Ansell Protective Products Inc.

“Since Toyota opened their first plant in North America, Ansell was there, protecting their employees with Ansell gloves. As a company, we’re proud to have such a strong relationship of protection and safety with such an esteemed organization both inside and outside of motorsports,” said Steve York, Director of Channel and Vertical Development at Ansell. “We’re encouraged that while Toyota keeps Frank Kimmel safe while driving upwards of 190mph on the racetrack, we’re also keeping Toyota’s associates safe as they enter the workplace to provide for their families.”

ThorSport Racing

“I couldn’t be happier with the change to Toyota Camrys for my No. 44 Ansell/Menards team,” said Frank Kimmel. “With the pre-existing relationship between Ansell and Toyota, it seems to marry the sport and the manufacturing world perfectly. Ansell has such a proud tradition of safety and messaging in safety awareness – and we’re hoping to build on that success this year, both on and off the racetrack. We’re also hoping to visit several Toyota locations to help celebrate that strong partnership of protection onsite – by meeting the employees and staff on the front lines.”

“ThorSport Racing is a first-class organization and a championship-caliber race team, as well as one of the most respected teams in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,” said Lee White, president and general manager of TRD, U.S.A.(Toyota Racing Development). “We look forward to working together with the entire ThorSport race team and are confident that it will raise the level of our entire Toyota racing program.”

“We’re always on the forefront of competition in whatever series we are competing in,” said Matt LaNeve, Vice President of Motorsports Partnerships for ThorSport Racing. “We’re looking forward to forging ahead with Toyota in the competition arena in 2012. Toyota and Ansell have a strong industry bond in the industrial solutions arena, and we hope to celebrate that through Frank Kimmel, the No. 44 team, and awareness campaigns throughout the motorsports community on how Ansell engages a reputation of protecting workers in many different arenas – from first responders to the military to auto workers.”

ABOUT ANSELL:

Ansell is a global leader in protection solutions, with operations in North America, LAC, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. Ansell designs, develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of surgical, examination, industrial and household gloves, protective clothing and condoms. People in over 100 countries around the world put their trust in Ansell’s innovative, high-quality solutions to offer superior protection, combined with high levels of comfort and performance.

Ansell holds its operational headquarters in Red Bank, NJ, USA and its parent, Ansell Limited, is registered in Melbourne, Australia. Worldwide, the group employs over 10,000 people in 33 countries. In its Fiscal Year 2011, Ansell achieved sales of USD 1.2 bn. For more information visit www.ansell.com, www.safetypro.com, www.activarmr.com and www.ansellconstruction.com.

ABOUT THORSPORT RACING

ThorSport Racing, based in Sandusky, Ohio, is the longest tenured active NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team. NASCAR’s only Ohio-based team, which has run full season schedules annually beginning in 1998, will run in 2012 the No. 88 Menards Toyota Tundra driven by Matt Crafton; the No. 13 Safe Auto/Curb Records Toyota Tundra driven by Johnny Sauter; the No. 98 Ferrell Gas/Agrisure Toyota Tundra driven by Dakoda Armstrong; and the No. 44 Ansell/Menards Toyota Camry driven by Frank Kimmel in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards. ThorSport Racing operates in a state-of-the-art, world-class 100,000 square foot racing facility in Sandusky. For more information, visit us on Facebook: Facebook/ThorSportRacing or Twitter: Twitter.com/ThorSportRacing.

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TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development) Powering all of Toyota’s American racing programs is TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development) in Costa Mesa, Calif., and Salisbury, N.C. A subsidiary of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., TRD serves as the North American racing arm for design, development and assembly of Toyota’s factory racing engines.

