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Homestead-Miami Speedway – November 18, 2011

- Denny Hamlin (second) was the highest finishing Toyota driver in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

- Hamlin finished runner-up to race-winner Johnny Sauter in an event that was shortened to 119 laps (from 134) due to rain.

- In his most recent start in the Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) No. 18 Tundra, Hamlin picked up the victory at Martinsville Speedway (Oct. 29).

- Timothy Peters (eighth) also registered a top-10 finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

- Other Tundra drivers in the field included David Starr (11th), Dusty Davis (15th), Todd Bodine (16th), Brendan Gaughan (20th), Max Papis (21st), German Quiroga (26th), Miguel Paludo (32nd) and Johnny Chapman (36th).

- The race at Homestead-Miami Speedway marked the 200th race in the NCWTS for the Tundra.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 18 Dollar General / DIRECTV Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 2nd

Are you happy with your second-place finish?

“Yeah, it was good. We didn’t practice that well with the Dollar General Toyota, and we just weren’t all that great during the course of the race. But we did get better as we went, and obviously the last run I was just trying to be patient. I knew I had a truck that could get around Johnny (Sauter), but I just wanted to be patient and wait until later stages of the race, and also to ensure that we kept the third-place guy behind us and tried to use the draft. Strategy didn’t work out. It probably cost us a win today, but they told me one lap before the rain came that it looks like rain is coming, so if I got anything, I’d better go. That was my last-ditch effort on the corner to try to get around him. He slid up and got into us and we got in the wall, and it was one of those things. We were not in a position to really race him that hard anyway.”

How slippery was the race track in turns 3 and 4 when you tried to make the move on Johnny Sauter?

“I didn’t think it was too bad, it seemed, relative to what we had before. But he (Johnny Sauter) slipped up quite a bit, so he was the first one to evidently get to any moisture that was there. I had already committed to run really wide open on the outside — whatever happens, happens. For us, I didn’t think it was that much different. You know, he would probably be a better guess for that. But it was coming down. You could definitely see as soon as we let off the caution it was pouring pretty bad.”

How difficult was the track at the start of the race and what does it mean for the Cup cars if there is more rain?

“It wasn’t too bad. It was relatively similar to what we had in practice because we kept practicing on green surfaces — not much changed. Every time we’d run our practice session, rain would come, so every new practice session was on a green race track. So, I t hink the Cup cars kind of having a clean slate tomorrow should be relatively fine. I thought the track was very consistent from day to night.”

Would you consider doing any additional Truck Series races next year?

“Maybe a few. It definitely wouldn’t be on a triple weekend or anything like that. But I always try to do just one a year. But yeah, I mean, driving these trucks that KBM (Kyle Busch Motorsports) has just been really good. Those guys put together some awesome race trucks, and I sit in it and I look around and it’s as good as what my Cup car looks like on the inside. They put together some really nice trucks, and obviously they’ve given me, the two times I’ve been in it, two chances to win. Yeah, maybe three or four or something like that, but as long as the schedule all works out. Ain’t going to be on a weekend like this.”

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Service Central, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 8th

DAVID STARR, No. 81 Zachry Tundra, SS Green Light Racing

Finishing Position: 11th

DUSTY DAVIS, No. 15 Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports

Finishing Position: 15th

TODD BODINE, No. 5, International Trucks / Monaco RV Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 16th

BRENDAN GAUGHAN, No. 62 Tire Kingdom / Service Central Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 20th

MAX PAPIS, No. 9 GEICO Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 21st

GERMAN QUIROGA, No. 51 TELCEL Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 26th

MIGUEL PALUDO, No. 7 Duroline Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 32nd

JOHNNY CHAPMAN, No. 07 ASI Limited Tundra, SS Green Light Racing

Finishing Position: 36th

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No. 81 Zachry Toyota Tundra (David Starr) - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen / Getty Images for NASCAR

Despite the setbacks that have dropped Starr back to thirteenth in the 2011 NCWTS standings, the SS Green Light team has not given up and is ready to head to the season finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway with the goal of finishing up front with the Zachry Toyota.

“It’s been a challenging year for sure; we’ve had a lot of bad luck especially the second half of the year,” said Starr. “We’ve had some good race trucks, some fast trucks but we have this monkey on our back and we just couldn’t shake it loose and get some good finishes at the end of the season.”

Zachry will return to the hood of the black and green No. 81 Toyota for the season finale and will be joined by the NCCER Build Your Future Campaign.

“While I’m disappointed with not being in the top-ten in the standings, I am very thankful for all of our partners who supported myself and this race team all year long,” David continued. “We’re really proud to have Zachry, NCCER Build Your Future Campaign, Allegro, Advocare, Akzo Nobel and ASI Limited support us and stand behind us through this season.”

David Starr - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR

David has nine NCWTS starts at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. He has two top-fives and six top-tens just missing another with an eleventh place run in the season ending race last year in the Zachry Toyota. He has with an average start of 19.7 and an impressive average finish of 8.7 at the mile and a half oval just south of Miami, FL.

“This week we have nothing to loose. There is no pressure on us, so we’re going to go out and try to win the race and if we can’t do that we’re going to try for second or third, a top-five. We’ll get the best finish we can in our Zachry Tundra. We need to finish strong and then take a little break, enjoy the holiday, recharge ourselves and prepare for 2012.”

The Ford 200 is the 270th consecutive NCWTS start for the SS Green Light Racing team and the 290th career start for Starr in the Truck Series. David has four victories, 47 top-fives and 115 top-tens through his 14-year career including two top-fives and eight top-tens so far in 2011.

There are 42 trucks on the preliminary entry list for the Ford 200.

The Ford 200 is a one-day show for the NCWTS with practice Friday, November 18th from 10:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. and qualifying at 4:30 p.m. The green flag will fall on the season finale at 8:00 pm. It will be shown live on SPEED TV. It will also be broadcast live via radio worldwide on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and also Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. All times Eastern.

Zachry Holdings, Inc. is engaged in the planning, building and renewing of the world’s most critical industrial facilities. As one of the largest direct-hire, merit-shop constructors in the United States, Zachry provides a range of engineering, construction and maintenance services to top industrial companies. The 85-year-old, privately held organization is based in San Antonio. Visit www.zhi.com for more information.

For more information about SS Green Light Racing visit www.SSRacingonline.com.

- SS Green Light Racing Press Release

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Texas Motor Speedway – November 4, 2011

- Miguel Paludo (ninth) was the highest finishing Toyota driver in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Texas Motor Speedway.

- Tundra drivers Timothy Peters (11th), Todd Bodine (13th), Max Papis (14th) and Johanna Long (18th) were also earned top-20 finishes in the 148-lap event.

- Other Toyota drivers in the field included David Starr (23rd), Johnny Chapman (29th), Brendan Gaughan (31st) and Kyle Busch (33rd).

Peters is fifth in the unofficial NCWTS point standings — 58 points behind leader Austin Dillon. Bodine (sixth), – Gaughan (12th), Starr (13th), Paludo (17th) and Papis (18th) are also in the top-20 in the point standings.

MIGUEL PALUDO, No. 7 Duroline Brakes and Components Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 9th

How was your race?

“It was good, you know, top-10. Good for these guys and good for me as well for the points. I want to try to get top-15 (in points). We fought a loose truck during the race. Made adjustments, got free, got good in the middle, so next time we need to be a little bit tighter, but overall it was good.”

What happened on the final restart?

“I was saving fuel, so I tried to clean my tires before the restart, but the front ones I couldn’t. I went straight up in turn one and that hurt us a little bit, but once I got clean I went and gained two or three spots. It was a good day for us and I’m glad for a ninth-place finish here.”

