No. 16 Con-way Freight Ford (Colin Braun) - Photo Credit: Getty Images for NASCAR

Team: No. 16 Con-way Freight Ford Fusion

Race: Scott’s Turf Builder 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway

Crew Chief: Eddie Pardue

Chassis: RK-356

FAST FACTS:

BRAUN SEASON-TO-DATE – In 2010, Colin Braun has one top-20 finish which
came at Auto Club Speedway in February. After running in the top-10 for
the second half of the race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Braun was
poised for his first top-10 finish of the season before being taken out
during a restart with 30 laps to go.

BRAUN AT BRISTOL - The start this weekend in the Scott’s Turf Builder
300 at Bristol Motor Speedway will be Braun’s first in the NASCAR
Nationwide Series. He has made two previous starts at the half-mile
track in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, scoring a top-15 finish
last August after starting fourth.

ROOKIE RACE - Braun’s 28th-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
earned him the Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the Sam’s Town
300, his first of the season. Braun remains third in the rookie of the
year standings, one point out of second place and five points behind
first place.

NEW ADDITION - As part of Braun’s partnership with Ford Driving
Skills For Life (DSFL), the Ford DSFL logo will appear on Braun’s
uniform and the No. 16 Con-way Freight Ford this weekend and the
remainder of the 2010 season. Braun is in his second year as a national
spokesperson for Ford DSFL, promoting the importance of safe driving to
teens around the country.

CHASSIS SELECTION - Crew chief Eddie Pardue has selected RK-356 this
weekend for the Scott’s Turf Builder 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
This car was raced last season at Iowa Speedway by current Roush Fenway
Racing teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in August where he finished 22nd
after starting from the pole position.

Colin Braun - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR

“I am so anxious to get back racing after these two weeks off. It
hasn’t been too bad I guess, because I’ve been able to test a little
bit and so I’ve been in a car a few times. Bristol is a great place
to get started again and is a welcome challenge for me and the No. 16
Con-way Freight team.

I’ve raced there twice in the truck series and
learned a lot during both of those races. I’m excited to build on
those experiences this weekend. Qualifying is important because of
track position and pit stall selection, which can both play a part in
the outcome of the race. I just want to go in there, qualify well and
have a good solid race where I can keep the fenders clean and come away
with a solid finish.”

Crew chief Eddie Pardue, on the keys to running well at Bristol:

“Everyone loves going to Bristol because the drivers enjoy the hard
racing and the fans love to watch it, but it is a very challenging track
for sure. Qualifying is one of the most critical factors at Bristol
because it determines pit stall selection and plays a heavy hand in
track position for the duration of the race.

Pit stops are extremely important in order to maintain track position as Bristol is a hard place
to pass and mistakes on and off the track are hard to overcome. It will
also be important to stay ahead of track conditions on adjustments in
order to keep a good handling car throughout the afternoon. Everything
just happens so quick at Bristol, one minute you’re contending for a
top-10 and the next minute you’re in the garage with a torn up
car.”

- Roush Fenway Racing Press Release

2010 Raybestos Rookie Contender Logo

• Colin Braun was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the Feb. 27 Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway.  Braun was credited with a 28^th-place finish and grabbed top rookie honors for the first time this season.

• James Buescher leads Brian Scott by four points (34-30) in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the March 20 Scotts Turf Builder 300 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.

• Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2009 Scotts Turf Builder 300, scoring a fifth-place finish.

• DID YOU KNOW? The best finish by a Raybestos® Rookie in 21 previous spring races at Bristol is second by David Green in 1991.

• DID YOU KNOW? The most Raybestos® Rookies to finish inside the top-10 in the Scotts Turf Builder 300 are THREE in 2005: Reed Sorenson (third), Carl Edwards (seventh) and Denny Hamlin (ninth).

• DID YOU KNOW? Scott Riggs is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole in the spring race at Bristol.  Riggs won his first career pole came in 2002 in just his fifth career start.

• Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the Scotts Turf Builder 300:

1989:   Kenny Wallace, fifth

1991:   David Green, second

2004:   Kyle Busch, third

2005:   Reed Sorenson, third

2009:   Justin Allgaier, fifth

• Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the Scotts Turf Builder 300:

1989:   Kenny Wallace, fifth

1990:   Joe Nemechek, ninth

1991:   David Green, second

1991:   Tracy Leslie, eighth

1993:   Hermie Sadler, sixth

1995:   Curtis Markham, ninth

1997:   Steve Park, eighth

1998:   Wayne Grubb, seventh

1999:   Tony Roper, 10^th

2002:   Scott Riggs, ninth

2002:   Shane Hmiel, 10^th

2004:   Kyle Busch, third

2005:   Reed Sorenson, third

2005:   Carl Edwards, seventh

2005:   Denny Hamlin, ninth

2006:   John Andretti, ninth

2009:   Justin Allgaier, fifth

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT  STANDINGS

DRIVER                  POINTS

James Buescher          34
Brian Scott             30
Colin Braun             29
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.    24
Parker Kligerman        15

HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY  RACE

EVENT                HIGHEST-FINISHING ROOKIE

DRIVE4COPD 300       James Buescher,  eighth
Stater Bros. 300     Brian Scott,  10th
Sam’s Town 300       Colin Braun,  28th

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY

• Justin Allgaier captured 2009 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.  Allgaier claimed Raybestos® Rookie of the Race honors 11 times during the 2009 season and his final margin of victory over Brendan Gaughan was 18 points (269-251).  He finished the year with three top-five and 12 top-10 finishes and placed sixth in the series championship standings.  His best finish was a fifth-place effort at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (race No. 4).  Allgaier won his first career pole this past s eason at Memphis (Millington, Tenn.) Motorsports Park (race No. 32) and in his 36^th career start.

• DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a Nationwide Series race is Juan Pablo Montoya.  Montoya captured the 2007 Corona Mexico 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (Mexico City, Mexico), crossing the finish line .750 seconds ahead of Denny Hamlin (105 races).

• DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in the Nationwide Series is Allgaier (seven races).

• The most recent streak for at least two Raybestos® Rookies to rank inside the top-10 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings is 21 consecutive races (2007 race at Kentucky Speedway, race No. 16, through 2008 Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, race No. 1).