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. is the marketing, sales, distribution and customer service arm of Toyota, Lexus and Scion. Established in 1957, TMS markets products and services through a network of nearly 1,500 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealers which sold more than 1.76 million vehicles in 2010. Toyota directly employs nearly 30,000 people in the U.S. and its investment here is currently valued at more than $18 billion. For more information

- Girl Friday PR Press Release

Hattori Racing Enterprises

Pena, an 18-year old Winchester, VA native will enter his 3rd season on the K & N Pro Series East in 2012, his first two were as part of the NASCAR Diversity Program. Pena made the racing world take notice in his NASCAR debut at the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway in 2010 when he beat Sprint Cup veteran Joey Logano for the pole award and finished 2nd in the event – his first time in a K & N Pro Series car. Last season, in just 12 races, he scored three wins, seven top-10 finishes and finished 5th in the series point standings.

“I am so excited for this opportunity,” stated Pena, a current Radford University freshman. “I couldn’t be more thankful to Shige and the best group of guys behind me such as Matt Goslant and Andy Santerre. We all work together very well and with them behind me, I know we will definitely be one of the teams to beat this year.”

Pena will be driving for Hattori Racing Enterprises. Formed in 2005, this will be the first year they have competed full-time on a NASCAR touring series. Owner, Shigeaki Hattori is a Championship-winning former racer. He earned the Formula Toyota title in 1994 and competed in the Indy Racing League’s Indy Lights and IndyCar Series. He also competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Born in Okayama, Japan, Hattori currently resides in Cornelius, NC and knows what it takes to win. “People in an organization are the key to the organization’s success . If you hire the right people with knowledge and experience, success will follow,” explains Hattori.

Setting the foundation for Hattori Racing Enterprises are four-time NASCAR K & N Pro Series Champion Andy Santerre, who will manage the race team and Championship-winning Crew Chief, Matt Goslant. Goslant and Pena were a team last season where Pena won three of 12 races, scored seven top-10 finishes and finished 5th in the series point standings.

“I am excited to be working with Sergio again this season,” Said Northfield, VT native, Goslant. “He has the talent to be a champion and we are a good team together. We communicate well and he trusts me to put the car under him. He gives me 100% and I could not ask for anything more in a driver.”

HRE will field Toyota Camry’s with manufacturer backing from Toyota Racing Development . “We are thrilled to have Toyota on board,” stated Hattori, who has had a long-standing relationship with the brand. “Toyota cars won every race in the series last year and I don’t expect this season to be any different.”

HRE is located in a state-of-the-art building owned by Germain Racing in Mooresville, NC and was designed by Hattori so he could continue to enjoy American stock car racing while developing young, talented drivers.

- Hattori Racing Enterprises Press Release

ThorSport Racing

“We’d like to thank everyone at Chevrolet for all the support over the last 16 years,” said Matt LaNeve, vice president of motorsports partnerships for ThorSport Racing. “ThorSport Racing, along with dedicated owners Duke and Rhonda Thorson, have a long-standing history and commitment to conservative, steady growth within NASCAR. Toyota’s business and competitive philosophies are in line with our 2012 goals for both Frank Kimmel, as he pursues his 10th ARCA Racing Series Championship; and our NCWTS teams of the 13, 88 and 98, as we further look to increase competition. We are aggressively chasing not only wins in our two respective series, but championship trophies for our drivers and sponsors.”

ThorSport Racing currently operates three NCWTS teams – the No. 13 of Johnny Sauter; the No. 88 of Matt Crafton; and the No. 98 of Dakoda Armstrong. The organization will also field the No. 44 Ansell / Menards Toyota Camry during the 2012 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season. The No. 13 Safe Auto / Curb Records entry finished second in driver championship points in 2011, matching the organization’s highest previous finish by the No. 88 Menards entry and Matt Crafton in 2009 – narrowly missing the championship by six points but capping the year off with a win at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18th; adding to driver Sauter’s win list, shared with a trophy clock at Martinsville earlier in the year. The No. 88 Menards entry, piloted by Matt Crafton, finished 8th in overall driver championship points, earned two poles and wheeled into Victory Lane at Iowa Speedway during the 2011 season.

