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And while only one driver will earn the coveted national championship, there’s another prestigious title within ARCA’s framework up for grabs each season – the Bill France Four Crown award.

The award, depictive of the series’ versatility, is a separate point fund that tests drivers on four very different tracks. This year’s Bill France Four Crown will include events in four different months on the calendar, and competition for the celebrated prize begins this weekend in the ModSpace 150 at New Jersey Motorsports Park’s Thunderbolt Raceway, a 14-turn road course in southern New Jersey.

Filling out the Four Crown schedule will be: the June 17 speedway event at the 2-mile Michigan International Speedway; the August 21 dirt mile race at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield; and the September 17 short track showdown at Salem Speedway in Indiana.

The award is certainly important for whom it’s named after – Bill France Sr. – but also for what it represents: ARCA’s versatility. No other touring series requires drivers to compete on as many different styles of tracks as the ARCA Racing Series does. The award truly captures the essence of ARCA competition.

The very first Bill France Four Crown championship was awarded in 1984 to the late Davey Allison, a rookie at that time. Twenty-five years later another rookie, Parker Kligerman, would earn the honor driving for Cunningham Motorsports.

Last season, Joey Coulter won the Bill France Four Crown Award with finishes of first, second, fourth, and eighth in the four events, all scheduled in August. Frank Kimmel is the all-time Bill France Four Crown champion with six Bill France Four Crown titles.

Past Bill France Four Crown Award Champions:

1984 – Davey Allison
1985 – Lee Raymond
1986 – Lee Raymond
1987 – Grant Adcox
1988 – Grant Adcox
1989 – Tracy Leslie
1990 – Bob Keselowski
1991 – Bobby Bowsher/Bill Venturini (Tie)
1992 – Bobby Bowsher
1993 – Bob Keselowski
1994 – Bob Hill
1995 – Harris DeVane
1996 – Tim Steele
1997 – Tim Steele
1998 – Frank Kimmel
1999 – Bill Baird
2000 – Tim Steele
2001 – Frank Kimmel
2002 – Frank Kimmel
2003 – Jason Jarrett
2004 – Brent Sherman
2005 – Frank Kimmel
2006 – Blake Bjorklund
2007 – Frank Kimmel
2008 – Frank Kimmel
2009 – Parker Kligerman
2010 – Joey Coulter

Two Saturday practices are scheduled for the ModSpace 150, from 11:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. and 1:45-2:45 p.m. Menards Pole Qualifying presented by Ansell – won on all three occasions in 2011 by Dillon – will begin at 4:30 p.m., in turn setting the field for Sunday’s race, which starts at 1 p.m. Live timing and scoring coverage of all ARCA Racing Series activity will be available on ARCARacing.com.

The ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards has crowned an ARCA national champion each year since its inaugural season in 1953, and has toured over 200 race tracks in 28 states since its inception. The series tests the abilities of drivers and race teams over the most diverse schedule of stock car racing events in the world, annually visiting tracks ranging from 0.4 mile to 2.66 miles in length, on both paved and dirt surfaces as well as a left- and right-turn road course.

Founded by John Marcum in 1953 in Toledo, Ohio, the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is recognized among the leading sanctioning bodies in the country. Closing in on completing its sixth decade after hundreds of thousands of miles of racing, ARCA administers over 100 race events each season in two professional touring series and local weekly events.

- Automobile Racing Club of America Press Release

Parker Kligerman

En route to the 2009 Bill France Four Crown, Kligerman posted two wins and two second place finishes. He won at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds mile-dirt track on September 7 in just his second career start on a clay oval. He finished second at New Jersey Motorsports Park, a 2.6-mile road course, on September 13 and second at the half-mile Salem Speedway short track on September 19. Kligerman’s most recent race win occurred on Thursday afternoon at Kansas Speedway, where the Penske Development driver used a green-white-checker restart to pass Eddie Sharp Racing’s Justin Lofton in the closing laps of the Kansas Lottery 150.

