it appeared that things were looking up for the CGR protégé, the team announced it would cease operations of its NASCAR Nationwide Series operation leaving Hamlin again out of the seat. If there was a positive point for the young-gun, his driver development contract had been resigned for 2008.

While never getting the shot to end up in a Ganassi ride, Hamlin did run three NASCAR Nationwide Series races driving the No. 81 for Pat MacDonald and MacDonald Motorsports. In those three races, he maneuvered a season best 21st place finish for the underfunded operation.

This year, Hamlin remains under contract with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates as a development and test driver but has remained in underfunded cars thriving to get the joy of feeling the need for speed. Without hesitation, Hamlin has brought underfunded teams up a level by giving no less than his all behind the wheel – and qualifying for events in the “go or go homers” group.

Thus far, he has raced 11 times this year driving for Pat MacDonald (MacDonald Motorsports), Jimmy Means (Jimmy Means Racing), Jay Robinson (Jay Robinson Racing), Eddie Smith (Smith Racing) and Rick Ware (Rick Ware Racing). His best start of the season came at Gateway with his best finish occurring at Darlington.

So you’re probably wondering what the North Carolina native is doing when he’s not behind the wheel – he’s up in the spotting tower being the eyes and ears in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on Sundays. No doubt his driving abilities is an asset on the spotting tower making him one of the best on the roof.

But here’s my issue; Hamlin deserves a shot and hasn’t gotten it yet. Sure it’s great to be a spotter, guide a driver to a good clean run. And it’s even more powerful to take an underfunded team to a higher level and give them entry into the race or even a finish that they consider a win. But if EGR could find the perfect opportunity for this all-around good guy to land a full-time seat whether it be the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series or NASCAR Nationwide Series – than there’s no doubt in my mind that he will get his break and triumph much like Timothy Peters did in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway Saturday and celebrate all the hard work.

Oh, Hamlin’s wife and biggest supporter Mandi is expecting the couple’s second child next year and with it being a boy – I foresee another Hamlin-generation driver definitely in the mix some 10-15 years down the road.

Keep digging Kevin, sooner or later – all the hard work not to mention the ups and downs will pay off like a giant jackpot in Las Vegas.

For everything Kevin Hamlin, please visit KevinHamlin.com.

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In his three previous ARCA RE/MAX Series starts, Slocumb has been impressive with two top-10 qualifying efforts including a career-best fifth in the most recent ARCA event at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. Additionally, his finishes have been noteworthy as well. His career-best finish in the Win-Tron Racing entry occurred at Toledo Speedway earlier this month where he captured a ninth place finish after starting sixth.

Now, Slocumb, the Macon, Georgia native will return to a mile-and-a-half track and look to better his 12th place finish from Chicagoland Speedway in his inaugural ARCA debut last month.

“We’re glad to have Beau back behind the wheel of our Win-Tron Racing entry at Kansas,” said Win-Tron Racing General Manager and Co-Owner Nate Thiesse. “He really has done a phenomenal job in his races this year despite his lack of experience in these heavier cars. I think he has a better understanding what to expect this week.”

Experience is something that isn’t on Slocumb’s side but the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour standout has certainly put an effort to try and cross-reference the inexperience.

“Beau’s feedback has been better than we expected,” added Thiesse. “His first race at Chicagoland we weren’t really sure what to expect. We wanted him to be comfortable and try not to put himself in any daunting situations. He excelled past our expectations by putting our No. 32 in the top-10 during the race.”

Thiesse continued, “Beau went to Toledo Speedway the next week where he qualified and finished inside the top-10 at a track that he had never seen before. It was pretty amazing. From there, we took him to the dirt where again he stepped up to the challenge and qualifed very well, but unfortunately, we had a little bit of bad luck during the race, so we didn’t get the finish we wanted but his effort was commendable nonetheless.”

“He’s back for Kansas and we have a feeling that he is going to gel well with this track. It’s very similar to Chicagoland Speedway so our setups are going to be very comparable. Without a doubt, he should be able to keep his string of top-20 finishes intact on Thursday.”

Entering Kansas, Win-Tron Racing holds the fourth position in the ARCA RE/MAX Series owner’s standings after 19 races. Car owner Kevin Cywinski is 600 markers from moving back to the top spot held by fellow car owner Jessica Sharp (No. 6). 210 markers keep Cywinski from the third position controlled by car owner Frank Kimmel (No. 44). The team maintained their position after Matt Merrell recorded a 13th place finish in the most ARS event at Salem Speedway two weeks ago.

Further information and driving opportunities with Win-Tron Racing is available by visiting win-tronracing.com or contacting Nate Thiesse at 952.469.1839.

For more on Beau Slocumb please visit, BeauSlocumb.com.

The Kansas Lottery 150 (100 laps/150 miles) is the 20th of 21 events on the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule. The ninth ARCA race held at Kansas is a one-day show. Practice begins Thursday, October 1 with a two hour practice session planned from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Menards Pole by Ansell qualifying is slated to begin at 1:00 p.m. The event will take the green flag shortly after 4:00 p.m. The race will be broadcasted live on SPEED and through the ARCA Racing Network (ARN) online at arcaracing.com. All times are local.

- Win-Tron Racing Press Release

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Since returning to the track last year, the one-mile oval has awarded two talented drivers with their first career victory but with a very familiar team. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rookie Joey Logano literally dominated the event last year before Sean Caisse took advantage of Ken Schrader’s misfortune in April to power his Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet into the coveted victory circle.

But with Caisse nor Logano expected to be present for the 21st event of the season, the Rockingham door is wide open for a slew of potential first-time winners not to mention a few sleepers too.