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 NTB / Service Central, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 11th

How was your race?

“Oh, it was good right until the last lap. I hated that caution that came out there and gave us a green-white-checkered. I knew something about a little over halfway something was going on. It felt like a valve spring might have came loose on us. All in all, Triad Racing Technologies does a great job. Everybody in the pits did a great job. This Service Central National Tire and Batteries Tundra was great all night long. We have a weekend off and we’re going to work on this baby right here and take it to Homestead and the good Lord willing, maybe we can get on that stage.”

What happened on the final lap?

“She just blew up. It’s a good effort by everybody. That’s why they call it racing. We take the good with the bad.”

TODD BODINE, No. 5, Big Red Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 13th

MAX PAPIS, No. 9 GEICO Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 14th

How was your race?

“We fought like hell and I almost got by Todd (Bodine) going through (turn) three on last the restart, but it was a great battle and we learned a lot today and I’m really proud.”

Was the bottom lane the preferred line?

“It was good. It was kind of like the bottom lane was the fast lane, but to pass you had to go on the outside. Passing was very difficult, but I learned a ton tonight.”

JOHANNA LONG, No. 20 Panhandle Grading & Paving Tundra, Panhandle Motorsports

Finishing Position: 18th

DAVID STARR, No. 81 Zachry / NCCER / ASI Limited Tundra, SS Green Light Racing

Finishing Position: 23rd

What happened to your Tundra?

“We struggled with handling all day, but we started to get it right there at the end. I thought I was going to get a top-10, but
we just had an engine problem. It’s disappointing.”

JOHNNY CHAPMAN, No. 07 BOBBER.info / ASI Limited Tundra, SS Green Light Racing

Finishing Position: 29th

BRENDAN GAUGHAN, No. 62 International Trucks / Monaco RVs Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 31st

What happened out there?

“There’s a big hole where there shouldn’t be a hole. I don’t know. On the restart, we were great, man. We went from 21st to like 11th in the first 25 laps or something. Our Tundra was fast just like we said it would be with race cars around us. We were smoking. Made a couple of adjustments right off the bat. On the restart, everything is good. Put it in first, put it in second, put it in third and all of the sudden she vibrated and ‘ka-bang.’ I don’t know what it was. Triad (Racing Technologies) does a great job for us. You never know what these things are. Could be a metal part. Could be many different things. They do a great job all year. That’s the first one I’ve had in two years now with Triad, so I’ll take that record any day.”

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Traxxas Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 33rd

What happened between you and Ron Hornaday Jr.?

“Well, if you consider Ron (Hornaday Jr.) was in the championship, maybe Ron could have played it a little smarter on lap 15 and checked up a little and given room to everybody around. Obviously, if you make it a three-wide situation — I can’t go up in the dirt, you know? I’m already on the outside lane. There’s not three lanes out here right now. It’s a truck race. It’s the first race of the night here this weekend. So if I just lay over and give up everything for Ron Hornaday, that’s not Kyle Busch’s fashion. I’m out here to win a race just as much as anybody else is and when he races up on my inside, gets loose and takes me up to the fence, I ended up losing my cool. And, I’ve been wrecked four weeks in a row and finally I just had
enough of it. I’m sorry it was Ron Hornaday and he’s going after a championship, but the fact of the matter is it’s just — you can’t place all the blame on one person. There was two people who got into it to begin with and there was two people that ended it.”

What happened on the race track with the incident under green and then under caution?

“Obviously it’s two guys racing for tight real estate. There’s only two lanes of race track out there right now. I’m racing for a win just as much as Ron Hornaday is and it’s lap 15. If he wants to make it three-wide with a lap car knowing that you always get loose when you’re on the inside, he got loose and got into me and knocked me up into the wall. I lost my cool, yeah, no doubt about it. I’ve been wrecked four weeks in a row and I’ve had enough of it and I retaliated. It’s certainly my fault for doing that. But, if everybody wants to say Hornaday is racing for a championship and roll over, that’s not my fashion. That’s not anybody else’s fashion out here. All these race car drivers are racers to go out here and win a race and that’s what I was here to do and I got taken out of it on lap 15.”

Did you do anything wrong or do you feel like you defended yourself?

“My truck was hurt. I brushed the wall, but my truck was hurt where I don’t think we could have won after that. If you’re a guy racing for a championship, you need to be smart enough to understand that you can’t go three-wide on lap 15. Knowing how bad the trucks are when you’re on the inside of somebody, not expect to get loose. Yeah it was my fault after the fact, but who’s going to fix my truck after it wrecked in turn two the first time?”

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“It’s always great to come back home to Texas to race, it’s really a fun weekend when all three NASCAR Series are racing here,” said Starr. “I’m really excited that we get to start the weekend with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race under the lights on Friday night.”

Once again the Build Your Future Campaign will join Zachry on the SS Green Light Racing No. 81 Toyota. This week they will be joined by the Boot Campaign on Starr’s hometown ride. As part of Careers in Construction week David will make a special appearance at the Build Your Future construction career day in Dallas on Wednesday.

“We have a lot of great partners with our SS Green Light Racing team and several of them are based here in Texas which makes it special for me. We’re excited to have Zachry onboard; they’re a San Antonio based company here in Texas,” he continued. “To have the Build Your Future Campaign back with us s a big honor, they are giving lots of youth opportunities to learn about the construction industry and we are going to have a bunch of those kids out at the racetrack this week, it will be very exciting for them. We also have the Boot Campaign back with us and it’s an honor to represent everything that charity stands for.”

“I’m just excited to come back home here to race, last week at Martinsville we had a great truck and we were going to have a great finish and it’s just unfortunate we had a little mishap right at the end of the race and we didn’t get the finish we thought we should have gotten, but we ran strong and I feel we have some momentum on our side. Coming from Las Vegas which was the last mile and a half we raced at, our Zachry Toyota Tundra was pretty awesome that day and it performed really good and we are looking forward to keep that momentum going good and hopefully we can get this big old gorilla off our back and put our Zachry Toyota Tundra up near the front when this race ends.”

“I’m just excited to be back home and looking forward to a great race.”

David Starr - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR

“You know, there is nothing better than racing pick-up trucks in the great state of Texas since they are the prominent vehicle here in our state. It’s kind of fitting to fill the Texas Motor Speedway with trucks.”

Starr is currently thirteenth in the NCWTS standings with just two races remaining in 2011.

The Winstar World Casino 350k is the 269th consecutive NCWTS start for the SS Green Light Racing team and the 289th career start for Starr in the Truck Series. David has four victories, 47 top-fives and 115 top-tens through his 14-year career including two top-fives and eight top-tens so far in 2011.

There are 38 trucks on the preliminary entry list for the Winstar World Casino 350k.

Practice will be Thursday, November 3rd from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. and 2:15 p. m. to 3:40 p. m. with qualifying under the lights at 7:10 p.m. The green flag will fall on the Winstar World Casino 350 Friday, November 4th at 7:00 pm. It will be shown live on SPEED TV. It will also be broadcast live via radio worldwide on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and also Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. All times Eastern.

About Build Your Future –

The Build Your Future Campaign’s goal is to lead new potential construction industry candidates and incumbent workers to opportunities for training, job placement and rewarding careers in the construction industry. The Build Your Future campaign has been conducted by NCCER for more than 12 years. With the emerging need for new workers in our industry, NCCER is leveraging this valuable resource with organizations like CURT, CWDC, ABC and AGC to support our industry recruitment needs. For additional information, contact Diane Greene at 888.622.3720 or visit BYF.org.