“This Bill France Four Crown Award is prestigious,” said Kligerman. “I wanted to win it because I think we’ve had a great run these last four weeks and this shows it with that award. The ARCA RE/MAX Series has a really diverse schedule and I have learned from racing at all of the different types of tracks we race at. There isn’t anywhere else that you can race on short tracks, speedways, road courses and dirt. Justin Lofton and I have been going hard at it this season and I think by battling together so closely throughout this season we have improved each other.”

Kligerman, a Penske Development Driver for Cunningham Motorsports, leads the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series in race wins with eight. He is in the midst of a tight points battle with Eddie Sharp Racing’s Justin Lofton that concludes next weekend at Rockingham Speedway.

Heading into Thursday’s Kansas Lottery 150, seven drivers were mathematically eligible to clinch the 2009 Bill France Four Crown, including Kligerman, Lofton, Frank Kimmel, Joey Coulter, Tom Hessert, Robb Brent and Kory Rabenold.

Kimmel has won the Bill France Crown a total of six times, including the last two consecutive years, and is the all-time winner of the award. Other former recipients include Blake Bjorklund, Brent Sherman, Jason Jarrett, Tim Steele, Bill Baird, Harris DeVane, Bob Hill, Bob Keselowski, Bobby Bowsher, Bill Venturini, Bob Keselowski, Tracy Leslie, Grant Adcox, Lee Raymond and Davey Allison.

2009 marks the first year that the Bill France Crown consists of four race events, as Series officials added the 2.6-mile New Jersey Motorsports Park Road Course to the mix this season. In past years, the Bill France Crown has consisted of three race events to include a short track, a speedway and a dirt track.

The Bill France Four Crown award winner has been honored at the ARCA RE/MAX Series National Championship Awards Banquet each consecutive year since 1984.

Bill France Four Crown Champions, 1984-2009

2009 Parker Kligerman
2008 Frank Kimmel
2007 Frank Kimmel
2006 Blake Bjorklund
2005 Frank Kimmel
2004 Brent Sherman
2003 Jason Jarrett
2002 Frank Kimmel
2001 Frank Kimmel
2000 Tim Steele
1999 Bill Baird
1998 Frank Kimmel
1997 Tim Steele
1996 Tim Steele
1995 Harris DeVane
1994 Bob Hill
1993 Bob Keselowski
1992 Bobby Bowsher
1991 Bowsher-Venturini
1990 Bob Keselowski
1989 Tracy Leslie
1988 Grant Adcox
1987 Grant Adcox
1986 Lee Raymond
1985 Lee Raymond
1984 Davey Allison

One race remains in the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series-The American 200 at Rockingham Speedway on Sunday, October 11. The race marks the 21st and final event of the 2009 season and is set to roll off at 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, October 11, 2009. The race will air on SPEED Sunday at 10 p.m.

- ARCA Press Release

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Chicagoland Speedway — August 28, 2009

- Tundra driver Kyle Busch captured the checkered flag in tonight’s inaugural NCWTS race at Chicagoland Speedway.
It was the fourth NCWTS win of the season for Busch. Earlier this year he picked up NCWTS wins at California, Atlanta
and Bristol.

- It was the eighth NCWTS win of the 2009 season for Toyota and the 59th win for Toyota since the beginning of the 2004
NCWTS season.

- Tundra driver Todd Bodine finished second — his seventh top-10 finish of the 2009 season.

- Busch (79 laps) and Bodine (39 laps) combined to lead 118 of the 150 laps in tonight’s race.

- Busch has now won Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series races at Chicagoland.

- Tundra drivers Aric Almirola (eighth) Timothy Peters (ninth), Terry Cook (10th), Stacy Compton (12th), Mike Skinner
(13th) and TJ Bell (15th) also recorded top-15 finishes tonight.

No. 51 Miccosukee Resort Toyota Tundra

Finishing Position: 1st

How special is this win tonight?