Should Parker Kligerman take the ARCA RE/MAX Series crown, Joey Coulter who is winless thus far in his rookie season would take the Rookie-of-the-Year award and is a prime candidate for his inaugural ARCA victory. The Harold Holly led team stepped up their game in the second half of the season that has propelled the No. 16 Tempest Cycles Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS to a solid top-five contending spot in the point standings.

With Justin Lofton setting the tone for Eddie Sharp Racing this season, Craig Goess Jr. is behind but not far. The No. 81 team led by former Cup crew member extraordinaire Patrick Donahue could easily shine the limelight away from the Lofton Cattle team and maneuver their way to victory lane. With Goess’s plans unknown for 2009, a celebration in victory lane would give the former Legend’s driver confidence heading into the off-season.

Rockingham wonder Bryan Silas catapulted to his career best finish in the ARCA RE/MAX Series of fourth in April and there’s little doubt he wants to reward his car owner and Rockingham Speedway President Andy Hillenburg with a celebration in style. Silas will have a busy weekend at “The Rock” as he’ll also compete in the USARacing event at Rockingham on Saturday. Should the Stuart, Florida native pull off the win in his 71st career start, the celebration is expected to last well into the 2010 ARCA RE/MAX Series season.

Maneuvering between Eddie Sharp Racing and Venturini Motorsports in his first season of competition may have stalled Steve Arpin’s momentum at times but after bolting to the fastest time in pre-race testing in September, the No. 25 is a prime candidate for a third consecutive victory in Rockingham, North Carolina. Should the Venturini Motorsports team pull off the feat, it will be one of the most accomplished attainments in ARCA history.

Tom Hessert III is another driver who shifted team’s mid-way through the ARCA RE/MAX Series. From a pole-role at Andy Belmont Racing to RAB Racing with Ken Schrader Racing, Hessert hopes to finish what Schrader started in April in the Carolina 200 and soar to win number one not only for himself but for RAB Racing as well. With Hessert’s plans also unknown for next year – a win would seclude him from the off-season shadow.

Without a doubt Robb Brent is happy to be racing at Rockingham, especially since the Shelby Township, Michigan native had no plans to race a full-schedule in 2009. But then came Justin Allgaier Motorsports to the rescue and they offered the 22-year old a full-season ride and a chance at stardom. With a sour engine failure in his Rockingham debut – he is looking for redemption in the loosest sense of the way. Without a second thought the connection between crew chief Dave Leiner who steered his way into the No. 36 team three-fourths into the season has put Brent in the hunt.

So, there’s a look at the top-10 in the ARCA RE/MAX Series championship chase that without a doubt have the potential to steal the show away from Parker Kligerman or Justin Lofton and end their season on the highest pedestal.

Other drivers who are hoping to rumble at Rockingham include: Female sensation Alli Owens, Cunningham Motorsports newest protégé Dakoda Armstrong, USARacing sensation Drew Herring and Matt Merrell, who hasn’t been officially announced as the driver of the No. 32 Win-Tron Racing Dodge Charger but is a likely candidate.

As for the sleepers, Patrick Sheltra and Frank Kimmel lead the top of that chart.

Kimmel, the nine-time ARCA RE/MAX Series Champion is still winless in his No. 44 Ansell / Menards Ford Fusion but a solitude win at Rockingham Speedway would be a great way for him to end his second year as part-owner and driver.

Indiantown, Florida native Patrick Sheltra finished second in a Dodge Charger but the Sheltra Motorsports has reinforcements for Rockingham in the name of Germain Racing and Toyota for the season finale. Sheltra will look to take his No. 60 Buffalo Wings & Rings Toyota Camry to victory lane on October 11. It would be one spot better from his impressive second place run in April. Mike Abner has been overseeing the Germain Racing’s control of the Camry and is expected to work closely with the Whitesville; Kentucky based organization in their third stab at Rockingham. Todd Bodine, Germain Racing’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver is a former winner at “The Rock” in the NASCAR Nationwide Series driving for Ron Parker.

So what’s going to be in the next Rockingham installment? Stay tuned, you never know what I just might come up with!

“Posts 25th Place Finish In CWSE And 7th In ACT Invitational”

Loudon, NH (September 20, 2009): The weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway was a roller coaster ride of sorts for Irving Oil sponsored driver Brad Leighton. After posting a disappointing 25th place finish in the NASCAR Camping World Series East race on Friday evening, Leighton bounced back with a top-10 finish in the inaugural ACT Invitational on Saturday night.

Leighton kicked off the weekend in the Camping World Series East where he remains a favorite for victory based on his series leading eight wins at the 1.058-mile oval. Leighton qualified the No. 55 Irving Racing Chevrolet 15th fastest with a speed of 124.255 mph, and was a consistent threat in the top-10 for the first 30 laps of the race.

Leighton made his first pit stop at lap 15 and followed that up with another pit stop at lap 33. As it turned out, Leighton was having a tire issue that had to be addressed.

“Three laps into the race after our first stop, we were headed backwards. We had an inch more stagger in the back than we should have,” he explained. “We had to come back in and change the tire. We had a big cut in the tire and it may have blown anyway.”

Things went downhill from there. After making his way back up to 12th, Leighton was involved in a wreck that happened on a lap 76 restart. A car failed to go and the No. 55 Irving Oil Chevrolet got collected.

“I had a good run going at that time and the 36 got jacked up, he turned right, came right back and caught me. I was wide open trying to get through it, but it didn’t happen,” Leighton said. “Our day was done when we pitted. We had a big right rear tire and it couldn’t handle the car, but after that wreck, it was definitely done.”