“ThorSport Racing is a first-class organization and a championship-caliber race team, as well as one of the most respected teams in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,” said Lee White, president and general manager of TRD, U.S.A.(Toyota Racing Development). “We look forward to working together with the entire ThorSport race team and are confident that it will raise the level of our entire Toyota Tundra racing program.”

“We’re always on the forefront of competition in whatever series we are competing in,” said David Pepper, Director of Competition and Team Manager for ThorSport Racing. “We’re looking forward to forging ahead with Toyota in the competition arena in 2012. We’re actively hiring top talent to our existing crew members on our championship-caliber teams. We’re encouraged, during a down economy in both the country and in racing, to be hiring and adding jobs back into our industry.”

ABOUT THORSPORT RACING

ThorSport Racing, based in Sandusky, Ohio, is the longest tenured active NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team. ThorSport Racing’s first race came at the Milwaukee Mile on July 6, 1996. NASCAR’s only Ohio-based team, which has run full season schedules annually beginning in 1998, will run in 2012 the No. 88 Menards Toyota Tundra driven by Matt Crafton; the No. 13 Safe Auto / Curb Records Toyota Tundra driven by Johnny Sauter; the No. 98 Ferrell Gas / Agrisure Toyota Tundra driven by Dakoda Armstrong; and the No. 44 Ansell / Menards Toyota Camry driven by Frank Kimmel in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards.

ThorSport Racing has wheeled into Victory Lane with Terry Cook, Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter since its inception and has finished a dominating eight times within the top 10 in points with both trucks. Sauter wheeled into Victory Lane twice in 2011 – Martinsville and Homestead-Miami; Crafton in Iowa. Both earned two poles, respectively. In 2011, ThorSport Racing matched its highest previous driver points finish by Matt Crafton and the No. 88 in 2009 – with the No. 13 of Johnny Sauter. In 2009 and 2010, both Crafton and Sauter finished in the top five in driver points. ThorSport Racing operates in a state-of-the-art, world-class 100,000 square foot racing facility in Sandusky. For more information, visit us on Facebook: Facebook/ThorSportRacing or Twitter: Twitter.com/ThorSportRacing

ABOUT TOYOTA:

TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development)

Powering all of Toyota’s American racing programs is TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development) in Costa Mesa, Calif., and Salisbury, N.C. A subsidiary of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., TRD serves as the North American racing arm for design, development and assembly of Toyota’s factory racing engines.

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. is the marketing, sales, distribution and customer service arm of Toyota, Lexus and Scion. Established in 1957, TMS markets products and services through a network of nearly 1,500 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealers which sold more than 1.76 million vehicles in 2010. Toyota directly employs nearly 30,000 people in the U.S. and its investment here is currently valued at more than $18 billion. For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyota.com, www.lexus.com, www.scion.com or www.toyotanewsroom.com.

- ThorSport 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?”

- Toyota Motorsports Press Release

Bobby Labonte - Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR

TALLADEGA, Ala.

Driving for JTG Daugherty Racing again next season will be 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Bobby Labonte.

“I like the plan that this team has in place and if you look at the choices I’ve made throughout my career, you can tell that I have always enjoyed the challenge of building up a team,” Labonte said. “We have some people with proven success coming to work with us and we plan to capitalize on that along with the technical resources of Toyota. We’ve had some limited success this year and we are focused on improving and continuing to build our program. I am looking forward to a successful 2012.”

In addition to Labonte signing for next season, Todd Berrier has been named as crew chief and general manager of the JTG Daugherty Racing operation. Berrier spent nearly two decades as a crew chief at Richard Childress Racing and led his team into the Chase for the Sprint Cup four times. Along the way, he won several races. Notable wins as crew chief, include the 2007 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway and the 2003 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with driver Kevin Harvick.