Zachry Holdings, Inc. is engaged in the planning, building and renewing of the world’s most critical industrial facilities. As one of the largest direct-hire, merit-shop constructors in the United States, Zachry provides a range of engineering, construction and maintenance services to top industrial companies. The 85-year-old, privately held organization is based in San Antonio. Visit www.zhi.com for more information.

For more information about SS Green Light Racing visit www.SSRacingonline.com.

- SS Green Light Racing Press Release

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The .536-mile paper clip shaped racetrack is known for it’s rough and rugged racing, contact and beating & banging. Saturday afternoon was another prime example with nine cautions slowing the race for 50 of the 200 laps.

From his 22nd starting position, David picked up a few spots before the races first caution on lap 39 and several crew chiefs chose different strategies for fuel and tires right away. SS Green Light Racing’s Jason Miller brought Starr to the pit under the first caution for tires, fuel and adjustments to help Starr navigate through the heavy traffic ahead of him. David was nearly collected when Nelson Piquet and Cole Whitt got together on lap 50.

Several of the leaders began coming to pit road during the second and third cautions allowing Starr to gain back valuable track position all the way up to the seventh spot which he gave up when he brought the Build Your Future Campaign/Zachry Toyota to the attention of the SS Green Light crew for service under the fourth caution on lap 105. David restarted 19th with plans to run all the way to the end of the 200-lap event.

Once again David narrowly avoided disaster by missing a spinning Max Gresham as the caution flew for the fifth time. He stayed on the track under the sixth caution following a spin by Max Papis on lap 132 and as more leaders came to pit road, Starr was able to move into the top-ten.

Things were heating up on the track as the race was progressing and David was able to maneuver the Build Your Future Campaign/Zachry Toyota to seventh place and then up to fifth at the races three quarter mark. The No. 81 Toyota looked strong especially following the restart on lap 147 where he used the inside line to move to fourth and then muscled his way to third around Cale Gale on lap 155.

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With fresher tires, Johnny Sauter and Ron Hornaday caught David with 30 laps to go and rooted Starr back to fifth and eventual race winner Denny Hamlin slid by a few laps later dropping David to sixth which was a key position as the caution would come out a few laps later. With the side-by-side restarts in the NCWTS this would put Starr in the outside line for the restart following the eighth caution on lap 178.

David had a rough restart in the outside lane and lost two more positions to trucks in the preferred inside grove but it still looked like David could bring his Tundra home in the top-ten. The races last caution on lap 181 proved to be a nightmare for the SS Green Light team as David once again had to start in the outside lane and once again he had trouble holding position in the outside line and then several trucks made contact with David and moving him all the way up into the marbles near the outside wall while being freight-trained by trucks on the inside loosing nearly ten positions on the track.

“If you’re an even number you have to start on the outside and every time I would start on the outside I would go into turn one and my Toyota would just not turn and I would slide all the way up to the third grove. You just can’t open the door like that.”

“I think we were running sixth and I was cleaning the tires off; left, right, cleaning them really hard and I would go down into turn one and it would just not turn,” he continued. “I told my guys I thought I had a flat because for it not to turn that bad. I thought we had a flat. We didn’t end up having a flat but I just could not make that outside work especially on the restarts. Man, I did everything I could to clean the tires up.”

“To have such a great truck and to bring it home 22nd is really disappointing but you can‘t open the door down there on the last restart. I mean I slid up three lanes and I think we were three or four wide and somebody got into the side of me and we were really in the marbles.”

With four laps to go, running in heavy traffic, David spun dropping the No. 81 all the way back to 22nd where he would finish as the last truck on the lead-lap.

“To have such a great truck and not get the finish I think our team deserved is disappointing.”

Starr remained thirteenth in the NCWTS driver’s standings behind leader Austin Dillon. With just two races remaining in 2011, David is now 33 points behind Parker Klingerman for the tenth spot.

The NCWTS teams head to David’s Home state of Texas for the WinStar World Casino 350k at the Texas Motor Speedway on November 4th. As part of Careers in Construction week David will make an appearance at the Build Your Future construction career day in Dallas on November 2nd.

For more information on SS Green Light Racing visit www.SSRacingonline.com.

- SS Green Light Racing Press Release

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Martinsville Speedway – October 29, 2011

- Denny Hamlin won Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) at Martinsville Speedway.

- Hamlin led the field twice for a total of 68 laps, including the final 14 laps.

- Hamlin became the 23rd driver in history to win races in all three of NASCAR’s national series.

- This was Hamlin’s first NCWTS victory in 12 career series starts.

- Tundra drivers Timothy Peters (eighth) and Brendan Gaughan (ninth) also recorded top-10 finishes.

- Other Tundra drivers in the field included Timothy Peters (eighth), Brendan Gaughan (ninth), Todd Bodine (11th), Max
Papis (18th), David Starr (22nd), Matt Lofton (31st), Johanna Long (33rd) and TJ Duke (34th).

- Peters is fifth in the unofficial NCWTS point standings — 48 points behind leader Austin Dillon. Bodine (sixth), Gaughan (11th), Starr (13th), Paludo (17th) and Papis (18th) are also in the top-20 in the point standings.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 18 Traxxas Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 1st

What did you think of your pass to take the race lead?

“It was great. Those guys — I know they were battling for the championship, so I didn’t want to put them in three -wide at any point, but it was just a gift right there into turns one and two. Just a great battle back. That was definitely the hardest 50 laps that I’ve ever driven at this race track. I had to restart 18th. We didn’t think that was going to be the case, but still like to see it work out.”

Were you worried about starting so far back with 50 laps remaining?

“Not until 20 laps into the run and I hadn’t gone anywhere. We just had to battle and it was so tough just to get through those trucks running two and three-wide — just proud of this whole team.”

What does it mean to have won in all three national NASCAR series?

“It’s a big deal for me — more than what people probably think. When they think that we go down into these different series — Nationwide and Truck — and we’re just going down there trying to get wins. From my standpoint, it’s very, very tough. The Truck Series is more competitive now than it’s ever been so it means a lot to myself to win a Truck Series race, especially just running one a year usually. It’s just been one of those weekends where you unload and it’s pretty good. I felt like we gave these guys an off-weekend as far as adjustments and stuff. I know you can have weekends where you can
unload and you have to work you guts out to get it right. This is just one of those weekends where everything worked out great for us.”

What did you learn for tomorrow’s race?

“The track didn’t rubber up as good as what we thought it was, but the track did go through some transitions right there through the race and we’ll adjust to that accordingly.”

What does it mean to get your first NCWTS win?

“I have to thank Kyle (Busch, team owner) for letting me drive this truck. This is something that really means a lot to me to get my very first Truck Series victory. Just have to thank everyone at Toyota for helping support Kyle’s program. This is a big race for all these truck guys and to have all these fans come out to Martinsville is great.”

How does it feel to get another win at Martinsville?

“This is a great race track for us. Even back in the Late Model days — this was always a great race track for me. I knew this was going to be one of my best opportunities going forward to win a Truck race. Being teamed up with these guys. Kyle (Busch, team owner) just sent me a text about a month ago and asked if I would run this. He wanted to concentrate on the Cup car a little bit more during the Chase and he’s our (Joe Gibbs Racing) last hope for a championship. I volunteered to do it for him. Hopefully, that all pays off for that team tomorrow.”

When was your truck at its best in the race?

“Our truck was just so good on the long run. That’s really where it seemed to excel and I felt like I did a good job. I didn’t abuse my truck very early for the first five to 10 laps — as soon as I put tires on — to try to make sure I had something at the end. That’s what paid off for us the biggest. On the last restart — I just needed them to get single file so I could pick them off. I felt like our truck was so much faster at that point of the race — we had better tires and we just needed them to get single file or figure out who was going to be in front. Obviously, we had some transmission over the radio and we knew those guys were racing for points so I didn’t want to put them in a bad spot. I told them if they just moved right over and let me go then they could gladly race right behind me. That’s exactly what they did.”