• DID YOU KNOW? Since 2001, Roush Fenway Racing has won FOUR Raybestos® Rookie of the Year titles in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

2007:   David Ragan

2006:   Danny O’Quinn Jr.

2005:   Carl Edwards

2001:   Greg Biffle

• Kyle Busch posted a record-setting year on his way to the 2004 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year title.  In 34 starts, Busch won five times, captured five poles and scored 16 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes.  His second-place finish in the Nationwide Series championship standings is a record for a Raybestos® Rookie.  Other Raybestos® Rookie records Busch owns or shares: most starts (34), most wins (tied with Greg Biffle), most top fives (tied with Greg Biffle), most top 10s, most money won ($2,027,050), most championship points (4,943), most laps led (1,108) and most races led (21).

• David Stremme holds the record for fewest starts by a driver to win Raybestos® Rookie of the Year.  In 2003, he started just 18 of the 34 races and was the top rookie finisher in 16 of those starts.  Stremme scored three top-three finishes and had more top-10 finishes (seven) than any other first-year driver.  He led six races for a total of 86 laps.

• David Green was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win a Nationwide Series race, at Lanier, Ga., in 1991.  Green captured the Nestle 200 by 1.58-seconds over Jeff Gordon, a fellow Raybestos® Rookie.  A third Raybestos® Rookie, Todd Bodine, placed eighth in the race.

• Dennis Setzer was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win TWO or more races in a season.  In 1994, he won the Ford Credit 300 at South Boston (Va.) Speedway and The Pantry 300 at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

• Steve Park was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win THREE or more races in a season.  In 1997, he won the BellSouth Mobility/Opryland 300 at Nashville (Tenn.) Speedway, the Detroit Gasket 200 at Michigan International Speedway and the Autolite Platinum 250 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.

• Kenny Wallace was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole in the Nationwide Series.  Wallace grabbed the top starting spot for the 1989 Goody’s 300 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, the first race in the history of the Raybestos® Rookie of the Year program.

Raybestos® brand brake and chassis parts are produced by affiliated companies in Affinia’s Global Brake and Chassis Group, the leading manufacturer of braking systems and chassis parts in the transportation industry.  The brake line includes everything from brake drums to rotors, pads, shoes and hydraulic parts, while the chassis line features tie rods, ball points, idler arms and sway bar links.  Raybestos brand braking and chassis systems are also the only systems used by NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing in competition.  For more information about Raybestos brakes, visi t Raybestos.com.  For more information on Raybestos Chassis visit RaybestosChassis.com

Affinia Group Inc. is an innovative global leader in the design, manufacture, distribution and marketing of industrial grade products and services, including extensive offerings of aftermarket parts for automotive and heavy-duty vehicles. With more than $1.8 billion in annual revenue, Affinia has operations in North and South America, Europe, Asia and India. For more information, visit www.affiniagroup.com.

*Affinia Group Inc.’s affiliated companies include Brake Parts Inc. WIX Filtration Corp LLC, Affinia Products  Corp LLC and other high quality manufacturers of the Affinia family of brands.

- Camp & Associates, Inc., for Raybestos, Press Release

Colin Braun - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR

“I’m excited to be able to take part in this special event to honor
these 10 Con-way Freight employees with the President’s Award,”
Braun said. “The award is very important to the company as well as
the folks from all over the country who are receiving it. I really
enjoy this part of my job because I get to interact in a very personal
way with the people who allow me to do what I love week in and week
out.”

Braun will resume racing in the No. 16 Con-way Freight Ford Fusion at
Bristol Motor Speedway next weekend after the two-week Nationwide Series
hiatus.

About Con-way Freight

Con-way Freight is the industry’s leading less-than-truckload (LTL)
freight transportation company, providing guaranteed, day-definite
regional and transcontinental service with exception-free delivery,
on-time service performance and faster transit times through a single,
unified network of more than 300 service centers in the United States,
Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Con-way Freight offers LTL freight
transportation across North America and through Global LTLTM delivery in
the United States from around the world. Global solutions include
international less-than-container (LCL) ocean shipments from Asia
through its OceanGuaranteed(r) service; expedited U.S. delivery for
inbound international cargoes from Europe through an exclusive alliance
with TNT; direct service to more than 30 Bahamian and Caribbean ports
through TropicalDirectSM; and domestic offshore transportation to
Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Based in Ann Arbor, Mich., Con-way
Freight is a certified FAST highway carrier and is C-TPAT/PIP, ACE- and
CSA-certified.

Con-way Freight is a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), a $4.3
billion diversified freight transportation and logistics services
company. For more information, visit www.con-way.com/en/freight

About Roush Fenway Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating eight
motorsports teams. Four in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers
Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; and four in the
Nationwide Series with Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Colin Braun, and
Paul Menard. For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing
teams, log on to www.RoushFenway.com. Become a fan of Roush Fenway
Racing on Facebook by going to http://www.facebook.com/roushfenway. And
for sponsorship inquiries please contact Robin Johnson at 704.720.4645

Roush Fenway Cars Sit at Second and Third in Sprint
Cup Point Standings; Lead Nationwide Series Standings

Roush Fenway Racing

Kenseth posted a Roush Fenway season best runner-up finish last weekend in Atlanta, while Biffle and Edwards each made serious bids to win the season opening Daytona 500.

All in all, Roush Fenway has started 16 Cup entries 2010, finishing inside the top 13 in 11 of those starts, while averaging a 14^th-place finish.

“It is awesome,” said Kenseth after his career-best Atlanta runner up finish last Sunday propelled him into the second spot in the Cup standings. “I couldn’t be happier with the way the season has started. It feels good to be competitive and it feels like we are headed in the right direction. It’s been a lot of fun, and really cool to get off to this good of a start and to have been to four different race tracks and be pretty competitive at all of them.”

Biffle says while the start has been solid, the Roush Fenway Ford’s are capable of much more going forward.

“I’d hate to say I’m disappointed with a season that has started with four top-10 finishes in four races but in my opinion, it should have been four top-five finishes in four races,” said Biffle. “We’ve just had some things happen like being on pit road for a green-flag stop when the caution came out and getting blocked in our pit box that have kept us from those top-five finishes. This team is putting every effort into giving me fast racecars and fast pit stops.  We have been a top-five competitor every week and that is what it takes to win championships.”