“It’s pretty cool, man. This is awesome to come out here with a brand new piece. Thank all these guys from Billy Ballew
Motorsports — the pit crew did a good job tonight. I really want to thank the fans, Miccosukee, Tundra, Toyota — all those
guys that do such an awesome job for us — Gillette, Marquis Jets. Richie (Wauters, crew chief) made a good pit call there
in the beginning of the race to take tires when we did. Luckily, they had that long green flag run. We made it look like we
knew what we were doing and that long run just hurt everybody else — got them behind (Ron) Hornaday, Jr., — he was a
good truck tonight. The 88 (Matt Crafton) was a good truck tonight, too. The right pit strategy kept us up front there. We
had a little trouble coming through traffic sometimes, but once you get up front in clean air — the thing just takes off.”

How did you make the pass on the late restart?

“The pass on the restart I just had to make sure that I got a good restart when I got a good run on him (Todd Bodine) down
on the bottom-side — I just had to stay there. I just had to keep going. Even if he pinched me into turn three, I was going to
have to keep my nose in there because that was the only position I had on him — I had to keep my position. He raced me
great. (Todd) Bodine did a great job — helped Toyota get a win here. He was a fast truck, too — but we kept them Fords
back there. Hopefully, we can do it again.”

Kyle Busch wins the EnjoyIllinois.com 225

“It was a really good night for us. The Miccosukee Tundra was pretty good. We were real proud of the way that we
brought a brand new truck here out of the box. We were dragging in practice a little bit. We had to work through a few
things to get the truck off the race track. It still was hitting during the race — just brushing the race track a little bit. We’re
going to take it home, work on it a little bit, polish it up and get it ready for the next one. Richie (Wauters, crew chief) and
Billy (Ballew, team owner) and all these guys work so hard — they do a great job with not a lot. Real proud of the effort we
had here — a fun night, overall.

The pit strategy worked to our advantage — I think with 20 laps into the race, or something
like that — I thought it was early to get tires, but we decided to get them. Then we went a long run there. I think we went
80 laps or something green and it really paid to our side — I didn’t think it would, but it did. We had a strong truck. We just
had to make sure we kept the right tires on it and kept the right adjustments in it and got the thing up towards the front there.
So, real proud of the way the thing drove out front. It was a little loose in traffic, but fortunately we were able to make it
through the traffic okay.”

What allowed you to make the pass on the late restart?

“I knew I needed a long run. If I could have had a long run, I felt like I could get by him. If I could have got it done in the
first couple laps of a restart, then I knew it would be easier. I just figured that if I could get a good restart — which I really
didn’t get that great of a restart — I got through turns one and two really good, you could hold it wide open for the first few
laps after a restart.

I got a good run through (turns) one and two — sort of drafted up off him a little bit, pulled low down the
back straightaway and got just enough alongside of him that it broke his momentum a little bit and I was able to get him to
give me room getting into turn three. If he (Todd Bodine) didn’t give me room it might have gotten a little ugly, but we made
it work. So, Todd (Bodine) was very gracious and a great racer there — and spared the day for Toyota to finish one-two.”

How does it feel to have won in all three NASCAR series at Chicagoland?

“It’s definitely an accomplishment. I love being able to win races in anything, anywhere — and I don’t know if this is my
fifth venue, or what that I’ve done it at. I’ve got Phoenix done. I’ve got California done. There are five — I can’t name
them all. But, I’m trying for more. So, hopefully we can get some more in there. I’d love to be able to get a sweep at every
place that I’ve been to — time will tell that — hopefully down the road. It’s cool to win here in Chicago. My parents are
from just outside (Chicago) in the suburbs. They grew up around this area. My girlfriend is from around here — just across
the border in Indiana. So, it’s really cool to sort of come to this second home in the Midwest and win in front of all the
family and friends here.”

Todd Bodine, No. 30 Ventrilo Toyota Tundra

Finishing Position: 2nd

What happened on the late race restart and the pass for the lead?