Leighton returned to the track the next day to compete in the inaugural ACT Invitational. The Center Harbor, NH driver earned his way into the race via a win in the ACT Tour earlier in the year. No qualifying was held and Leighton drew a 22nd place starting position in the 50-lap race.

Leighton dropped back early in the race and remained in the top-15 for most of the event. He turned up the heat following a lap 41 caution and was able to gain six positions in the closing laps of the race to finish seventh.

“I would have liked to win that race, but you have to work with what you’ve got,” said Leighton. “We didn’t have the car to win today that’s all there was too it. Congratulations to Eddie MacDonald on his win. He worked hard for it.”

- Leighton Racing Press Release

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Since Andy Hillenburg, ARCA RE/MAX Series champion in 1995, reopened “The Rock” last year, he has spent countless hours and tireless nights trying to bring back Rockingham Speedway, the track that the fans of North Carolina grew up with and love.

With almost two years in the books, he’s getting closer to making that dream a reality.

A lot is on tap for that wild weekend in October and even with Halloween just a few short weeks following ARCA’s season finale and USAR’s third of four championship events – the track is bound to see some spooktacular action.

As far as the storylines are considered, if you dig deep – there is more then plenty to talk about.

Each series has a championship on the line.

In the ARCA RE/MAX Series it’s been the Parker Klingerman vs. Justin Lofton show with each of the drivers swapping victory after victory during the course of the 2009 season. Other than wins by James Buescher, Patrick Sheltra, Patrick Long and Spring Rockingham winner Sean Caisse, it’s been the Eddie Sharp Racing or Cunningham Motorsports entries lighting them up before heading to victory lane.

Should that trend not continue heading into Rockingham – odds are that someone else out of the ARCA crop could pop into victory lane in the American 200. Some obvious choices include; nine-time ARCA RE/MAX Series champion Frank Kimmel, newcomer Joey Coulter, Rockingham favorite Bryan Silas; Eddie Sharp Racing rookie Craig Goess Jr, Venturini Motorsports new pilot Steve Arpin or could Daytona Beach, Florida native Alli Owens make history and become the first woman in the history of ARCA to win an event?

How about the other championship race? In the point standings, fifth through eighth is extremely tight; a championship race in itself. Rockingham has been known time and time again to cause a ruckus when you least expect it.

With every ARCA RE/MAX Series event comes a few surprises too. Don’t be surprised to see some NASCAR Sprint Cup Series or NASCAR Nationwide Series drivers piled into the mix. Kasey Kahne’s driver, Brad Sweet is expected to drive the No. 90 Great Clips Toyota.

Long-time ARCA competitor Ken Schrader will look for redemption after running out of fuel two laps from the finish in May. Another female driver is expected to be in the lineup and it’s not Gabi DiCarlo – the entry list will grow and grow as the time nears.

The race is also a perfect venue for prospective drivers to get ahead of their game for the 2010 season.

Before the ARCA RE/MAX Series takes center stage on Sunday, October 11, the stars and cars of the USAR Pro Cup Series will take the presence of the one-mile track on Saturday, October 10 setting up what is expected to be one of their finest races of the year.

Long-time racer Clay Rogers is leading the pursuit in the USAR championship chase but Winston Salem, North Carolina resident Brandon Ward is trying to reel in the part-time ARCA RE/MAX Series driver.

Drew Herring made his ARCA debut at Rockingham in April but focused on a full season of USAR competition which has locked him third in the championship race.

Newcomer’s J.P. Morgan and Lucas Ransone are also going to try and make some noise of their own in the Aaron’s 100.

Series veterans Caleb Holman, Jeff Agnew, Matt Lofton, Bobby Gill and Billy Bigley Jr. are also expected to mix up the heat.

Rockingham could be a very busy weekend for Brett Butler. The recently married driver has had a busy 2009 season between racing a jammed packed USAR schedule, a few NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races not to mention piloting the No. 1 LoanMax Ford Fusion for Andy Belmont Racing in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. Rumor on the street is that the Georgia native will be pulling double-duty between USAR and ARCA.

Other drivers expected to contend at Rockingham include: Derek Kale, A.J. Frank, Michael Ritch, Benny Gordon and Kyle Fowler.

Some of the untold and unknown stories in the ARCA RE/MAX Series and USAR Pro Cup Series are so much alike. To the driving all night with no sleep and a mattress in the back of the van – how about working a full-time job then piling up with your fellow crew members and energy drinks to get that rush? This is racing – at its finest.

All the roads whether they come from North, South, West or East lead to Rockingham Speedway and I can’t imagine it getting much better than this.

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Race Information: Event: Southern Illinois 100, Monday, September 7 at 1:00 p.m. Local Time Track: DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Qualifying: Monday, September 7 at 11:00 a.m. Local Time; Track Length: 1.0-mile clay.

Toledo Recap: Patrick Sheltra finished 17th in Friday’s ARCA RE/MAX 200 at Toledo Speedway. After qualifying 15th, Sheltra was on the move and headed towards the front when a spin and the loss of reverse in the transmission cost the Sheltra Motorsports team three laps. An additional loss of a cylinder made a long night for the veteran team. Sheltra however was able to recover two of his lost laps thanks to the Aarons “lucky dog.”

Welcome To My Turf: Patrick Sheltra is no stranger to the dirt and for the sixth time in his ARCA RE/MAX Series career, Sheltra will return to the dirt in the ARCA RE/MAX Series gunning for win number two Sunday afternoon. Sheltra showcased his driving talent on the dirt competing in USAC and UMP late model events throughout the United States before making the transition to asphalt full time in 2007.