In the Nationwide Series Edwards sits atop the standings, 41 points ahead of second place Brad Keselowski. He is joined inside the top 10 by Roush Fenway teammate Paul Menard, who is ninth in points with two top-10 finishes in three starts in 2010, including an eighth-place run two weeks ago at Las Vegas and a sixth-place run in Daytona.

Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating eight motorsports teams.  Four in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; and four in the Nationwide Series with Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Colin Braun and Paul Menard.  For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing teams, log onto www.RoushFenway.com.

- Roush Fenway Racing, Press Release

2010 Raybestos Rookie Contender Logo

Colin Braun, 28th

James Buescher, 29th

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 30th

Brian Scott, 31st

Parker Kligerman, 35th

UNOFFICIAL Raybestos Rookie standings:

James Buescher, 34

Brian Scott, 30

Colin Braun, 29

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 24

Parker Kligerman, 15

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER QUOTES FOR THE

SAM’S TOWN 300 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RACE

AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2010,

Parker Kligerman - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR

PARKER KLIGERMAN, No. 42 SMITH IRONWORKS DODGE:

“We broke a gearbox there. We had the same gearbox that we run at California and it acted up on that restart there at California where we dived out of the way to avoid someone and I went to grab fourth and kind of ground the gears a little bit to get it on fourth and it’s kind of shown it’s ugly head here today. We had a fast car. We qualified 21st and I think at one point we were up to 13th, 12th really moving. We’d start off the run too tight and we kind of came in at the end of the run and we were fighting the re with Colin and Ricky and bunch of other guys for like 13th.

After our pit stop we come out and the vibration was out of control and we think it was the gearbox and we got that restart and just fell back. We were fast. I mean, this is a really underfunded deal. Thank you to Eddie Smith and Roger Penske for putting this together. We get Penske motors but other than that it’s really their stuff. Obviously there’s no sponsor on the car so we don’t have the funding that we’d really like to go out…we should’ve probably have changed the gearbox but that would’ve cost us money. I think we really could have finish top-15, top-10 this race and to have that happen just breaks your heart.”

Brian Scott

“I feel terrible. The StopRepairBills.com Toyota was really good. It was really the first wheel I put wrong all day. I don’t know what Paul Menard was doing. I ran him down from a while and it was like he wanted to teach me a lesson. He changed his line to block me and then when I got inside of him he really pinched me down and stayed low. And you can do that to anybody, I mean, if you’re on the outside of somebody you can spin anybody out. You just hold ‘em down and that’s what he chose to do to me I guess. I’ll remember it. Someday he’ll be having a good day and we’ll race him like he raced us.”

James Buescher - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR

“Well, right after green-flag pit stops we were just about back on the lead lap, letting everything cycle out, and the 99 come up and got into us getting into one and cut our left rear down and that really started the bad day. We had to come pit again and that put us three laps down and luckily we didn’t wreck it then. We worked all day to get back to one lap down and we were almost in position to get the lucky dog, one more car to pass, and the 43 got into us in the center of three and four and put me in the wall off of four. I could smell tire smoke for like five or 10 laps and we were just praying for a caution to stay one lap down to hopefully be able to come in and pit and get back in the lead lap and put ourself in position for the lucky dog. Everybody worked really hard on this Phoenix Racing number 1 car all day. It’s unfortunate.”

Colin Braun - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR

“It’s disappointing. I feel bad for all these guys. They brought me a really good race car. That No. 16 Roush Fenway Ford was really fast. We struggled early on. I just couldn’t get my restarts down but I got those better. We just held on there for that lucky dog spot ahead of Kyle and then he finally snuck by us but then we were in a position to get the lucky dog.& nbsp; I thought we were going to be in good shape and have a good solid run. These guys did a great job on pit road. I guess that’s part of racing.”

WHAT HAPPENED?

“I drove down in the corner and was under Paul Menard and my back tires came off the ground and I spun out. I didn’t lift or anything like that. Not much you can do I guess when that happens [smiles].”

Raybestos® brand brake and chassis parts are produced by affiliated companies in Affinia’s Global Brake and Chassis Group, the leading manufacturer of braking systems and chassis parts in the transportation industry. The brake line includes everything from brake drums to rotors, pads, shoes and hydraulic parts, while the chassis line features tie rods, ball points, idler arms and sway bar links. Raybestos brand braking and chassis systems are also the only systems used by NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing in competition. For more information about Raybestos brakes, visi t Raybestos.com. For more information on Raybestos Chassis visit RaybestosChassis.com

Affinia Group Inc. is a global leader in the on and off-highway replacement products and service industry. In North America the Affinia family of brands includes WIX® Filters, Raybestos®, AIMCO® and BrakePro® brake products, and McQuay-Norris® and Raybestos™ Chassis parts. South American and European brands include Nakata®, Filtron®, Urba® and Quinton Hazell®. For more information, visit affiniagroup.com.

* Affinia Group Inc.’s affiliated companies include Brake Parts Inc. WIX Filtration Corp LLC, Affinia Products Corp LLC and other high quality manufacturers of the Affinia family of brands.

- Camp & Associates, Inc. Press Release

Colin Braun - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR

“As a team, we obviously want to be up front contending for top-10s and top fives every week, which I hope we will.  I’m learning though that I need to crawl before I can walk,” Braun said.  “That includes goals like finishing on the lead lap and bringing home a clean car every weekend.  When I’m able to master those things, the top-10s, top-fives and even wins will come.”

Braun will again be piloting the white, No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion in his first Nationwide Series start at Las Vegas this weekend and he understands that a good finish has potential implications beyond seeing his car number atop the scoring pylon.  While Con-way Freight is the primary sponsor for the No. 16 car this season, Roush Fenway Racing continues to seek partners for the remaining unsold races on Braun’s schedule.

“I think it’s been a while since an unsponsored car has been to victory lane and I’d really like to do well in Las Vegas to show folks that we have a team and an organization that they want to be a part of,” Braun said.  “Roush Fenway Racing has such a deep history of bringing drivers up through the ranks and helping them become successful.  Having strong partners on board has made that a possibility and they (Roush Fenway Racing) are looking to add to that list.”

The Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway airs Saturday on ESPN2 at 4:00 p.m. EST. 