ERIC PHILLIPS, crew chief, No. 18 Traxxas Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

How was the race truck this weekend?

“It’s been pretty flawless since we unloaded. We didn’t change much. Made a little bit of an air pressure adjustment there at
the beginning of the race after watching Cup practice. Put it back the way we practiced yesterday and the thing came back to
life and was really good after that. Then the rest was just managing your tires and when to pit so you had enough tires at the
end. It kind of paid off. I got a little nervous there when we restarted 18th, but Denny (Hamlin) did a great job getting back
through there and taking care of the truck.”

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 Gearwrench / Strutmasters Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 8th

How was your race?

“Great race — good hustle. We got eighth on the last lap. This Gearwrench Tundra — she’s used up pretty good. I love coming to Martinsville. It’s great short track racing. It’s a great day. It’s just fun.”

What happened with Brendan Gaughan at the end of the race?

“I guess he (Brendan Gaughan) just wants me to pull over for him. The 32 (Blake Feese) was wounded on the bottom and he committed high and I’m going to go up under him. He ran me down and I wasn’t going to give. If he’s mad then I guess we won’t be doing any appearances together anytime soon. I’m out here to race hard for my sponsors — this is my livelihood. We’ll go on to Texas.”

BRENDAN GAUGHAN, No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 9th

How was your race?

“Our Toyota — I haven’t seen the loop scoring data in quite a while, but I believe our Tundra has passed more vehicles this year than probably anybody. We started 28th today and I would like to know if anybody picked up more than 19 positions. I hate qualifying at Martinsville and if I can ever just start up front at Martinsville — I think I would have just a normal day. But I can’t. I always mess up qualifying and it’s on me. I have to figure out how to qualify better here. Our Tundra went to the front. We got up there. We never got to the lead this time, but we got to the top-10. We got to the top-five. We were strong and in the end we just had older tires so we were just trying to keep that solid top-10 spot and we ended up coming home ninth.”

TODD BODINE, No. 5, NTB / Service Central Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 11th

What happened with Max Papis early in the race?

“The stuff on the race track you can deal with and you can lay it off that it’s Martinsville and that’s racing and that’s part of the game. When you’re driving down pit road and the guy keeps running in the side of you — you keep turning away from him trying not to run into each other and eventually you’re going to hit a pit crew — that’s ridiculous. I had to let off and hit the brakes. I don’t know who’s crew it was out there changing tires, but I was going to run into them since he (Max Papis) had me so low on pit road. That’s the part that I have a problem with. Endangering those guys — it’s dangerous enough on pit road. Then it snowballed from there.

After I pulled behind him, he brake-checked me and I run into him. He got me again on the race track and run into me and then off of (turn) two. He got loose, I got under him and tried to get off him, couldn’t get off him because he kept slowing down because his rear tires were off the ground. Finally, I just dumped himaround because at that point there’s no saving it. I’m going to get run into. Some of that stuff is Martinsville, some of that stuff is lack of experience racing at Martinsville.

We’ve all done those things — I’ve done those things and I’m not proud of those things. It is part of the learning process and you have to go through it. Unfortunately, we had a great Tundra. We were fast. We had a top-five truck and we thought we had the best truck we ever had at Martinsville. For a while there we got to show it and I was running good. We were biding our time and just trying to keep the wheels on it. We got out of sync
on the pit stops and that messed us up. That’s why we went down pit road with Max. From there it was everybody hitting everybody.”

What happened at the end of the race?

“We had 10th and James (Buescher) decided he was going to run out of brakes on the last corner of the last lap. We battled. We had a great truck. All that skirmish with Max (Papis) is what messed us up and messed the fenders up. The thing started pushing and then we had our hands full after that. Just trying to ride along and get a decent finish. Passed some guys clean and was racing those guys at the end clean. James decides to run through us.”

MIGUEL PALUDO, No. 7 Stemco Duroline Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 16th

MAX PAPIS, No. 9 GEICO Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 18th

What happened with Todd Bodine?

“We had just a great run and Todd (Bodine) just ruined it. It was going to be my best ever race so far in my career. It is not what you are expecting from a friend — I don’t treat my friends like that or my teammate like that. It’s just disappointing. I was not expecting that and we deserve better. When things like this happen, I guess it ruins team spirit.”

DAVID STARR, No. 81 Zachry / NCCER / ASI Limited Tundra, SS Green Light Racing

Finishing Position: 22nd

JOSH RICHARDS, No. 51 Joy Mining Machinery Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 28th

MATT LOFTON, No. 97 Strutmasters.com Tundra, Coulter Motorsports

Finishing Position: 31st

JOHANNA LONG, No. 20 Panhandle Grading & Paving Tundra, Panhandle Motorsports

Finishing Position: 33rd

TJ DUKE, No. 07 Merrill Lynch Tundra, SS Green Light Racing

Finishing Position: 34th

- Toyota Motorsports Press Release

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Giving additional incentive to the SS Green Light team is the paperclip shaped .536-mile speedway is the site of Starr’s last victory in the NCWTS on April 1, 2006.

“We’re really looking forward to racing at Martinsville, it’s and awesome racetrack and it’s really a fun track to race at,” said Starr. “There is a lot of NASCAR history at that little track and its one of the places I have won at in the truck series.”

For the second straight week, the Build Your Future Campaign will join Zachry on the SS Green Light Racing No. 81 Toyota. Initially developed by NCCER, the Build Your Future Campaign is a national education and recruitment campaign created to increase awareness of the rewarding careers available in the construction industry.

“We’re real excited to have NCCER and the Build Your Future Campaign back on our Zachry Toyota for the second straight week,” Starr said. “I felt really bad with the mechanical issue we had last week. It’s one of those things that’s out of our control when it happens and we are looking forward to redeeming ourselves for the Build Your Future Campaign this weekend.”

In twenty previous NCWTS races at Martinsville, David has an average start of 18.0 and finish of 14.4. He has one victory, three top-fives and nine top-tens in the twenty starts. David has lead 121 laps and has completed 98.4% of the possible laps at Martinsville.

David Starr - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR

Starr is currently thirteenth in the NCWTS standings with just three races remaining on the 2011 schedule.

“We’ve been trying real hard to get back into the top-ten but after some more bad luck with the engine problem at Talladega it pretty much locked us out of the top-ten so we’re not going to worry about the points and go for the win.”

Kroger 200 is the 268th consecutive NCWTS start for the SS Green Light Racing team and the 288th career start for Starr in the Truck Series. David has four victories, 47 top-fives and 115 top-tens through his 14-year career including two top-fives and eight top-tens so far in 2011.

There are 41 trucks on the preliminary entry list for the Kroger 200.

Practice will be Friday, October 28th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. and 2:10 p. m. to 3:20 p. m. Qualifying is Saturday October 29th at 10:40 a.m. and the green flag will fall on the Kroger 200 at 2:00 pm. It will be shown live on SPEED TV. It will also be broadcast live via radio worldwide on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and also Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. All times Eastern.

About Build Your Future -

The Build Your Future Campaign’s goal is to lead new potential construction industry candidates and incumbent workers to opportunities for training, job placement and rewarding careers in the construction industry. The Build Your Future campaign has been conducted by NCCER for more than 12 years. With the emerging need for new workers in our industry, NCCER is leveraging this valuable resource with organizations like CURT, CWDC, ABC and AGC to support our industry recruitment needs. For additional information, contact Diane Greene at 888.622.3720 or visit BYF.org.