“When Kyle (Busch) got by me I got too good a restart. Got some space in between us and it’s a lot like Daytona racing
and he got a draft on me and drafted past me. I should have thought of that. It’s my own fault. We had a better truck than
he (Kyle Busch) had — that’s the way it goes. This Ventrilo Tundra was still really good. It wasn’t that good to start. We
made some great adjustments and got it handling real good. I could run wide-open when I was by myself. That’s how you
go fast around here. Unfortunately, Kyle (Busch) got in front of me.”

ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 15 Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports

Finishing Position: 8th

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

Finishing Position: 9th

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

Finishing Position: 10th

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

Finishing Position: 12th

MIKE SKINNER, No. 5 PC Miler Navigator Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 13th

T.J. BELL, No. 11 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 15th

BRENT SHERMAN, No. 90 Great Clips Toyota Tundra, Stringer Motorsports

Finishing Position: 16th

DAVID STARR, No. 24 Zachry Toyota Tundra, HT Motorsports

Finishing Position: 22nd

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

Finishing Position: 23rd

BRIAN SCOTT, No. 16 Albertsons Toyota Tundra, Xpress Motorsports

Finishing Position: 28th

- TOYOTA Motorsports Press Release

The same young driver that came as close to stealing the ARCA RE/MAX Series crown from Frank Kimmel as any driver had this decade before Justin Allgaier did it last year, lasted only 20 races before finding himself out of the fold in the MWR Cup stable. His brief stint as a Cup regular was one that will be remembered not for results on track (he cracked the top 25 only five times), but for two spectacular, highlight-reel wrecks that saw the former open-wheeler walk away after flipping his car eight times at Texas and triggering a massive multi-car wreck on the frontstretch at Watkins Glen that sent debris clouds billowing hundreds of feet in any direction.

McDowell had taken the same route as Brent Sherman had only a few years back when he (and his Serta sponsorship) signed with BAM Racing in 2006, going straight from ARCA to Sprint Cup with less than a season of seasoning in the Nationwide Series or Truck ranks…and just like Sherman, failed to survive more than a few months on tour. While McDowell seldom resembled the wreck-waiting-to-happen that Sherman did driving the No. 49 car (check out Sherman’s highlights from Bristol in March of 2006 before disputing that characterization), he also proved to be much over his head driving for an organization that was struggling itself to establish on the Cup circuit.

- Frontstretch.com

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Memphis Motorsports Park – June 20, 2009

- Brian Scott (second) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
(NCWTS) at Memphis Motorsports Park. It is his second straight top-three finish — third at Milwaukee (June 20) — after
suffering a broken right wrist at Michigan (June 13).

- Scott led 20 laps in the No. 16 Albertsons Tundra for Xpress Motorsports.

- Tundra drivers David Starr (third), Aric Almirola (fourth), Mike Skinner (sixth), Timothy Peters (seventh) and Todd
Bodine (10th) also posted top-10 finishes on Saturday.

- Toyota drivers Brian Ickler (12th), Terry Cook (13th), Tayler Malsam (16th), Stacy Compton (17th), T.J. Bell (18th) and
Brent Sherman (22nd) were also in the field.

No. 16 Albertson's TOYOTA Tundra

Finishing Position: 2nd

What does this run show about your team?

“I think we showed that if we don’t have bad luck or get caught up in an accident, we’re a top-five truck week in, week out.
My hat’s off to our guys. Everybody on our Xpress Motorsports Albertson’s Toyota Tundra — they put in really hard work
and a good effort in the shop. That ultimately translates to how we showed up at a race. We unload well and we run well.
That’ just their preparation… All the guys, they just work tirelessly.

Jeff Hensley is the best crew chief when you get to a
race track. He calls a great race and he can see it through to the end. He knows our fuel mileage. He knows our pit
strategy. He has it figured out. I’m just lucky enough to go out there and drive. If I don’t screw up and we don’t have any
bad luck, we can contend for a win every week and definitely a top-five.”