One Year Ago: After finishing sixth in his inaugural debut at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in 2007, Patrick Sheltra stepped up to the plate and delivered an awesome second-place finish behind nine time ARCA RE/MAX Series champion Frank Kimmel in last year’s Southern Illinois 100. At the time, the run tied Sheltra’s career-best finish as the Indiantown, Florida native also landed the runner-up position earlier in the year at Toledo Speedway.

All Camo-Out: For the second time since the season opener at Daytona International Speedway in February, the Sheltra Motorsports team will sport a different paint scheme for Monday’s Southern Illinois 100. The team will utilize the same paint scheme they ran with their Dodges last year which consisted of a very slick looking all-camouflage No. 60 entry. This weekend will mark the second time that marketing partner Buffalo Wings & Rings will be hoisted atop of the team’s popular layout arrangement. Sheltra ran the same scheme at the Illinois State Fairgrounds last month where he qualified a stout fourth before finishing third.

The Coach Takes A Race Off: Patrick Sheltra’s driving coach 2005 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) champion Ted Musgrave will take a race off and enjoy the Labor Day holiday with his family in North Carolina. Musgrave will return to his coaching duties at the New Jersey Motorsports Park next weekend and for the remainder of the 2009 racing season.

NASCAR Nationwide Series Plans To Be Announced Soon: Sheltra Motorsports will announce their plans for the remainder of the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) season in the near future. Sheltra made his third career NNS start and first of the season last month at Daytona International Speedway driving the No. 81 D.H. Griffin-Quality Turf Dodge Charger for MacDonald Motorsports.

Watcha Haulin?: Crew Chief John Hayden has elected to bring Sheltra Motorsports chassis number 7 to the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds this weekend. This is the same automobile the team participated with the Illinois State Fairgrounds last month and finished third. It’s also the same piece that Sheltra utilized to notch a runner-up finish at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds in 2008. The team converted the former Dale Earnhardt, Inc. automobile to a Dodge Charger during the last year. It will be run for just the eighth time in the rising phenom’s career. Chassis number 5 will serve as the team’s back-up automobile. That former Joe Gibbs Racing entry is the same automobile that Sheltra rocketed to his first victory at Salem Speedway in April.

Points Check: After round 16 on the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule, Patrick Sheltra sits eighth in the championship standings accumulating 3350 points. Just 165 points separate Sheltra from the fifth position. The Indiantown, Florida native is 230 markers from the fourth spot. Car owner Grace Sheltra remains solidly in the top-10 in the car owner standings.

Patrick Sheltra ARCA Career At-A-Glance: Entering DuQuoin, Sheltra has 62 ARCA RE/MAX Series starts to his credit with one career victory at Salem Speedway (April 2009). During his ARCA tenure, Sheltra has accumulated 10 top-fives and posted 21 top-10 finishes. A third place qualifying effort at Rockingham Speedway (April 2009) is Sheltra’s best time trials efforts to date. He has controlled the ARCA field five times for 109 laps.

You Can Be Apart Of The Ultimate Hunting Experience: Sheltra Motorsports wants to give a race fan an ultimate opportunity to join Patrick Sheltra or Sheltra Motorsports dirt driver Shannon Babb a chance at a paramount moment to hunt with either driver at Patrick Sheltra’s hunting ranch in Dryden, Texas. The best part, all expenses paid! Race fans will have the entire ARCA season to enter the contest with the winner being announced in the ARCA RE/MAX Series finale at Rockingham Speedway in October. Visit HuntingExtravangza.com for more details.

This Is The People’s Car: In an effort to bring race fans closer to the Sheltra Motorsports team, the team is full throttle with their Peoples Car promotion. Race fans will have the opportunity to have their name plastered on the No. 60 for the rest of the ARCA RE/MAX Series season. In addition, each time a fan joins the People’s Car their name will be tossed into a drawing for an-all expensed paid trip (minus lodging expenses) to the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series season finale at Rockingham Speedway. The lucky fan will be an honorary member of the Sheltra Motorsports team plus enjoy a few little surprises the team has spiced up for the lucky winner. Browse PatrickSheltra.com or ThePeoplesCars.com for all the details.

Vote Him Your Favorite Driver: Race fans can vote Patrick Sheltra as the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series most popular driver by visiting ARCANation.com. From now until the end of the season, race fans can click on to ARCA’s official fan-related web site and vote once a day for their favorite ARCA RE/MAX Series driver. The winner will be announced at the ARCA RE/MAX Series Championship Awards Banquet in Covington, Kentucky this December. If you’re an ARCA Nation member your vote counts twice per day for one driver. If you’re a non-ARCA Nation member, your vote counts only once. Sign up today at ARCANation.com and vote for Patrick Sheltra!

Sheltra Motorsports, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Pre-Race Quotes: Patrick Sheltra, driver of the No. 60 Buffalo Wings & Rings Dodge Charger:

On Toledo Speedway: “Toledo didn’t go as planned and that’s putting it lightly. We had great success there in 2008 and this year we couldn’t get a break. I guess that’s just racing.”

On DuQuoin State Fairgrounds: “We came up one position short last year at DuQuoin, I don’t want to do that again. It was a great race for Sheltra Motorsports but I want to put our Buffalo Wings & Rings Dodge in victory lane and finally get a win on the dirt. I hope we can pull it off.”