Zachry Holdings, Inc. is engaged in the planning, building and renewing of the world’s most critical industrial facilities. As one of the largest direct-hire, merit-shop constructors in the United States, Zachry provides a range of engineering, construction and maintenance services to top industrial companies. The 85-year-old, privately held organization is based in San Antonio. Visit www.zhi.com for more information.

For more information about SS Green Light Racing visit www.SSRacingonline.com.

- SS Green Light Racing Press Release

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Talladega Superspeedway – October 22, 2011

- Todd Bodine (sixth) was the highest finishing Toyota driver in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway.

- Tundra drivers Brendan Gaughan (eighth), Kyle Busch (ninth) and Max Papis (10th) also earned top-10 finishes in the 250-mile event.

- The Tundras of Bodine (one) and David Starr (one) both led laps at the 2.66-mile superspeedway.

- Other Toyota drivers in the field included Josh Richards (13th), Johanna Long (16th), Miguel Paludo (18th), Timothy Peters (23rd), Chris Fontaine (25th) and Starr (30th).

- Two Tundra drivers are in the top-10 in the unofficial NCWTS point standings with three races remaining in the 2011 season — Peters (fifth) and Bodine (sixth).

TODD BODINE, No. 5, NTB / Service Central Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 6th

How was today’s race?

“It was okay. Our truck wouldn’t lead for whatever reason. The two-car tandem — it just wouldn’t lead. We did our best to push and the best guy I could push was Parker (Kligerman). We were flying. Just got him turned around in the tri-oval. My fault. We came back and got hooked up at the end with Jason (White) and ended up sixth, so can’t complain. Service Central on the truck and got a good run for them. Another good, solid top-10. Just keep going the rest of the year.”

BRENDAN GAUGHAN, No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 8th

How was your race?

“It was interesting. That’s a weird Talladega. The trucks are much more difficult to drive here than the Cup cars. The two- car push thing is much more risky and much more of an adventure in the Truck Series than the Sprint Cup, but we got it to work. We put our Tundra behind a couple different deals and, man, me and the 31 (James Buescher) got real fast. Me and the 3 (Austin Dillon) got fast. Johnny Sauter really did well for me. Me and Todd (Bodine), I think we both proved we could push anybody. Our Tundra horsepower behind people was just stupid sick, so it was fun. It was interesting.”

What makes pushing so difficult in the Truck Series?

“The nose and tail don’t match, so you end up lifting. Have anybody take a picture of the front nose and the back nose and you’ll see it’s a shelf. The front shelf goes under the rear shelf, so it makes it where it’s actually lifting the race car up from behind, but we made it work. It was pretty impressive, I have to tell you. I was one of the ones saying we wouldn’t do it, wouldn’t do it and I think me and Todd (Bodine) were some of the first two to do it. So I guess I’m still younger than I give myself credit for.”

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 9th

What happened on the final restart?

“The guy I had ran out of gas. Everybody else already had a game plan so you’re left out. It’s no different than there being 13 cars left on the race track. Somebody is going to be the odd man out.”

MAX PAPIS, No. 9 GEICO Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 10th

JOSH RICHARDS, No. 51 Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 13th

JOHANNA LONG, No. 20 Panhandle Grading & Paving Toyota Tundra, Panhandle Motorsports

Finishing Position: 16th

MIGUEL PALUDO, No. 7 Stop Diabetes Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 18th

What did you think of the race?

“It was a lot of fun. We started from 24th and I think in 10 laps, 12 laps we were top-10, then top-five. We got a speeding penalty and it happens. Let’s move forward to Martinsville.”

TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 17 NTB / Service Central, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 23rd

How was your race?

“Not good. Had a plan there running top-five. I don’t get it. We cut it close last week at (Las) Vegas and did it again today, so I don’t know if we’ve got a pick-up issue or what the deal is. Great effort by our Service Central National Tire and Battery Red Horse Racing Tundra. I mean, everybody worked hard — worked too hard to get the result we got, so we’ll just pack it up and go to Martinsville.”

What is your perspective on the championship hunt?

“I’m not going to give up. ‘Quit,’ isn’t in my vocabulary, but it’s typical of the way our year has gone. We will see what happens.”

CHRIS FONTAINE, No. 84 Glenden Enterprises Toyota Tundra, Glenden Enterprises

Finishing Position: 25th

DAVID STARR, No. 81 Zachry / NCCER / ASI Limited Toyota Tundra, SS Green Light Racing

Finishing Position: 30th

- Toyota Motorsports Press Release

Date: Oct. 15, 2011

Event: Smith’s 350 (Race 21 of 25)

Series: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Location: Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (1.5-mile D-shaped oval)

Start / Finish: 8th / 28th (Accident, completed 29 of 146 laps)

Winner: Ron Hornaday Jr. of Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) (Chevrolet)

Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM)

The San Diego native was slowly moving his way back through the field until his day came to an abrupt end after being collected in a hard crash on lap 29. Ickler was relegated to a disappointing 28th-place finish in his final scheduled start of 2011.

“Today was just a case of being in the wrong place, at the wrong time,” said Ickler, who registered two top-five finishes in four starts this season. “The Toyota Tundra drove great during practice but it was a little hotter today. The track was pretty slick and we were really loose in traffic. I made contact with the wall early and we were forced to pit to repair the fender. With all the slipping and sliding going on, being in the middle of the field wasn’t the best place to be and it ended up costing us. It was a disappointing day and a tough one in the owners’ point standings for this team.”

Brian Ickler - Photo Credit: Jonathan Ferrey / Getty Images for NASCAR

Debris on the track slowed the field and allowed Ickler to bring his No. 18 to pit road under caution. The KBM over-the-wall crew was able to pull out the fender, put on right side tires and return their driver to the track without losing a lap.

The race restarted on lap 16, with the No. 18 Tundra scored in the 27th position. By the time the next caution occurred on lap 22, Ickler had made his way back into the top 20, but communicated that his Tundra was still ill-handling. When pit road opened, he down pit road for a chassis adjustment, a full tank of fuel and returned to the track scored in the 13th position.

Shortly after the restart on lap 29, David Starr and Ricky Carmichael got together battling for fourth. The contact sent Ricky Carmichael’s truck to the apron entering Turn 1 and once the truck hit the apron, Carmichael came back across the track in the middle of Turn 1 into Ickler’s path along the high line of the track. The front end of the No. 18 Tundra slammed into the back of Carmichael’s truck while the rear end was plowed into by Miguel Paludo, who was tucked behind Ickler and had nowhere to go.

Ickler was observed and released from the infield care center with no injuries, but the No. 18 Tundra was severely damaged and unable to return to the race.

Ron Hornaday Jr., the winningest driver in Truck Series history, picked up his 51st -career win. Matt Crafton finished second, .629-seconds behind Hornaday Jr. Timothy Peters finished third, Johnny Sauter came home fourth and Todd Bodine fifth. Nelson Piquet Jr., David Mayhew, Cole Whitt, Brendan Gaughan and Parker Kligerman rounded out the top-10 finishers.

There were 10 caution periods for 44 laps, with 14 drivers failing to finish the 146-lap race.

The No. 18 Tundra remains second in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owners’ point standings, but now trails KHI’s No. 2 team by 73 points with four races remaining on the 2011 schedule.

The next event on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule is the Oct. 22 Coca-Cola 250 at Talladega Superspeedway. The race starts at 4:00 p.m. ET with live coverage beginning with the NCWTS Setup show at 3:30 p.m. ET on SPEED. Kyle Busch will be behind the wheel of the No. 18 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra, making his 100th career Truck Series start.

- Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Release

No. 81 Zachry Toyota Tundra (David Starr) - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen / Getty Images for NASCAR

With just five races remaining, Starr finds himself twelfth in the driver standings twenty-six points out of the top-ten and the veteran driver knows it’s time to rally beginning this week at Las Vegas and make a move toward the top-ten, a goal the team set before the season’s first race in Daytona.

“Last year we had a great truck there and it was just unfortunate that we got a flat near the end of the race and did not get the finish we thought we might have. It was just some bad luck,” Starr said. “We are coming off a pretty good finish the last race, so we have a little momentum on our side. We’re looking forward to getting back to the track and to get our Zachry Toyota Tundra a little bit closer to the front.”

In 2002 David won both the pole and the Las Vegas 350 race at the mile and a half speedway just outside of Sin City. In eleven previous NCWTS races at Las Vegas David has accumulated three top-fives and five top-ten finishes. His average start is 14.5 and his average finish 12.6. David finished twelfth in the No. 81 Toyota last year.

David Starr - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR

“With Jason Miller, Matt Faulkner and everybody on the whole SS Green Light team working hard, we are just trying to put together some really good finishes these last five races to end the year. Our goal is to finish off the season in the top-ten in points. We are really focused and determined on getting the best finish we can to be sure we end up in the top-ten.”

The Riviera Hotel & Casino will be the official hotel of the SS Green Light Racing teams for this week’s Smiths 350. Both David Starr and Butch Miller will participate in a fan autograph session 7:30 Friday night at the Riviera Hotel & Casino.

“It’s pretty neat to have the Riviera partner up with us. It’s great to be a partner of a famous hotel and casino; it’s pretty awesome. We’re looking forward to Friday’s autograph session, the race fans are always really enthused anytime we do that out there in Vegas.”

“We’re looking for a great run and I believe with the good truck we had a Kentucky, hopefully we can take that momentum with us and come out of there looking good at the checkered flag.”

Allegro Marinade will provide associate sponsorship on Starr’s No. 81 Zachry Toyota this week at Las Vegas.

The Smith’s 350 is the 266th consecutive NCWTS start for the SS Green Light Racing team and the 286th career start for Starr in the Truck Series. David has four victories, 47 top-fives and 115 top-tens through his 14-year career including two top-fives and eight top-tens so far in 2011.

There are 32 trucks on the preliminary entry list for the Smith’s 350 including veteran Butch Miller who will pilot the Riviera Hotel & Casino/Stony Creek Appliance Repair No. 07.

Practice for the Smiths 350 will be Friday, October 14th from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. with qualifying at 4:30 p.m. The green flag will fall on the Smith’s 350 on Saturday, October 15th at 12:30 pm. It will be shown live on SPEED TV. It will also be broadcast live via radio worldwide on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and also Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. All times Pacific.

Zachry Holdings, Inc. is engaged in the planning, building and renewing of the world’s most critical industrial facilities. As one of the largest direct-hire, merit-shop constructors in the United States, Zachry provides a range of engineering, construction and maintenance services to top industrial companies. The 85-year-old, privately held organization is based in San Antonio. Visit www.zhi.com for more information.

About Riviera Hotel & Casino

Celebrating more than 50 years of non-stop entertainment, the Riviera Hotel & Casino is one of the iconic casino and hotel destinations in Las Vegas. With over 2,000 hotel rooms and 160,000 square feet of convention space, the Riviera brings a rich tradition of quality, service and hospitality excellence. Located on the north end of Las Vegas Boulevard, the Riviera features exciting gaming action, a variety of restaurants and entertainment including “Crazy Girls” and “Dr. Scott Lewis: Outrageous Comedy Hypnotist.” For additional information, please call 702-734-5110 or visit rivierahotel.com. Stay up-to-date on the latest Riviera Hotel & Casino happenings by following us on Facebook or on Twitter.

For more information about SS Green Light Racing visit www.SSRacingonline.com.

- SS Green Light Racing Press Release

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In the afternoon qualifying session, David qualified the No. 81 fourteenth on the mile and one half tri-oval track posting a lap of 30.61 seconds at 176.37 mph, putting the Allegro Marinade Toyota on the outside of the seventh row at the start of the 150-lap race.

The weather was chilly, but David looked strong at the start of the 225-mile race and it did not take long for the action to get started for Starr as he was racing side-by-side with Josh Richards for tenth place on lap four when Richard’s Toyota got loose and he spun hard into the outside wall causing the first of seven caution flags.

The second caution flew on lap 22 all of the leaders came to pit road including Starr, but the crew chiefs began varying strategies of gas only, two or four tires, shuffling positions at each stop. David would restart from twenty-second position following the early stop.

Track position would shift for all the lead lap trucks at each of the next five cautions that flew before the races halfway point. David would run as high as seventh on lap sixty and the black and yellow Allegro Marinade Toyota looked strong.

The races final caution flew on lap 87 and David was solidly in the top ten following the restart racing hard on the rough Kentucky Speedway surface. Though the teams would not know it at the time, the race would go green all the way to the checkers. Through the long green flag run David would run as high as eighth and as low as eighteenth as the trucks would come to pit road for service.

David Starr - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR

When the dust settled and all the drivers had cycled through their final stops under green David emerged just outside of the top-ten one lap down to leader Hornaday. Having taken four tires on the last stop paid-off as David was able to make up two positions over the last ten laps to earn his eighth top-ten of 2011. There were only six trucks on the lead lap at the finish.

“I want to thank John Fuqua and everyone at Allegro Marinade for coming on board with us again this week,” said Starr. “We enjoy having them at the track and appreciate their support.”

Despite the top-ten finish, Starr dropped to twelfth in the NCWTS driver’s standings behind leader Austin Dillon. With five races remaining on the 2011 schedule, he is now 26 points behind Parker Klingerman for the tenth spot.

The NCWTS teams have a week off prior to heading to Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday, October 15th for the Smiths 350.

For more information on SS Green Light Racing visit www.SSRacingonline.com.

- SS Green Light Racing Press Release

Date: Oct. 1, 2011

Event: Kentucky 225 (Race 20 of 25)

Series: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

Location: Kentucky Speedway in Sparta (1.5-mile Tri-oval)

Start/Finish: 4th/5th (Running, completed 150 of 150 laps)

Winner: Ron Hornaday Jr. of Kevin Harvick Inc. (KHI) (Chevrolet)

Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM)

Saturday night’s Kentucky 225 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta was a vintage Ickler performance. In just his third truck start of the 2011 season, the San Diego native kept the No. 18 Toyota Tundra in the top 10 all night, led 11 laps and brought home a solid fifth-place finish for Kyle Busch Motorsports.

“The Toyota Tundra was just a little bit free all night, but we were able to end the night with a solid finish,” said Ickler, who registered his second top-five finish this season and sixth in 21 career Truck Series starts. “This team is in a battle for the owners’ championship and I wanted to give them a solid run to keep them in the hunt. Unfortunately, the 2 truck ended in Victory Lane and we lost a few points. The guys did a good job of making improvements throughout practice and providing me with a fast Tundra for the race and Eric Phillips made good calls atop the pit box. I want to thank Toyota, Dollar General, M&M’s, Flexco for their support of KBM. I’m looking forward to getting back in this No. 18 Tundra at Vegas in a few weeks.”

Ickler, who rolled off the grid from the fourth position, made it three wide for the lead as the field reached the start-finish line for the first time. Off Turn 2, the No. 18 Toyota Tundra cleared Austin Dillon and Ron Hornaday Jr. to assume the race lead down the backstretch. The No. 18 remained on point when Ickler’s teammate, Josh Richards, brought of the first caution of the race on lap four.