About Roush Fenway Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating seven motorsports teams.  Four in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; and four in the Nationwide Series with Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Colin Braun, and Paul Menard.  For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing teams, log onto .  Become a fan of Roush Fenway Racing on Facebook by going to http://www.facebook.com/roushfenway.  And for sponsorship inquiries please contact Robin Johnson at 704.720.4645.

- Roush Fenway Racing, Press Release

2010 Raybestos Rookie of the Year

Stenhouse Jr. and Braun prepared a tasty dish of macaroni and cheese.  Other drivers competing in the event were Kevin Conway, Terry Cook, Brian Scott and James Buescher.  The event was judged by members of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Las Vegas.

Stenhouse Jr. drives the No. 15 Con-way Freight Ford while Stenhouse pilots the No. 6 CitiFinancial Ford while Braun drives the No. 15 Con-way Freight Ford.

“I do a lot of restaurant cooking,” Stenhouse Jr. said when asked about his culinary skills.  “I usually go out and pay somebody else to do it but our macaroni and cheese looked pretty good.  We’ve got a lot of good race fans a lot of good fans out here.”

Teammate Braun added that the contest was a challenging but enjoyable experience.

“I had a lot of fun cooking,” Braun said.  “This was quite a challenge.  I think this was harder than anything we do in a race car.”

All drivers who participated in the cooking competition were assisted by members of the ESPN Zone Culinary Team, led by chef Chris Gagen.  Each child from the Boys and Girls Clubs sampled the dishes prepared by the drivers and their applause determined the overall winner.  Following the contest, drivers and kids played games in ESPN Zone’s interactive Sports Arena.

Raybestos® brand brakes, a member of the Affinia Group family of brands, has been primary sponsor of the rookie program in all three NASCAR national series since 1998.

Raybestos® brand brake and chassis parts are produced by affiliated companies in Affinia’s Global Brake and Chassis Group, the leading manufacturer of braking systems and chassis parts in the transportation industry.  The brake line includes everything from brake drums to rotors, pads, shoes and hydraulic parts, while the chassis line features tie rods, ball points, idler arms and sway bar links.  Raybestos brand braking and chassis systems are also the only systems used by NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing in competition.&n bsp; For more information about Raybestos brakes, visit Raybestos.com.  For more information on Raybestos Chassis visit RaybestosChassis.com

Affinia Group Inc. is a global leader in the on and off-highway replacement products and service industry.  In North America the Affinia family of brands includes WIX® Filters, Raybestos®, AIMCO® and BrakePro® brake products, and McQuay-Norris® and Raybestos™ Chassis parts.  South American and European brands include Nakata®, Filtron®, Urba® and Quinton Hazell®.  For more information, visit affiniagroup.com.

* Affinia Group Inc.’s affiliated companies include Brake Parts Inc. WIX Filtration Corp LLC, Affinia Products  Corp LLC and other high quality manufacturers of the Affinia family of brands.

- Camp & Associates, Inc., for Raybestos, Press Release

Colin Braun - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR

Team: No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
Race: Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Crew Chief: Eddie Pardue
Chassis: RK-372

FAST FACTS:

BRAUN AT LAS VEGAS - Colin Braun will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series Las Vegas Motor Speedway debut driving the No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion this weekend in the Sam’s Town 300. While this is his first visit to the 1.5-mile track in the Nationwide Series, Braun has made two starts at Las Vegas in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with an average start of 3.5, average finish of 14.5 and six laps led.

ROOKIE COOK OFF – Braun will join fellow rookie of the year candidates at the ESPN Zone Las Vegas on February 25 to showcase their culinary skills in a pseudo Iron Chef competition. After receiving instruction from the ESPN Zone culinary team, Braun and the other rookies will cook a meal which will be judged by kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Las Vegas. After the competition, the drivers will join the kids in the ESPN Zone’s interactive Sports Arena. The event will take place from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE WITH RFR ROOKIES - Roush Fenway Racing’s history of developing championship drivers is second-to-none. The team has claimed 11 Raybestos Rookie of the Year awards and four of their development drivers have gone on to win championships (Biffle – ’00 Truck and ’02 Nationwide, Kenseth -’03 Cup, Busch – ’04 Cup and Edwards – ’07 Nationwide). Braun looks to add to this storied history in 2010. While Con-way Freight is signed on for half of the season, Braun will again pilot a white race car in Las Vegas, as Roush Fenway looks to add new partners to their already strong line-up in 2010.

STILL SEARCHING FOR 400 - Like his Roush Fenway Racing teammates, Braun is hoping to become the driver who can give Jack Roush his 400th win this weekend at Las Vegas. Roush has amassed 399 victories across his many starts in road racing and NASCAR’s top series’ and is looking for win number 400 in the NASCAR Nationwide or Sprint Cup Series.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POINT STANDINGS – After his 18th place finish at California, Braun continues to hold onto the third spot in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings behind leader James Buescher and second place Brian Scott.

CHASSIS SELECTION – Crew chief Eddie Pardue has selected RK-372 this weekend for the Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. This car was raced at Texas last November by Matt Kenseth where the veteran started from the pole and finished fourth.

Braun, on heading to Las Vegas: “I’ve been to Las Vegas a couple of times in the Truck Series and ran pretty well. I’m excited to get back there in a car this time and see what we can do and how I can improve. We didn’t get the finish we were hoping for last weekend at California, but I learned so much at during the race and I want to try and apply that this weekend. We unloaded fast and had good practice sessions, but we just couldn’t seem to hit on the balance during the race. I think we know now that’s something we need to focus on heading to Vegas. All we want to do is keep improving and we definitely have an opportunity for that this weekend.”

Crew chief Eddie Pardue, on running at Las Vegas: “We unloaded a really fast car at California and really thought we were headed for a better finish until that last restart where things got a little bottled up. But the good thing about a race like that is the fact that we were able to learn so much from it. Having a fast car is great, but we understand now that we need to focus on finding the balance and feel Colin needs for the race. Las Vegas doesn’t have as many lines as California and so achieving that balance is critical. One of the biggest challenges we will face are the bumps in turns one and two, but I think having been there before in the truck series will help Colin with that. I’m just excited to get to the track to use what we learned last week and put together a good, solid finish.”

- Roush Fenway Racing, Press Release/*

2010 Raybestos Rookie Contender Logo

– NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES

Brian Scott was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the Feb. 20 Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club (Fontana, Calif.) Speedway. Scott posted a 10th-place finish, his best in nine NASCAR Nationwide Series races and his first top-10. His best previous effort was 14th in 2009 at Kansas Speedway. Scott claimed top rookie honors for the first time this season.