“Todd Berrier is a winner, pure and simple,” stated Brad Daugherty. “He is innovative, an effective communicator, great with race cars and knows how to use the resources available to him to optimize performance. We are confident that he is the right individual to lead our race team into the future.”

“I’m looking forward to this new opportunity with JTG Daugherty Racing and working with Bobby.” said Berrier, who mentioned he has 10 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins as a crew chief, not counting non-points races he has won.

Frank Kerr, who has performed crew chief duties for JTG Daugherty Racing during the last four seasons will take on a new role as shop foreman.

“Most people do not realize how much of a team’s success is based on the preparation that goes on at the shop,” said Tad Geschickter. “We appreciate Frankie’s dedication and know that without his efforts we would not be standing here today. He will do a great job ensuring that our processes and preparation at the shop are flawless.”

Toyota and TRD USA (Toyota Racing Development) will continue to support the No. 47 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entry as the team returns to the Harrisburg, N.C. race shop for their base of race operations.

“Toyota has been a great partner to us in both the NASCAR Nationwide Series and Sprint Cup Series,” stated Tad Geschickter. “They provide tremendous resources through TRD’s chassis engineering group in Salisbury, N.C. and we intend to fully utilize the tools that they provide to improve our performance as we move forward in 2012 and beyond.”

Laerte Zatta, formerly of TRD, will be the team’s director of engineering.

“Laerte helped build the infrastructure and tools at TRD’s Salisbury facility and has had tremendous success in making the Toyota teams he has assisted become winners,” Jodi Geschickter said. “He also has a wealth of knowledge with electronic fuel injection (EFI) from his days in open wheel racing. We are fortunate to have Laerte come on board and help us maximize our use of the resources that TRD will provide to make our team more successful.”

In addition to the personnel and structural changes in store for 2012, JTG Daugherty Racing continues to stay ahead of the industry on sponsorship procurement and retention.

Tad Geschickter explained, “NASCAR continues to be a great property to help brands connect with consumers in a meaningful way. The economy continues to change and the way shoppers make their purchase decisions continues to evolve. We spend more time than any other team studying these trends. We believe that our sponsorship model is the way of the future for brands that want to fully leverage NASCAR to address business opportunities and create a measurable return on investment. Many of the sponsorships that we are announcing today are multi-year agreements and we will have several new sponsorships to announce in the coming months. I think this is proof that the JTG Daugherty Racing model works and should be considered as sponsors come into the sport for years to come. ”

The team will continue to focus on shopper “mega trends” to provide co-sponsorship marketing platforms and innovative promotion tools that allow brands to promote together. The approach maximizes share of voice and controls costs for sponsors — essentially providing a turnkey way for brands to connect the dots between exposure on the race track, promotional activity at retailers, and increased sales.

For instance, the “Racing Season is Grilling Season” platform is based on the insight that people are vacationing at home more than ever before, and that grilling out at home or at the tailgate with family and friends is a great way to relax. It’s with great pleasure that JTG Daugherty Racing announces that the Kingsford® Charcoal will return for its fifteenth season with the team.

Further complimenting the platform, Bush’s® Beans will return for its 10th season with the team. Also, returning is Kimberly-Clark Corporation whose SCOTT® Paper Products seeks to become the paper product of choice for the tailgate. Rounding out the shopper BBQ solution will be Hidden Valley®, KC Masterpiece® Barbeque Sauces & marinades, and Glad® bags and wraps.

The “Take Care of Your Crew” platform is based on the concern for the rising cost of healthcare and the fact that shoppers are seeking to make healthier choices to take care of their families. Clorox® bleach and bleach-based cleaning and disinfecting products will be the cornerstone of the promotion. Co-sponsoring is Kimberly-Clark whose brands provide people with essentials for a better life by adding convenience to daily routines with some of the world’s most recognized products.