Hornaday Jr. and Dillon got back around Ickler shortly after the restart on lap 12 and the No. 18 Tundra settled into the third position. The KBM Tundra remained running third until the next caution occurred on lap 21. Ickler communicated to Phillips that his truck had been a little free during the early stages of the race. When pit road opened, Ickler brought his Tundra down pit road where KBM over-the-wall crew made trackbar and wedge adjustments, filled his No. 18 with fuel and returned him to the track in the fifth position.

Brian Ickler - Photo Credit: Jonathan Ferrey / Getty Images for NASCAR

With teams on various pit strategies, Ickler slowly began regaining spots as the race progressed caution free towards the finish. On lap 143, the 26-year old had maneuvered his way back into the top five but was unable to advance further before the field took the checkered flag.

Hornaday Jr., the winningest driver in Truck Series history, picked up his 50th-career win. Dillon, who kept his spot atop the Truck Series driver point standings, finished second, .438-seconds behind Hornaday Jr. James Buescher finished third and Nelson Piquet Jr. came home fourth. Ricky Carmichael, Todd Bodine, Cole Whitt, Dakoda Armstrong and David Starr rounded out the top-10 finishers.

There were seven caution periods for 36 laps, with 13 drivers failing to finish the 150-lap race.

The No. 18 Tundra team now trails KHI’s No. 2 team by 41 owner points with five races remaining on the 2011 schedule.

The next event on the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series schedule is the Oct. 15 Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway. The race starts at 3:30 p.m. ET with live coverage beginning with the NCWTS Setup show at 3:00 p.m. ET on SPEED. Ickler will be back behind the wheel of the No. 18 Tundra.

- Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Release

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Since humble beginnings in a Paris, Tennessee restaurant, Allegro has been bottling and selling their marinade and sauces since the 1970s and are now nationally know for their delicious recipes. Starr hopes the added flavor of Allegro Marinade will give the SS Green Light team a race day advantage at the Kentucky Speedway.

After finishing fifth at Michigan on August 20th, bad luck has followed the SS Green Light team resulting in four straight finishes outside of the top-ten. Starr and the team look forward to Kentucky to turn those fortunes around and have a strong finish to the 2011 season.

“We had some unfortunate bad luck last week, our truck was really good. It’s just unfortunate the way it played out with all the circumstances,” Starr said. “In order for us to get back to the top ten in points we need to get some great finishes the next couple weeks.”

Starr has an impressive record at Kentucky Speedway. In ten previous NCWTS races at the mile and a half speedway, he has finished in the top-fifteen in every single race including an eighth place run in the UNOH 225 back in July. David’s average start is only 17.1 but his average finish is an impressive 9.2. He has seven top-tens and two top-fives finishes completing 1505 of the 1506 laps run over the ten races.

“I’m really looking forward to going back to Kentucky and it’s pretty exciting to have Allegro back on our Toyota,” David explained. “We had a great race the last time they were with us at Nashville, I think we finished eighth. John Fuqua the President of Allegro is a great guy and he had a bunch of his employees at the race and we just had a great time together and a great run.”

David Starr - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR

“Allegro is a great product, my wife cooks with it all the time when she makes us steaks. She marinates our meat in Allegro and to have them on our truck for the second race this year is a great honor.”

“The truck looks beautiful, having Allegro all over the truck looks really great on the racetrack. We are really enthused about this weekend and we are looking forward to a great finish that the team needs and getting Allegro some exposure which they deserve.”

Zachry will provide associate sponsorship this week on the No. 81 Toyota.

The Kentucky 225 is the 265th consecutive NCWTS start for the SS Green Light Racing team and the 285th career start for Starr in the Truck Series. David has four victories, 47 top-fives and 114 top-tens through his 14-year career including two top-fives and seven top-tens so far in 2011.

There are only 31 trucks on the preliminary entry list for the Kentucky 225.

Practice for the Kentucky 225 will be Friday, September 30th from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Qualifying will be Saturday, October 1st at 4:15 p.m. and the green flag will fall on the Kentucky 225 at 8:00 pm. It will be shown live on SPEED TV. It will also be broadcast live via radio worldwide on the Motor Racing Network (MRN) and also Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. All times Eastern.

Allegro Fine Foods, Inc. based in Paris, TN manufactures a true marinade in that it not only adds flavor but also tenderizes any cut of meat or vegetable. Allegro also bottles marinades and sauces for numerous private label customers. The company is proud of its history and of its growth, flexibility, and dedication to quality. Information on Allegro Marinade, including the full product line, recipes and store locators can be found at www.allegromarinade.com.

For more information about SS Green Light Racing visit www.SSRacingonline.com.

- SS Green Light Racing Press Release

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In the morning qualifying session, David qualified the No. 81 sixteenth on the flat one-mile track posting a lap of 29.74 seconds at 128.06 mph putting the ASI Limited/Zachry Toyota on the outside of the eighth row at the start of the 175-lap race.

The action started even before the field came to the starting line as the outside lane had troubles getting up to speed causing an accordion of trucks. David was the sandwich in the middle getting caught between Cole Whitt and Johnny Sauter ahead of him. The contact at start of the race damaged the nose of Starr’s Toyota but David held on to the sixteenth position.

“It’s just bad luck. We put a hole in the front of the truck at the start; they jammed-up and I hit the 13 truck and put a hole in the nose and then the truck was really aero tight.” Starr said.

There was very little passing through the first third of the race as Kyle Busch set a torrid pace pulling away from everyone except for Austin Dillon. David held the sixteenth position and was able to stay on the lead lap until Busch caught him on lap 50. The first caution would fly on lap 60 for debris with Busch lapping all but the top-thirteen trucks.

David would restart fifteenth as the first truck one lap down and was fortunate enough to earn the “lucky dog” award on the second caution, which was also for debris on lap 71 putting David back on the lead lap at the tail of the longest line.

As happens often on restarts, the traffic can get bunched up and David was caught behind several trucks that made contact on lap 75. As he checked-up to avoid the mess in front of him he was hit from behind by another truck and the contact sent the ASI Limited/Zachry Toyota sliding sideways through the corner. Using his years of experience David would turn into the spin and prevent the truck from spinning completely around and he continued back on the track.

David Starr - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR

“When the first caution finally came out we were a lap down because Kyle Busch was so fast. After some awesome pit stops by the team making repairs to the front and with some adjustments the truck came alive. It was really fast and then we got the lucky dog.” David explained. “But unfortunately then you have to start in the back, behind everybody and one of the trucks that was not even on the lead lap spun me out and we just kind of battled from that point on. The tires were flat spotted but we didn’t catch another caution. Finally when we were able to put two right sides on it our ASI Limited/Zachry Toyota was fast.”

The race would go green over the laps one hundred laps with rare green flag stops for all the NCWTS teams. Busch would continue to dominate over the last half of the race lapping all but six trucks through the green flag run. Busch’s Toyota led 165 of the 175 laps while winning his sixth NCWTS race of 2011.

“If we did not have that bad luck, I believe we would have finished in the top-ten, we had a pretty good truck.”

“The team did a great job, it was just unfortunate that we had some more bad luck. We need to get this luck behind us to get the finishes we need to get into that top-ten at the end of the season,” Starr concluded. “The team did a great job, everyone did a great job it’s just unfortunate the circumstances took us out of the race.”

Starr gained one spot in the NCWTS driver’s standings, back up to eleventh behind new points leader Austin Dillon. He is 45 points behind Todd Bodine for the tenth spot.

The NCWTS teams return to the Kentucky Speedway on Saturday, October 1st for the Kentucky 225.