James Buescher leads Scott by two points (24-22) in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the February 27 Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway.

Michael McDowell was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2009 Sam’s Town 300, scoring a sixth-place finish.

DID YOU KNOW? At least one Raybestos® Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in the last THREE consecutive Nationwide Series races at Las Vegas.

Carl Edwards is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in 13 races at Las Vegas. Edwards grabbed the top starting spot for the 2005 Sam’s Town 300.

DID YOU KNOW? Edwards is the only Raybestos® Rookie to lead the most laps at Las Vegas, holding the top spot six times for 124 laps.

DID YOU KNOW? The best finish by a Raybestos® Rookie at Las Vegas is second by Greg Biffle in 2001. Biffle finished 1.085 seconds behind race winner Todd Bodine. The only other Raybestos® Rookie to score a top-five at Las Vegas is Scott Riggs, who finished fourth in the 2002 race.

The most Raybestos® Rookies to finish inside the top-10 in a race at Las Vegas are FOUR in 2009.

Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Las Vegas (13 races):

2001: Greg Biffle, second

2002: Scott Riggs, fourth

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the Las Vegas (13 races):

1997: Steve Park, eighth

2000: Ron Hornaday, eighth

2001: Greg Biffle, second

2002: Scott Riggs, fourth

2005: Reed Sorenson, sixth

2005: Carl Edwards, seventh

2007: Marcos Ambrose, 10th

2008: Dario Franchitti, sixth

2009: Michael McDowell, sixth

2009: Brendan Gaughan, seventh

2009: Justin Allgaier, eighth

2009: Scott Lagasse Jr., ninth

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER POINTS

James Buescher 24

Brian Scott 22

Colin Braun 18

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 15

Parker Kligerman 8

HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE

EVENT HIGHEST-FINISHING ROOKIE

DRIVE4COPD 300 James Buescher, eighth

Stater Bros. 300 Brian Scott, 10th

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY

Justin Allgaier captured 2009 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Allgaier claimed Raybestos® Rookie of the Race honors 11 times during the 2009 season and his final margin of victory over Brendan Gaughan was 18 points (269-251). He finished the year with three top-five and 12 top-10 finishes and placed sixth in the series championship standings. His best finish was a fifth-place effort at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (race No. 4). Allgaier won his first career pole this past s eason at Memphis (Millington, Tenn.) Motorsports Park (race No. 32) and in his 36th career start.

· DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a Nationwide Series race is Juan Pablo Montoya. Montoya captured the 2007 Corona Mexico 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (Mexico City, Mexico), crossing the finish line .750 seconds ahead of Denny Hamlin (104 races).

· DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in the Nationwide Series is Allgaier (six races).

· The most recent streak for at least two Raybestos® Rookies to rank inside the top-10 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings is 21 consecutive races (2007 race at Kentucky Speedway, race No. 16, through 2008 Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, race No. 1).

· DID YOU KNOW? Since 2001, Roush Fenway Racing has won FOUR Raybestos® Rookie of the Year titles in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.

2007: David Ragan

2006: Danny O’Quinn Jr.

2005: Carl Edwards

2001: Greg Biffle

Kyle Busch posted a record-setting year on his way to the 2004 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year title. In 34 starts, Busch won five times, captured five poles and scored 16 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes. His second-place finish in the Nationwide Series championship standings is a record for a Raybestos® Rookie. Other Raybestos® Rookie records Busch owns or shares: most starts (34), most wins (tied with Greg Biffle), most top fives (tied with Greg Biffle), most top 10s, most money won ($2,027,050), most championship points (4,943), most laps led (1,108) and most races led (21).

David Stremme holds the record for fewest starts by a driver to win Raybestos® Rookie of the Year. In 2003, he started just 18 of the 34 races and was the top rookie finisher in 16 of those starts. Stremme scored three top-three finishes and had more top-10 finishes (seven) than any other first-year driver. He led six races for a total of 86 laps.

David Green was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win a Nationwide Series race, at Lanier, Ga., in 1991. Green captured the Nestle 200 by 1.58-seconds over Jeff Gordon, a fellow Raybestos® Rookie. A third Raybestos® Rookie, Todd Bodine, placed eighth in the race.

Dennis Setzer was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win TWO or more races in a season. In 1994, he won the Ford Credit 300 at South Boston (Va.) Speedway and The Pantry 300 at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

Steve Park was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win THREE or more races in a season. In 1997, he won the BellSouth Mobility/Opryland 300 at Nashville (Tenn.) Speedway, the Detroit Gasket 200 at Michigan International Speedway and the Autolite Platinum 250 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.

Kenny Wallace was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole in the Nationwide Series. Wallace grabbed the top starting spot for the 1989 Goody’s 300 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, the first race in the history of the Raybestos® Rookie of the Year program.

Raybestos® brand brake and chassis parts are produced by affiliated companies in Affinia’s Global Brake and Chassis Group, the leading manufacturer of braking systems and chassis parts in the transportation industry. The brake line includes everything from brake drums to rotors, pads, shoes and hydraulic parts, while the chassis line features tie rods, ball points, idler arms and sway bar links. Raybestos brand braking and chassis systems are also the only systems used by NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing in competition. For more information about Raybestos brakes, visit Raybestos.com. For more information on Raybestos Chassis visit RaybestosChassis.com

Affinia Group Inc. is an innovative global leader in the design, manufacture, distribution and marketing of industrial grade products and services, including extensive offerings of aftermarket parts for automotive and heavy-duty vehicles. With more than $2 billion in annual revenue, Affinia has operations in North and South America, Europe, Asia and India. For more information, visit www.affiniagroup.com.

*Affinia Group Inc.’s affiliated companies include Brake Parts Inc. WIX Filtration Corp LLC, Affinia Products Corp LLC and other high quality manufacturers of the Affinia family of brands.

- Camp & Associates, Inc. Press Release

Roush Fenway Racing

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Colin Braun come from two completely different
backgrounds with one goal in mind, to win. Stenhouse, a native of
Mississippi, was raised at the dirt track and grew up racing winged
Sprint cars for owners like Tony Stewart. Braun on the other hand, grew
up road course racing around the world and at 16 was the youngest
Daytona Prototype driver ever. Both Stenhouse and Braun will battle it
out for 2010 Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors in the Nationwide
Series as they learn the ropes from owner Jack Roush and their
championship teammates.