On The Approaching Road Course Race: “I’m looking forward to going to New Jersey Motorsports Park this upcoming weekend. It’s just a neat place. We went and tested there in August and we’re pretty good. The guys made some changes to our home-made road course car so I’m looking forward to improving our 11th place run from there last year.”

On The Key To Winning At DuQuoin: “Tires is probably your biggest obstacle. We wore out our tires big time last year but luckily we had enough time to get back to the front. We had an aggressive setup last year but it worked. I think we’ll be fast from the moment we unload, I just can’t wait to get back on the dirt.”

On The Drive For Five: “Five races to go huh? We have the capabilities of being a contender in each of these final five races. We can win at Salem, I cannot wait to get back there. Kansas and Rockingham should be good races for us too. I’m just ready to race and put this Sheltra Motorsports team up front.”

Sheltra Motorsports, DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Pre-Race Quotes: Grace Sheltra, owner of the No. 60 Buffalo Wings & Rings Dodge Charger:

On Toledo Speedway: “It’s disappointing that we couldn’t back up our performances from 2008 but I’m proud of the Sheltra team for never giving up Friday night. There was no doubt that the night could have turned out a lot worse than it did.”

On DuQuoin State Fairgrounds: “Patrick wants to win on Monday. There’s no doubt about that. I think we can without a doubt. The Sheltra Motorsports team proved at Springfield that we mean business on the dirt. I think we’ll back that statement up again on Monday.”

On The Drive For Five: “These final five races are going to come quick and then we have a couple NASCAR Nationwide Series races still in our lineup so we’re going to be busy but we’re looking forward to it. We want to win another one before the year’s out and I think we’ll accomplish that with no problem.”

PRIOR RESULTS:

Date Event Start Finish Laps Status

09/07 Southern Illinois 100 12 6 100/100 Running

09/08 Southern Illinois 100 9 2 102/102 Running

The Southern Illinois 100 (100 miles / 100 laps) is the 17th of 21 events on the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series schedule. The 27th ARCA event held at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds is a one-day show. Practice begins Monday, September 7 with a one hour practice session planned from 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Menards Pole by Ansell qualifying is slated to begin at 11:00 a.m. The field will take the green flag shortly after 1:00 p.m. The event will not be televised but broadcast coverage will be available live through the ARCA Racing Network (ARN) online at arcaracing.com. All times are local.

Fast Links:

Driver / Team: Patrick Sheltra on the web: PatrickSheltra.com

Marketing Partner: Buffalo Wings & Rings on the web: BuffaloWingsandRings.com

Sanction: ARCA RE/MAX Series: ARCARacing.com

About Sheltra Motorsports:

Sheltra Motorsports (sheltramotorsports.com) is a three-tier Motorsports operation consisting of dirt and asphalt competition. Patrick Sheltra, a 23-year old native of Indiantown, Florida competes in the UMP and WoO (Dirt) Series; while also running a full schedule in the ARCA RE/MAX Series (No. 60) and a limited schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Sheltra Motorsports ownership is combined of Richard, Grace and Patrick Sheltra. The team is headquartered in Indiantown, Florida with additional operations in Richmond, Indiana and Whitesville, Kentucky.

Johnny Benson

Benson will offer analysis in place of Michael Waltrip, whose NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driving duties conflict with three Truck Series races, at Iowa Speedway (Sept. 5 live at 10 p.m. ET; NCWTS Setup with Krista Voda at 9:30 p.m. ET), Gateway (Sept. 12 live at 2:30 p.m. ET; NCWTS Setup at 2 p.m. ET) and Las Vegas (Sept. 26 live at 9:30 p.m. ET; NCWTS Setup at 9 p.m. ET).

Benson, sidelined by injuries sustained in a June accident in a Supermodified race at Berlin Raceway in Michigan, holds 14 wins, 56 top-five and 85 top-10 finishes in his Truck Series career.

SPEED, now in more than 78 million homes in North America, is the exclusive home of the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Gatorade Duel at Daytona, NASCAR Sprint Pit Crew Challenge and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The only network delivering live, at-track programming all season long, SPEED offers the definitive pre- and post-race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series programs – NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane, as well as other popular NASCAR programs including Trackside Live, NASCAR Performance, NASCAR Live!, This Week in NASCAR, NCWTS Setup and NASCAR in a Hurry.

- SPEED Press Release

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Bristol Motor Speedway – August 19, 2009

- Tundra driver Kyle Busch earned his second consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) win in
Wednesday night’s race at Tennessee’s Bristol Motor Speedway.

- Busch led 82 (of 200) laps en route to his third NCWTS win of 2009.

- The win marks the seventh NCWTS victory by Toyota in 2009 and 58th since joining series competition in 2004.

- Tundra drivers Brian Scott (fifth), Aric Almirola (sixth), David Starr (seventh), T.J. Bell (eighth), Stacy Compton (ninth)
and Timothy Peters (10th) also earned top-10 finishes in Wednesday night’s race at the half-mile bull ring.

- Other Tundra drivers in the field were Terry Cook (15th), Mike Skinner (20th), Nate Monteith (26th), Max Papis (28th),
Tayler Malsam (31st) and Todd Bodine (32nd).

- Five Tundra drivers are currently in the top-10 in the unofficial NCWTS point standings – Skinner (third), Scott (fourth),
Starr (fifth), Bodine (sixth) and Malsam (ninth).

Kyle Busch Wins The O'Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway

Finishing Position: 1st

What makes you so strong at Bristol Motor Speedway?