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New Hampshire Motor Speedway — September 24, 2011

- Tundra driver Kyle Busch earned his sixth NCWTS win of the season in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

- Busch started from the pole and led all but 10 circuits in the 175-lap race en route to his 30th career series victory, his 24th win behind the wheel of a Tundra and third consecutive win at the one-mile oval.

- Toyota drivers Todd Bodine (eighth), Timothy Peters (ninth) and Miguel Paludo (10th) also earned top-10 finishes at Loudon.

- Other Toyota drivers in the field at New Hampshire included Brendan Gaughan (12th), David Starr (14th), German Quiroga (16th) and Max Papis (20th).

- After 19 of 25 races, Peters is fourth in the unofficial NCWTS point standings, 25 points out of first place. Bodine (10th), Starr (11th), Gaughan (13th) and Paludo (14th) all rank in the top-15 in points.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Traxxas Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 1st

How dominant was your truck today?

“The truck was awesome today. I can’t say enough about all these guys and everybody at Kyle Busch Motorsports. They worked their butts off. We haven’t had the best of runs at the mile-and-a-half tracks and the faster places, but feel really good about where we were today and how our short track stuff is. This is cool to come out here and run like this again. I can’t say enough about Toyota, Traxxas and all the guys that support us — M&M’s, Dollar General, Dupont, Triad Racing engines and Joe Gibbs Racing oil — of course Camping World. Can’t say enough about the fans too — thank you guys. Appreciate the support and it was a fun race today at New Hampshire. Put on a great performance like that and it goes back to these guys.”

How much did your truck change when the sun came out?

“It changed a little bit. Certainly, there about lap 20 it went through a big swing and we got really tight. I didn’t think it would take that long, but maybe it took that long. Our truck went really tight right there and was having a hard time getting through traffic. The 3 (Austin Dillon) could run us down every time we got to the back of people. As the race wore on and we made the truck better, I got better at where to predict people and where you put people and how to get by them and stuff. It was certainly a mindful game today. Certainly had to work and tomorrow is going to be the same thing I can only imagine. Hopefully we’ve got a pretty cool M&M’s Camry over there for tomorrow and we can put on a good
show.”

Do you think it will be difficult to pass in tomorrow’s race?

“A little bit, not as significant I don’t think. The trucks punch such a big hole in the air — we’ve got really wide front fenders and you’re using up a lot of downforce there. When you lose downforce on your nose or when you’re so dependent on that and you don’t get that much again, it hurts you. It seems to hurt you a lot more than the Cup cars do. It’s still going to be track position sensitive tomorrow, but the good cars will be able to move through I think a little bit better than the worse ones. Today was certainly particular there a few times and got a little rough — got a little hard to find some air to pass a couple guys. Eventually we figured some things out and made it happen so it was good.”

What did you learn today for tomorrow’s race?

“A lot of the feel that I’ve been looking for in my Cup car I felt this weekend in my truck. When I was able to go to the gas what it would do — would it push or would it turn or what would happen. We made a lot of changes to my Cup car over the weekend this weekend. We’re vastly different than we’ve ever run here in the past. I’m hoping it doesn’t bite us,but I can’t see us going in the wrong direction because we’ve never run very good here. I’m hoping that sort of helps us a little bit and gives us a feel. The feel that I have in the trucks and Nationwide cars is obviously something that works for me. I’ve been able to win in both of those pretty regularly here. Just a matter of getting that feel in the Cup car and making it last for a long time throughout the race. I’m hoping that we got something good.”

Are there any plans for Kyle Busch Motorsports next year?

“Certainly there’s plans. We want to expand and get more truck teams and maybe venture into Nationwide Series, but it’s all funding dependent and of course knowing how tough everything is based upon everybody’s experiences — it’s not easy for us either. We’ve had some discussions going on and we’ll see what happens. We’d like to move into two full time trucks at least and we’ll see what happens from there.”

Does this win say something after your performances the last few Truck races?

“I think a little bit should say that certainly — you could say it’s a little bit of a horsepower track, but it’s more of a handling track. You’ve got to be able to handle through the turns and you’ve got to be able to go down the straightaways, but when you go to a mile-and-a-half place and you run wide open and we’re wide open for qualifying and the rest of the guys are wide open and we’re two tenths off — there’s something the matter. Whether that’s too much drag on our bodies or not enough horsepower under the hood. There’s certainly some things that we need to work on as a company to get better. With only having one team and barely being funded for the whole year — you don’t have a lot of time and a lot of
resources to sit there and develop trucks. Nothing to knock the KHI (Kevin Harvick Incorporated) guys, but they have done a nice job because when they build new trucks they try new things. They have the option to keep going through them. We’ve only built nine trucks. We’re on truck number nine and that’s our new one. It’s not even done yet. We’ll work on a couple of those things for truck nine and get it ready for Texas.”

Do you plan to drive for your team again next year?

“I would love to build Kyle Busch Motorsports without Kyle Busch having to drive. The problem is that you’re not going to sell that. I can’t get partners that want to come in here and help support our program without me behind the wheel. They want the guaranteed chance of going to victory lane. I think that says a little bit. Certainly there’s a price for that.We’ve got to make sure that we can live and strive off of somebody besides myself. We’re working towards that and we’re trying really, really hard. With only having one truck team, people come to us and say, ‘Well, you’re not running that good.’ We like to fight that argument and say that we don’t have the resources to develop things, but we certainly have the people capable of thinking of some good ideas. It’s just a matter of being able to implement all of them.”

Did you think about trying to lead all the laps in the race when deciding when to pit?

“No, I never thought of that actually. I think I led 190 or 192 of the Nationwide race here too one time so that’s cool. Certainly Phoenix and Loudon — when I can hit it right, I can hit it right. I’m really, really good. The cars are really, really good and the guys do a good job for me. Today was no different. Certainly, I don’t know what Eric’s (Phillips, crew chief) strategy was to pit early.”

ERIC PHILLIPS, crew chief, No. 18 Traxxas Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Did you know you had the truck to beat?

“No, we were off a little bit. We came here this year a lot different than what we raced last year even though we won the race. We didn’t feel like we had the best truck so we tried something different. It worked out. We just made steady progress through both practices. We made a few changes in between the first and second practice and really made the truck a lot better. After that the truck was pretty good the rest of the weekend.”

TODD BODINE, No. 5 International Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports

Finishing Position: 8th

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

Finishing Position: 9th

How was your race today?

“It feels good to be back in the top-10. Didn’t really have our Gearwrench Tundra like we wanted, but we finished ninth. We gave up a lot on pit road, but that’s just the way our year has been. I give up on the race track and we give up on pit road. There is no I in team — we win as one and we lose as one. We just go to Kentucky next week.”

How did your truck handle today?

“We were just tight really all race long. We fought that really both of our practices yesterday and we made the best of it. It is what it is. We’re going to try to stay in this hunt down to Homestead. If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be. If not, we’ll get them at Daytona.”

MIGUEL PALUDO, No. 7 STEMCO / Duroline Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing

Finishing Position: 10th

How was your race today?

“It was a tough race with long green flag runs. We made the right adjustments and Rick (Gay, crew chief) made an awesome call with two tires at the end and that paid off. I don’t know why, but four tires took like 10 laps for the pressure to build up and the truck be good. With two tires the truck was awesome right away. Good day for us, top-10 and on the lead lap. I want to gain as many points as I can for the end of this season. Days like this are good to finish in the top-10.”

BRENDAN GAUGHAN, No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 12th

DAVID STARR, No. 81 Zachry / NCCER Toyota Tundra, SS Green Light Racing

Finishing Position: 14th

GERMAN QUIROGA, No. 51 Telcel Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports

Finishing Position: 16th

MAX PAPIS, No. 9 GEICO Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing

Finishing Position: 20th

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