The two drivers are committed to race full-time in the Nationwide
Series in 2010 but this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will mark
the first time both cars appear white. Stenhouse pilots the No. 6
CitiFinancial Ford and Braun the No. 16 Con-way Freight Ford but both
sponsors are signed on for half a season. This leaves plenty of
opportunity for new companies to partner and grow with one of NASCAR’s
rising stars. As well as a great chance to partner with one of
NASCAR’s most successful teams and some of America’s top
companies.

For partnership inquiries please contact Roush Fenway’s executive
vice president of business development Robin Johnson at 704.720.4600.

About Roush Fenway Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating eight
motorsports teams. Four in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers
Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; and four in the
Nationwide Series with Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Colin Braun, and
Paul Menard. For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing
teams, log onto www.RoushFenway.com. Become a fan of Roush Fenway
Racing on Facebook by going to http://www.facebook.com/roushfenway or follow Roush Fenway on Twitter @roushfenway.

- Roush Fenway Racing Press Release

Colin Braun - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR

The No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford is running without a sponsor this weekend. Con-way Freight moved up with Braun to the Nationwide Series from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and will be on board for half the season. This presents an opportunity to other potential partners to join the No. 16 team in other markets around the country where the series makes stops.

A win in either the Nationwide or Cup Series would also give Jack Roush his 400th win in road course racing and NASCAR. Achieving this milestone would be honor for any of the Roush Fenway drivers, especially a young driver looking to make a name for himself at Roush Fenway and in the Nationwide Series.

“Getting Jack his 400th win would be an incredibly big deal for me,” Braun said. “Not only that, but I really want to get a good finish in the No. 16 car this weekend to show potential partners that we are a team they want to be a part of. This is a great, veteran group of guys who work very hard, week in and week out. This is also a time when a lot of people are paying attention to the Nationwide Series, because of everything we have going on.”

The Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway airs on ESPN2 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

- Roush Fenway Racing Press Release

About Roush Fenway Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating seven motorsports teams. Four in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; and four in the Nationwide Series with Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Colin Braun, and Paul Menard. For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing teams, log onto . Become a fan of Roush Fenway Racing on Facebook by going to http://www.facebook.com/roushfenway. And for sponsorship inquiries please contact Robin Johnson at 704.720.4645.

Talladega Superspeedway

Open on Saturday of race weekend, the Roush Fenway Racing Party Zone has a host of amenities for fans.  Including:

• Saturday admission into the Roush Fenway Racing Fan Party Zone, located in the Hospitality Village
• Catering for continental breakfast & buffet lunch
• Unlimited soda, water, beer & wine
• Pre-Race pit road tour (time & weather permitting)
• Event Souvenir
• Saturday Suite/Hospitality parking pass
• Appearance by Colin Braun and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  (Driver Appearance can be canceled due to time, weather or schedule changes)
• Games and activities including pool tables, foosball tables and basketball goals

Cost of admission is only $65 for adults or $45 for kids age 12 and under.  Hospitality admissions must be accompanied by a frontstretch grandstand or tower ticket.

Talladega Superspeedway is preparing for the 2010 Aaron’s Dream Weekend featuring qualifying for the NASCAR Nationwide Series, followed by the ARCA Racing Series 250 race on Friday, April 23.  On Saturday, April 24, fans will see qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, followed by the Aaron’s 312 NASCAR Nationwide Series race.  On Sunday, April 25, the greatest drivers in the world face off in the Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

For more information on tickets to Talladega Superspeedway, please visit www.talladegasuperspeedway.com or call 1-877-Go2-DEGA. For our hearing impaired guests, please call TDD 1-866-ISC-TRAK (1-866-472-8725). Tickets also are available in person by visiting the Talladega Superspeedway Ticket Office from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. CDT, Monday- Friday.

About Roush Fenway Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating eight motorsports teams.  Four in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Matt Kenseth, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; and four in the Nationwide Series with Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Colin Braun, and Paul Menard.  For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing teams, log onto www.RoushFenway.com. Become a fan of Roush Fenway Racing on Facebook by going to http://www.facebook.com/roushfenway.  And for sponsorship inquiries please contact Robin Johnson at 704.720.4645.

- Talladega Superspeedway, Press Release

2010 NNS Colin Braun - Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR

Team: No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
strong>Crew Chief:Eddie Pardue
Chassis: RK-354

FAST FACTS:

BRAUN AT CALIFORNIA – Colin Braun will make his NASCAR Nationwide Series California debut in the No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion this weekend in the Stater Bros. 300. Even though this is his first series start at California, Braun has visited the two-mile track twice in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series notching a top-10 finish in his very first start in 2008. Braun also qualified well in those two events, taking the green flag in the sixth spot in both.

SHOWING STRENGTH AT TWO-MILE TRACKS – Braun has made two starts in the NCWTS at each of the two-mile tracks (California and Michigan), scoring one win, one top-five and three top-10s in four starts. His truck series win came at Michigan International Speedway in August 2009 after starting sixth.

ROUSH FENWAY RACING AT CALIFORNIA - Roush Fenway Racing has notched impressive stats at the two-mile track. In 45 Nationwide Series starts, RFR has amassed six wins, 18 top-fives, 29 top-10s and two pole awards. The most recent RFR win came last spring with Carl Edwards in the No. 60. The No 16 team went to victory lane in California with Greg Biffle in 2006.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POINT STANDINGS - After his 34th place finish at Daytona, Braun is ranked third in the Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings behind leader James Buescher and second place Brian Scott.

COMING HOME - California is home to one member of the No. 16 Roush Fenway Racing team. Back-up hauler driver and member of the pit support team, Greg Hinkfus hails from Thousand Oaks, Calif., which is located about 85 miles from California Speedway.

CHASSIS SELECTION – Crew chief Eddie Pardue has selected RK-354 this weekend for the Stater Bros. 300 at California Speedway. This car was previously raced by Greg Biffle at California last October. In that race, Biffle started 14th and finished 14th.