Brian Scott

“The lapped down trucks plagued us the whole last part of the race. When we had the lead, I had no idea where they were
going when I got to them. The lack of thinking ahead on that part. We got messed up on the 90 (Brent Sherman). I might
have been able to stay in front of (Ron) Hornaday a little bit longer. I don’t know if we could’ve beat him. He was awfully
good. I can’t adjust the brake adjuster in our trucks with my broken wrist.

It just started getting tight. We were low on fuel
so our nose-weight percentage kept picking up. I just needed to keep dialing rear brake as the run went on and wasn’t able
to do it. Ultimately, we just overused our front tires. We were sliding in the center of the corner and loose off because I
was trying to make time back up and stay in front of David (Starr). It’s unfortunate, but you can never be upset with
second.”

Was your broken wrist an issue on the final restart?

“I got a good jump on the restart and got to his (Ron Hornaday) bumper and drove in the corner right there with him.
Unfortunately, I drove in a little harder and it wouldn’t stick quite as well as his because I slid my front. Once I lost the
bottom, I was like, ‘Maybe I can get to the gas and get to his outside quarter-panel here and make a shot at him.’ He got off
the corner really well and there was nothing I could do.

I was just lucky to settle back in second and not lose second to
David (Starr). That was all I was thinking about. I knew he could at times run faster than me and at times I could run faster
than him. I was just hoping to run faster than him that last little bit. I think somebody got side-by-side with him, and that
helped me out. I was just able to hold on for second.”

Were you distracted by the heat?

“You definitely know it’s hot the whole time out there. You’re sweating, you’re doing everything you can, drinking water.
It’s not just hot for drivers. The pit crews, they’re in full uniform. The Sunoco guys, the track help, the cleanup guys, the
fans. I can’t believe all the fans that endured the heat to watch us race.

That was really cool to see. At times you look up
under caution and just before the race started and you’re like, ‘Wow, there’s a lot of people sitting in the 110-degree heat on
steel bleachers or aluminum bleachers.’ They’re hot too. It was hot for everybody, not just us. I think everybody did an
awesome job just staying hydrated and dealing with it. You try to block it out, but there’s only so much you can do.”

No. 24 Zachry Toyota Tundra

Finishing Position: 3rd

How encouraging is this finish for your team?

“Our Toyota Tundra, all the people at TRD (Toyota Racing Development), they’re engineering staff and being able to use
their pull-down machines and engineering stuff they give us — it’s incredible. It’s just a testament to Toyota. I have to say,
Jim Harris and this HT Motorsports team, week in and week out we have a fast Toyota Tundra. This seems like we can’t
catch a break. Last week we had a bad break at Milwaukee. We had a great truck. The weeks before then, they just didn’t
fall our way. We had a great truck. We had to pull a spring rubber out of the left rear because our truck wouldn’t rotate that
good. It was a little tight in the center. That took a little bit of time — we lost about 12 spots on pit road. We got back on
the race track and passed six or seven people. The (engine) temperature was 260 degrees… The caution came back out and
we had to come back in and take tape off it.

We had to go back to the back again. We got back on the race track and didn’t
pass them as fast as the next time. The caution came back out and my crew chief said we had to pit for fuel. I said, ‘Are
you sure?’ I was tired of going to the back. We came in. I kind of questioned my crew chief there and I apologized to him
right before we pitted. I was just frustrated because we had to keep going to the back. It ended up being a really great call
because we had a great truck. It was fun racing with Brian (Scott). I think we were both trying to save some fuel. I would
get close to him and try to get a little bit more and I’d end up messing up.

It was a great race. We had a good race going on
when I could get to him. (Ron) Hornaday was just the class of the field. Congratulations to him. It was a great day for
everybody. You can’t thank the fans enough. I looked up in the stands and saw how many people were here and I was
really proud to be part of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series because it was pretty hot today. We did our job, we
worked hard, but I think they’re the ones that need to get all the credit because they did a great job and we appreciate their
support.”