“I love this place. It’s fun for all of us drivers. It’s a fun place to race and for some reason I have really taken to the new
surface. I love the old surface, I love the new one. I really have to thank Miccosukee, Toyota, NOS Energy Drink, the fans
- great fans for coming out on a Wednesday night. Luckily, we have a day off tomorrow. The fans don’t – they have to go
over to Bristol Speed Street and have some fun over there. Thank Gillette, Marquis Jets and everybody else that makes this
program possible. Billy Ballew for putting Richie (Wauters, crew chief) and I back together. We knew we were going to
come here with a fast truck – we’ve been fast every time we’ve been here. It was exciting to be able to capitalize like that
tonight.”

How will this win help you in the Nationwide and Sprint Cup races at Bristol this weekend?

“It just gets the momentum going and tells you that you can do it. You finish second, fifth, 10th, whatever – third in
Nationwide and truck series races and you can’t win on the Cup side. It’s like, man, it’s a downer, it’s a downer and you
don’t feel very good about yourself. I’m my self’s biggest critic. This definitely helps out and gets me back in the right
mindset and gets me back in the right frame.

I love coming to Bristol anyway in the fall. I always run well here. I’m
looking forward to the Nationwide race – we should have won five in a row on that side, but we’ve had pit issues or
miscues by myself or whatever. We’ll get back on it. I want to say congrats to Matt Crafton – even though he finished
second to me and (Ron) Hornaday was third it really didn’t gain him any points. He’s trying to get up there and get those
guys – we’re trying to get the owner’s deal, but unfortunately one-two-three in points were one-two-three tonight.”

Were you confident that you had enough fuel to make it on only the one pit stop?

“We did this last year and we made it so I wasn’t really concerned. Richie (Wauters, crew chief) and these guys do a good
job at that and the Toyota guys get awesome fuel mileage for us. We’ve seen Dennis Setzer make it 200 laps at Mansfield
one time and this place is bigger than that – carries a lot more speed and a lot more throttle. We were just able to conserve
what we needed and obviously there was enough for a burnout and everything. Hopefully, the fans enjoyed that and we’ll
be able to take this on and hopefully go out the rest of the year and win a few more. Hopefully we can sweep this
weekend.”

How special is your chemistry with this race team?

“I love Billy (Ballew, owner) to death and all these guys. Doug (George, 15 crew chief) and all the guys on the 15 (Aric
Almirola) truck this weekend, all the guys that were with me earlier this year on the 51. It’s just amazing – the guys at the
shop do a great job working on these things and building them and making them what we need them to be. Unfortunately,
the 15 (Almirola) didn’t have the night they were looking for, but we certainly did and we’re proud of that.

Of course, the 88 (Matt Crafton) and the 33 (Ron Hornaday) were battling for point and they finished right behind us. Matt (Crafton), he didn’t gain any ground on the 33 (Hornaday) so unfortunately for those guys, they have to go another week. Hopefully we can too and we can get a couple more wins.”

How was your race overall tonight?

“It was a good night for us. I’m really proud of the whole Miccosukee Toyota team, they did a great job. It’s hard to come
out here every week and race with minimal guys, but we try to do it and we do the best we can. Real proud of all the guys
that we had today – I worked them to death in practice. I didn’t really think we had a great truck. It was close, it was about
the same as what we had last year – just a few minor differences so we just tried to improve on that a little bit. Throughout
the race there in the first little bit, we started coming forward – we started using the top and kind of snookered guys. We
were the first ones up there and the first ones to make it work.

I got up to the lead and then pitted – we had to pass a couple more guys that didn’t pit – the 17 (Timothy Peters), the 16 (Brian Scott) and the 23 (Jason White) – he was a battle and that was fun. Jason White, he’s a close friend of Denny’s (Hamlin) and a friend of mine and he was having a moment there so it was a battle for sure. He was tough and he had a good truck. I’m proud of those guys too – they had a good truck. Jason (White) did a good job with what he had to do. Unfortunately, there he had to pit and he wasn’t on quite the right pit strategy, but from there we made it work. I thought (Matt) Crafton was coming, but he couldn’t get me on the long run. Our truck was good and it just kept ticking and kept going. I’m just real proud of how well it ran tonight.”

From a point’s perspective, how does tonight’s race compare to what the Nationwide and Cup races will be like for you?
“You’re 90 percent right over here, there’s still another 10 percent that we are trying to chase in points to get the owner’s
deal. We can take risks a lot more here than we can anywhere else. Nationwide stuff – we’ve got a good point lead, but
you’re never comfortable. You just have to keep ticking and keep plugging away.

We’ve been fast every time we’ve been
here the past few times in the Nationwide car – we just haven’t put it all together. We need a good, solid night on Friday
night to put it all together to try to win this thing. We can be fast and we have the cars capable of winning, we just haven’t
been able to produce the result. On Saturday night we’ve been really good here in the Cup cars too. Again, we’ll just try to
work on the car to the best we can to make it good. I’ve never really qualified well here in that car so if we qualify in the
back and then work our way up towards the front – hopefully our car will be good on the long run – that’s what we need.
Then we can capitalize on a strong run here – we need a top-five. If we finish in the top-five these next three races then
we’ll make the ‘Chase.’ If we can do that then we’ll be okay.”

How does this win help you heading into the next three Cup races?

“I think the win does help because it just sets the tone for the weekend. It kind of gives myself a little momentum rolling
back into this deal. I’ve been frustrated lately thinking it’s been me that haven’t been able to win races and when you can
get a vehicle that’s capable of winning and you win with it – it shows that you still have it and you can still do it. I had a
late model race after Indy that I won – I had a good car. I had a late model race just this past week that I was running up
front and we broke and then tonight we won.

the past few weeks have been good – we’ve been getting better on the Cup
side. I feel like we have the opportunity to win these next three. Atlanta might be a little bit tough because the competition
has really caught up to us here as of late. Last year we finished first and fifth there and this spring we ran 19th, three laps
down. It definitely changed a lot this spring and we need to get back to a little bit more of something that we did last year
and try to finish fifth. Just take a fifth and get out there and go to Richmond where we, for some reason, knock on wood,
seem to run well there so I love going there.”