QUOTES

Braun, on racing at California Speedway: “The finish at Daytona was obviously not what we were hoping for, but it certainly was not for lack of effort. My guys worked so hard through out that entire race. Knowing how much effort they put into what they do gives me that much more confidence as a driver that we can get the job done with a good finish. I think we can do that this weekend at California. I love the fact that you can race all over the track there because of the multiple grooves. If your car doesn’t work one place, it might work better somewhere else. It’s also a track where Roush Fenway has success in all three series’ and I think this No. 16 team can continue that trend this weekend.”

Crew chief Eddie Pardue, on the secret to success at California Speedway: “California is a racetrack where good handling, great aerodynamics, and a strong engine are all needed to have a fast car. It’s also a place where you have to keep up with the racetrack by making smart adjustments throughout the course of the afternoon to maintain the car’s balance. And as always, you need to have quick, mistake free pit stops because just hundreths of a second on a stop can mean the difference between first and second place. I believe we have all the pieces and I’m hopeful we can put them together for a solid finish this weekend.”

- Roush Fenway Racing, Press Release

Daytona, FL – Starting second after Friday’s qualifying session was
canceled due to rain, Carl Edwards and his team looked to take the No.
60 Fastenal Ford Fusion to victory lane and capture the first win for
2010. For most of the afternoon, Edwards battled fellow NASCAR Sprint
Cup regulars Dale Earnhardt Jr, Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick and Kyle
Busch for the top spot.

“It was a wild race, we had a strong car, and I just tried to make it
last to the end,” said Edwards, who drove in the top 10 during the
majority of the race. “I got tangled with Brad there, and I’m glad that
everyone came out alright. It was a hard fight to the finish with Tony
being so unbelievable. A great start to the season for the points. We’re
here to win a championship. My guys did a really good job with the car.”

The afternoon had a slow start with a smattering of cautions early on in
the first 10 laps. On lap 43, Edwards came down pit road for a routine
pit stop. The crew made a slight air pressure and wedge adjustment.
Edwards went back out in 22nd position and quickly was running back into
the top 10 by lap 51. By the halfway point of the race Edwards was in
the third position.

At lap 68, the yellow flag flew once again after a wreck that involved
NASCAR newcomer Danica Patrick. Under this caution, crew chief Mike
Kelley brought the team together to bring the car into the pits to fill
up with fuel and put on four fresh tires. On the restart Edwards was
leading the field. On lap 91 Edwards and Brad Keselowski briefly made
contact causing Dale Earnhardt Jr. to flip onto his roof and set off a
series of other reactions. Edwards sustained slight damage on the right
front of his Ford Fusion. Once pit road opened the No. 60 crew quickly
added four fresh tires and made a slight repair to the front. Exiting
pit road Edwards was scored in 15th position.

Having eight laps to go on lap 112, Edwards had moved up to the fourth
position. Edwards was able to shorten the distance between he and race
leader Tony Stewart. Time fell short at the end and Edwards finished in
the second position.

Next Up:

Stater Bros. 300

Auto Club Speedway (2-Mile Track)

Fontana, CA

Saturday, February 20, 2010

About Roush-Fenway Racing

Roush Fenway Racing is NASCAR’s largest team operating seven motorsports
teams. Four in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with drivers Matt Kenseth,
Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; and four in the Nationwide
Series with Edwards, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Colin Braun, and Paul Menard.
For more information on any of the Roush Fenway Racing teams, log onto
www.RoushFenway.com. Become a fan of Roush Fenway Racing on Facebook by
going to http://www.facebook.com/roushfenway.
And for sponsorship inquiries please contact Robin Johnson at 704.720.4645.

- Roush Fenway Racing Press Release

2010 Raybestos Rookie Contender Logo

Buescher 8th
Scott 19th
Braun 34th
Stenhouse Jr. 36th

UNOFFICIAL Raybestos Rookie standings:

Buescher 14
Scott 10
Braun 9
Stenhouse Jr. 8
Kligerman 1

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER QUOTES FOR THE DRIVE4COPD 300 NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES RACE AT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2010, PAGE 1.

COLIN BRAUN, No. 16 CON-WAY FREIGHT FORD: WHAT HAPPENED? “I don’t really know.  I was just in a bad spot I guess.  That 61 car was moving around a little bit and everybody was trying to keep him put in the middle and he just moved where I didn’t expect him to go and I guess I bumped into him and that was that.  It was a tough break for everybody on that No. 16 Con-way Freight Ford Fusion car.” 

DID IT SEEM LIKE IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME THE WAY THE CARS WERE DANCING AROUND OUT THERE? “Yeah, everybody was moving around and you had some cars that probably shouldn’t have been where they were with that whole pit sequence mix-up.  I guess that’s part of racing here.”  HOW WAS YOUR CAR TODAY?  “I really struggled there that first run.  We made an adjustment to my car and then it was a lot better there towards the end.  I thought we were going to be in good shape but oh well [smile].”    

RICKY STENHOUSE JR., No. 6 CITIFINANCIAL FORD: WHAT HAPPENED? “I couldn’t see quite well [smiles].  I saw a lot of smoke and just tried to get it whoaed down and couldn’t get on the brakes hard enough to get it stopped.  Somebody came across the right front and got us.  Tore the car up pretty bad but I kind of put us back there when I overshot the pit stall on that last pit sequence that we had and kind of put us in a bad spot.  Had a lot of fun out there and it was a blast out there racing around and cars were moving around.  We were making adjustments on our CitiFinancial Ford Fusion and seem to be pretty well, seemed to be driving good and was looking forward to making it to the end ‘cause felt like our Roush Yates Engines that we had really pulled up off the corner.  I felt like if we could have made it to the end we would have had a shot at a good finish but oh well.”

COMMENT ON THE CARS MOVING AROUND OUT THERE IN THE DRAFT.  DOES IT SEEM LIKE IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS? “You’re just waiting on it.  I felt like I was in pretty good control of my car and you could see the other cars, some of ‘em were in control and some of ‘em weren’t.  You’re behind them and there’s really nothing you can do except to ride around and hope you get by ‘em.  We missed one wreck early and just didn’t miss that one.”      

JAMES BUESCHER IN THE No. 1 PHOENIX RACING CHEVROLET WAS THE TOP RAYBESTOS ROOKIE IN TODAY’S RACE AT DAYTONA.