David Starr

“I tried to get a good restart. I didn’t have enough of my front end underneath Brian (Scott). It’s tough trucks, tough
drivers and a tough series. It’s tough on the race driver racing side-by-side, beating and banging, trading a little paint.
When you go in there and blatantly knock you out of the way, they’ll definitely pay you back down the road. When you do
something like that, you might take yourself out too. We race hard, that’s what this series is about, but when you blatantly
take someone out, I don’t think that’s what this series is about.

I just didn’t have enough to get my nose up in there. I
could’ve stayed in there and taken him out, but what’s the point? We’re good friends and we drive for the same
manufacturer and I might’ve taken myself out. That ain’t racing. If I couldn’t pass him hard or clean, I wasn’t going to get
the pass done. He was a little bit better than me anyways. Like (Brian Scott) said, I got in there a little hot. You try to get a
little extra, and when you do that, you put yourself in a spot to lose a spot. Just trying to drive as hard as I could and get all
I could without taking somebody out. It was a hard-fought race, but a clean race.”

Aric Almirola

Finishing Position: 4th

Have you ever raced in such hot conditions?

“Yes. The first time I ever came here to Memphis, it was just as hot. At least it was under the lights, but it was just as hot.
It makes a lot better when you have a really good truck to drive. I thank Billy Ballew (team owner) for the opportunity. It
has been a lot of fun to race this truck here with these truck guys. They race hard every lap. It’s been a lot of fun and I
can’t wait to do some more.”

Do you think you had something for the leaders at the end?

“We did the set of tires before that, but for whatever reason — I don’t know why — but this last set of tires was really up on
top of the racetrack and I had no grip at all. We missed our final adjustment there a little bit, but all in all, it was a great run.
I’m really proud of the guys. We got snookered a little bit on strategy. I didn’t realize we didn’t have to come back for gas.
To come home fourth, though, was pretty good.”

Mike Skinner

Finishing Position: 6th

Do you think you had a race-winning truck tonight?
“We had a top-four, top-five Exide Batteries Toyota, but we were just racing there at the end and lost some ground. It’s
frustrating when we are on a different field to the rest of those guys that run up front every week. But overall our day wasn’t
bad. We were able to bring home a sixth-place finish and Eric (Phillips, crew chief) and all my guys on this Randy Moss
Motorsports team did a great job all day. We will take this and head to the next one in Kentucky.”

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

Finishing Position: 7th

Todd Bodine, No. 30 Copart TOYOTA Tundra

Finishing Position: 10th

Can you talk about your race tonight?

“The pit stops were just incredible tonight. The Copart Tundra crew picked up spots, even after I got held up by slower trucks
coming down pit road to get into the pits. They really did a great job keeping the Copart Tundra in a good position tonight.
Our truck was definitely better at the end. Our first adjustments we made, we definitely went the wrong way. We changed it
back and went the other way and it was better. Brakes were an issue the whole race – between vibrating and having too much
rear brake. I couldn’t put more front brake bias into the truck because it made the vibration worse – it was kind of a ‘catch 22′
setup. We missed the setup a little but it was better than we’ve been here so we can’t complain.”

BRIAN ICKLER, No. 51 Miccosukee Resort Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports

Finishing Position: 12th

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

Finishing Position: 13th

Tayler Malsam

Finishing Position: 16th

Can you talk about your race tonight?

“Our One Eighty Toyota Tundra was good for most of the day. We had brake problems during qualifying which put us to the
back for the start of the race. Doug (Wolcott, crew chief) and all of these guys worked really hard this weekend and it sucks
when you have something go wrong there in the final 10 laps of the race. But we will put this one behind us and move
forward.”

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

Finishing Position: 17th

T.J. BELL, No. 11 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 18th

BRENT SHERMAN, No. 90 Great Clips Toyota Tundra, Stringer Motorsports

Finishing Position: 22nd

- TOYOTA Motorsports Press Release