Brian Scott

Finishing Position: 5th

How much fun was it to race against Ryan Newman in the closing laps?

“That was a lot of fun to be able to race a Cup veteran like that and race him hard. For him to show me respect and for me
to rough him up a little bit and still have good respect between us. It was a good night for our Albertson’s Tundra. A fun
night here at Bristol – it’s fun racing under the lights and it’s fun racing hard like that. I’ll do that everyday of the week.”

Were you able to use the second groove during the race?

“The second groove was really good early and I was really good on it early, but then it just went away from me. It just
disappeared – we didn’t have enough front grip to keep it turning. It took away a lot of the ability to pass and run fast, but
still a good night.”

Aric Almirola

Finishing Position: 6th

How was your race truck tonight?

“It was pretty good. I don’t know if we had a bad set of tires in practice or what, but we started the race way, way too loose.
I was just hanging on for dear life. These guys worked really, really hard in the pits and they made a lot of changes. We
came down pit road a lot and gave up a lot of track position, but they got the truck driving a lot better and it turned out to be
a decent night for us.”

David Starr

Finishing Position: 7th

How was your race truck today?

“Our Zachry Toyota Tundra was pretty awesome today. When our backs are up against the walls, we just keep fighting and
keep digging. We weren’t very good during practice and in second practice we weren’t very good, but we just stayed on
our game plan. Everybody just worked hard and we never gave up. We battled back from adversity and got a decent finish
of seventh. When the race started I felt like we were anywhere from a 15th to a 20th-place truck.

It doesn’t matter where you start – it’s how you finish. We fought all the way to the end. It just shows you the character of this racing team and the attitude, the morale – they just never give up. Everybody just keeps a smile on their race and they keep digging even when we have our backs up against the wall. I can’t say enough about this race team. We didn’t get what we wanted – we wanted to win, but we got a decent finish to keep us in the championship points so we’ll take it.”

T.J. Bell

Finishing Position: 8th

How was your race truck tonight?
“It was really good – our Toyota Tundra was awesome. I just wish I could have communicated with the guys a little bit better.
It’s hard to give them hand signals for loose-in and tight-off so I had to pick one and we tightened it up a little bit. It kind of
hurt us, but all in all for the circumstances and way this year has gone I am really happy with Red Horse Racing Tundra
tonight.”

STACY COMPTON, No. 60 SafeAuto Insurance Toyota Tundra, Wyler Racing

Finishing Position: 9th

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Strutmasters Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 10th

TERRY COOK, No. 25 Cajun Industries Toyota Tundra, HT Motorsports

Finishing Position: 15th

MIKE SKINNER, No. 5 Exide Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 20th

NATE MONTEITH, No. 09 Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports

Finishing Position: 26th

MAX PAPIS, No. 9 GEICO Toyota Camry, Gernain Racing

Finishing Position: 28th

TAYLER MALSAM, No. 81 One Eighty Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 31st

Todd Bodine, No. 30 Ventrilo Toyota Tundra

Finishing Position: 32nd

What happened that caused your early accident?

“We missed the set-up pretty good and it was really loose. I tried to conserve a little bit and save the tires. The leaders
started coming so I had to get going. The guys in front of me were racing pretty hard. I finally got under Tayler Malsam
and we were so loose – he pinched me down and sucked me around. Believe it or not – you get sucked around at Bristol.
But I got loose and I got into him – it was my fault. It wasn’t anything that Tayler (Malsam) did wrong at all. We just
missed the set-up.”

- TOYOTA Motorsports Press Release

Tim George, Jr.

“My run at Pocono this weekend was another learning experience. I had to index my wheel after we rolled off of pit road. I gave up starting ninth and we started at the end of the longest line. It was a good experience to come back up through the field two thirds of the way,” George Jr. said.

A rookie in 2009 in the ARCA RE/MAX Series, George Jr. is still learning the ins and outs behind the wheel of a stockcar. He easily walked away from his most recent Pocono experience with a long list of notes after racing his way from 41st at the start, to the 19th spot at the drop of the checkered flag. There were six cautions flags throughout the race, slowing his climb for 36 laps of the extended 82-lap race.

There were two cautions flags within the final 10 laps, including a green-white-checkered flag finish that added two additional laps to the race. The restarts challenged George Jr. behind the wheel of the No. 2 Ruby Tuesday Toyota, as the finish and fierce competition loomed while racing for a coveted top-20 run.

“We had a rough restart near the end and finished a bit worse due to that. We had a great pitstop, but the car was still too tight. I look forward to the test Tuesday at NJMP,” George Jr. added.

Though it is an off week from competition, on Tuesday, George Jr. and fellow Eddie Sharp Racing teammate Craig Goess will test New Jersey Motorsports Park, learning all they can through their rookie seasons.

The next scheduled race for George Jr. and the ESR Ruby Tuesday team is the Allen Crowe 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, on Sunday, August 23rd.