NOTES:

• Buescher posted an eighth-place finish, his second top-10 in nine NASCAR Nationwide Series starts.  His other top-10 was a seventh-place finish at Gateway (Madison, Ill.) International Raceway in 2008.  He made just two NASCAR Nationwide Series starts in 2009.

• Buescher claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the first time in 2010.

• Buescher became the first Raybestos Rookie to score a top-10 in the February race at Daytona since Bryan Clauson finished sixth in 2008.

• Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the DRIVE4COPD 300:

1989:   Kenny Wallace, 10^th

1990:   Joe Nemechek, eighth

1997:   Steve Park, seventh

1998:   Kevin Schwantz, eighth

1999:   Adam Petty, ninth

2000:   Jay Sauter, fourth

2000:   Kevin Harvick, fifth

2001:   Tim Sauter, 10^th

2002:   Shane Hmiel, fifth

2002:   Scott Riggs, sixth

2005:   Reed Sorenson, ninth

2005:   Carl Edwards, 10^th

2006:   Burney Lamar, second

2006:   Todd Kluever, seventh

2008:   Bryan Clauson, sixth

BUESCHER: “Not a bad run at all.  Can’t say enough about everybody at the shop.  I broke first and second gear going into the first pit stop, burned the clutch up leaving the first pit stop then we come in for the next pit stop, ripped third gear out of it so the rest of the race all we had was fourth gear.  When everybody came to pit there at the end there was no prayer that we could ‘cause all we had was fourth [smiles].  I was surprised the drivetrain held together the whole race and we finished eighth.  We restarted in fourth gear those last five or six restarts and made it through all the wrecks.  I only got one scratch on the car when I hit the wall on pit road when I overshot the pit box.  Everything that went wrong was all my fault today but we still rallied back and got us a top-10 finish.”

HOW MANY CLOSE CALLS DID YOU HAVE? “A lot.  Junior was flying out my windshield.  I had a big sigh of relief and then again when Kyle [Busch] wrecked at the end I’d just moved to the top line and he started spinning.  I felt like every wreck was right around me.  My heart was pounding for a lot of ‘em.”

DID YOU GET ANY DRAFTING HELP TODAY? “Not by one particular car.  The 43 stuck with me at the beginning of the race for a long time.  The car wouldn’t suck up real, real great like we needed it to but it would suck up better with somebody pushing me and it was a rare occasion that somebody was pushing me at the same time I was trying to push somebody else.  Just stuck with it all day and patience got me there at the end.”

HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO GET SOME MOMENTUM HERE AT THE START OF THE SEASON? “It’s definitely important especially towards the Raybestos Rookie of the Year thing.  I started off the season bad at Daytona last year with the wreck [Camping World Truck Series] and never rallied back, never led the rookie of the year points and today I’m the top finishing rookie.  There’s definitely a lot of momentum that goes into the whole deal and finishing fourth last week in the ARCA race with this team and finishing eighth today, it’s a pretty good start to the year.”

BUESCHER PRESS CONFERENCE

“I’m definitely pleased with our performance.  The 1 car was pretty good at the start of the race.  We started 11^th on points.  Everything was going smooth and green flag stops, pit stop went pretty smooth for right-side tires and came out of the pits next time we pitted, I don’t know what, eight or 10 laps later under caution for four tires, going into the pits I didn’t have first or second gear and then leaving the pits I burned the clutch up.  I was left with just third and fourth gear and the next pit stop burned third gear up trying to leave the pits so luckily we didn’t have to pit anymore ‘cause all I had left for the last third of the race was only fourth gear.  Definitely really pleased with everybody at Phoenix Racing.  It’s a good start to the year to come home eight and actually finish the race with every problem that we had with the drivetrain and everything and avoided a lot of big wrecks so I’m pretty pleased.”

WHAT IS YOUR SPONSORSHIP SITUATION?  DO YOU HAVE FUNDING FOR ALL OF THE RACES? “On the sponsorship situation, Miccosukee is gone.  The Phoenix Racing Team in the Nationwide Series is still full speed ahead.  We’re committed to go to every race and James Finch is committed that for me.  We’re still searching for sponsorship but we will be at every race trying to win Raybestos Rookie of the Year and finish up in the top-five, top-10 in points.”

BRIAN SCOTT, No. 11 STOPREPAIRBILLS.COM TOYOTA: “It was tough from the start, having to start in the rear of the field, it just makes you more liable to get on those wrecks that happen early on when everybody is bunched up.  First race of the season everybody is ancy, nobody really knows what to do I think and people tend to make more stupid mistakes.  Unfortunately when they wrecked pretty early on we got clipped.  We got involved in it. We took a little bit of damage.  We came down pit road and the Stop Repair Bills guys they fixed it up and got it back pretty pristine.  Any wreck can be detrimental on a superpspeedway and they made it able to go back out there and still be pretty competitive.  Of course with any damage you’re never as good as you are and we suffered a little bit and people just don’t want to work with a tore up race car and that led us all the way to the end.  We’ll take it.  We’ve just got to get the checkered flags right now to try to build points after the first five races and just keep clicking away.  Top-20 this week, maybe it’ll be a top-15 next and then top-10 and top-five by the time we’re rolling into this year’s points.  We’re looking forward to it.”

Raybestos® brand brake and chassis parts are produced by affiliated companies in Affinia’s Global Brake and Chassis Group, the leading manufacturer of braking systems and chassis parts in the transportation industry.  The brake line includes everything from brake drums to rotors, pads, shoes and hydraulic parts, while the chassis line features tie rods, ball points, idler arms and sway bar links.  Raybestos brand braking and chassis systems are also the only systems used by NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing in competition.  For more information about Raybestos brakes, visit Raybestos.com.  For more information on Raybestos Chassis visit RaybestosChassis.com

Affinia Group Inc. is a global leader in the on and off-highway replacement products and service industry.  In North America the Affinia family of brands includes WIX® Filters, Raybestos®, AIMCO® and BrakePro® brake products, and McQuay-Norris® and Raybestos™ Chassis parts.  South American and European brands include Nakata®, Filtron®, Urba® and Quinton Hazell®.  For more information, visit affiniagroup.com.

* Affinia Group Inc.’s affiliated companies include Brake Parts Inc. WIX Filtration Corp LLC, Affinia Products  Corp LLC and other high quality manufacturers of the Affinia family of brands.

- Camp & Associates, Inc., For Raybestos, Press Release