For more on Tim George Jr, visit www.TimGeorgeJr.com

For more on Eddie Sharp Racing, visit www.TeamESR.com

About Eddie Sharp Racing

Eddie Sharp set up shop in 2005 after several years of transforming young, talented drivers into ARCA championship contenders. Today, Eddie Sharp Racing has evolved into the rite of passage for any serious upcoming driver with an ambition for professional stock car racing. Located in Denver, North Carolina just north of Charlotte, Eddie Sharp Racing occupies a top-notch facility that closely resembles a five-star NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, both inside and out. The two ESR buildings each contain two teams where on any given day, championship contending cars are assembled, engines tuned and teams strategize to score the next race day victory.

- Eddie Sharp Racing Press Release

Sarah Fisher

“As an owner I want to see the series grow and I am happy to see they have added some new venues to the schedule in 2010,” said Fisher. “I’d be lying to say I wasn’t disappointed there have not been some additional oval races added to the agenda. I realize the circumstances surrounding loosing Richmond and Milwaukee, but I just hope we remember what this series was built upon, which was the core values and principles of the Indianapolis 500.”

About Sarah Fisher:

At just 28 years old, Sarah Fisher has already competed in eight Indianapolis 500’s, been voted “Most Popular Driver” four times in two separate Series (IndyCar and NASCAR), been awarded “Indy’s Best & Brightest Leaders Under 40″ and enters her second season as a team owner in 2009. Fisher is the first woman to qualify fastest for a major North American open-wheel event, the fastest woman to ever qualify for the Indy 500 and is the youngest woman to compete at the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Fisher has been a guest or profiled on a variety of national platforms such as, LIVE! With Regis & Kelly, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Today Show, Glamour, People and Forbes Magazine, to name a few.

In 2008, she formed her own race team: Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR), and made her first start as a team owner in the IndyCar Series’ Indy 500. In May 2009, Fisher made her eighth start in the Indy 500, marking the most number of starts for a woman in the 93-year history of the race. Fisher’s next IndyCar Series race is at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday, August 1. The race will be telecast live in High Definition (HD) at 8 p.m. (EDT) on VERSUS. The race will air live on the IMS Radio Network, XM channel 145 and Sirius channel 211. The radio broadcast also will be carried on www.indycar.com, with broadcast coverage summaries available at www.indycar.com

About Sarah Fisher Racing, LLC:

Sarah Fisher Racing (SFR) is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series, founded by IndyCar Series veteran racer, Sarah Fisher. Fisher announced plans to become the IndyCar Series first female owner/driver and the youngest team owner on February 27, 2008, at Homestead-Miami Speedway alongside her father-in-law and Team Co-Owner, John O’Gara. The team will compete in at least six IndyCar Series events in 2009, which includes the Indianapolis 500 with backing from Dollar General Stores.

- Sarah Fisher Racing Press Release

Michael Annett

While most Nationwide Series drivers will make their first laps around
Iowa Speedway this weekend, Des Moines, Iowa native Annett already holds a
prestigious track record at his home track of Iowa Speedway as the driver
with the most laps of competitive racing there. Growing up just miles from
the Newton, Iowa track, Annett gained experience on the .875 mile tri-oval
competing in ARCA RE/MAX Series as well as ASA Late Model Series Challenge
Division events.

Annett made his debut in the ARCA RE/MAX Series at Iowa Speedway in June
2007, where the young driver won the SIM Factory Pole Award, led eight
laps of the 250 lap race, and came home with a third place finish as he
made his first start in the series.

“It’s great to be back here in Iowa. I’ve got a lot of experience on
the track in USAC Silver Crown, ASA Late Model and ARCA RE/MAX Series
races here at Iowa Speedway, and I’m looking forward to representing
Germain Racing and Northland Oil in the No. 15 this weekend,” said
Annett.

In addition to competing in the Nationwide Series U.S. Cellular 250
presented by Northland Oil and TMC Transportation, Annett will also hit
the track in a Silver Crown car sponsored by U.S. Cellular in the USAC
Silver Crown Challenge on Friday night at 9 p.m. at Iowa Speedway.

Annett has spent his week at home in Iowa making appearances for HYPE
Energy Drinks at local Kum and Go stores, teaching locals at Nationwide
Insurance the dangers of driving while distracted, and signing autographs
at select area U.S. Cellular stores.

With a busy week of television, radio and print interviews along with
sponsor related appearances leading up to Saturday’s U.S. Cellular 250,
Annett has also made time to help sell raffle tickets for a helmet raffle
he organized to benefit family friend, Will Krueger, who was diagnosed
with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2008. A helmet donated by Steve
Thomas of Bell Helmets with artwork designed by Ryan Young of Indocil Art,
whose father has Leukemia, will be the prize for the raffle. Annett has
sought help from his fellow Nationwide Series competitors as well by
asking the drivers to autograph the helmet.

Looking forward to Iowa Speedway’s hosting of their first NASCAR
Nationwide Series race, hometown favorite Annett will hit the pavement at
Iowa Speedway this weekend proudly piloting the No. 15 Northland Oil
Toyota Camry for Germain Racing as he vies for the win in the NASCAR
Nationwide Series U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway.

On track activity at Iowa Speedway for the Nationwide Series starts
Thursday with a six hour practice session from 12:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Nationwide Series cars will once again take to the track for practice on
Friday from 12:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. and again from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m.
Qualifying starts on Saturday at 12:05 p.m. Both final practice and
qualifying can be seen live on ESPN 2. The green flag drops for the start
of the U.S. Cellular 250 presented by Northland Oil and TMC Transportation
at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. A live broadcast of the race can be seen on
ESPN.

For more information on Michael Annett, please visit www.michaelannett.com
and www.germainracing.com.

For more information on Will Krueger, please visit www.teamwillyk.com.

- Rising Star Management Group Press Release