Fans are more conscious than ever about protecting their investment in the automobile. The “Take Care of Your Car” platform will allow JTG Daugherty Racing to introduce their successful shopper marketing programs to the automotive aftermarket retailers across the country. Further, Reese Towpower® and Highland® products will be the flagship brands for this sponsorship theme.

JTG Daugherty Racing looks forward to the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

“In closing, we anticipate a successful program in 2012 and look forward to next season,” Tad Geschickter said.

- JTG-Daugherty Racing, Press Release

Winfield Motorsports

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 17, 2011) –

“Our plans are to run full time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, with a partial NASCAR Sprint Cup Series effort next year” said CEO/principal partner Robert Winfield. “Winfield Motorsports looks forward to working with TRD/Toyota Motorsports who will be supplying technical and engineering support for our programs in an effort to compete at the highest level.”

Winfield Motorsports LLC was established in 2011 fielding the #27 in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team will be announcing sponsorship and the driver lineup in the coming weeks.

- Winfield Motorsports LLC Press Release

TRUCK: No. 51 Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra

TEAM: Kyle Busch Motorsports

PRIMARY CHASSIS: KBM-F59

MOTOR: Triad Racing Technologies

BROADCAST: Saturday, October 22, 4 p.m. ET, SPEED/MRN/Sirius NASCAR 90

No. 51 Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra (Photo Credit: Autostock)

- Richards’ Returns to Truck Racing in ‘Dega: Saturday’s 250-mile NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Talladega Superspeedway will be 23-year-old Josh Richards’ seventh career start in the Truck Series. Richards made his NCWTS debut at Kentucky Speedway on July 7 with Kyle Busch Motorsports and sponsor Joy Mining Machinery.

- KBM at Talladega: The Mooresville, N.C-based Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) team has one career NCWTS start on Talladega Superspeedway’s 2.66-mile tri-oval. Owner Kyle Busch piloted the No. 18 entry to one of eight total wins in 2010 at the October NCWTS event at Talladega en route to claiming the 2010 Truck Series Owners’ Championship. In 56 total NCWTS starts since their inception in 2010, Kyle Busch Motorsports has earned 15 victories, 30 top-five finishes, 36 top-10 finishes and eight pole awards while leading 1,919 laps of competition.

- Joy Mining Machinery at Talladega: Richards’ sponsor, Joy Mining Machinery, will have a group of over 100 employees and customers present at the Talladega Paddock Club on Saturday to support Richards and the No. 51 Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra it their seventh series start this season.

Josh Richards

Crew Chief Rick Ren on working with a rookie driver at Talladega Superspeedway:

“I’ll have to give Josh some of the dos and don’ts about how you blend in, because the biggest thing is actually how you blend into the race track. You have to learn that when a group goes by you in excess of 190 mph it can pick you up and turn you right around on the race track with that big spoiler. I’ve had that happen with more than one rookie. The second thing we’re going to work on is trying to get him comfortable riding around there. I’ll start him on the bottom to get around there to not lift and get him comfortable. And then we’re going to have to get him into some drafting practice somewhere. I don’t want to put him in a three-wide situation during drafting practice. I think we need to keep him two-wide for practice. It’s important, so I need to teach him to learn to shift at the same point every time. It’s shifting, it’s pit road and if you get a little wiggle during draft, you can’t let off the draft, so there will be quite a bit to talk about.”

SPECIAL PAINT SCHEME AT MARTINSVILLE:

Richards will run a special paint scheme at Martinsville Speedway on October 29 highlighting artwork done by Alexandra and Hunter Vogel of Mooresville, N.C. The children’s artwork was created to honor the U.S. Navy SEALs and warriors who lost their lives fighting terrorism in Afghanistan on August 6, 2011.

Having been a part of a Navy family all of their lives, Hunter (9) and Alexandra (6) created artwork to show support for the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) families who lost loved ones on August 6. Hunter and Alexandra have since had their artwork made into stickers and have given them away to remind people of the sacrifices these and other warriors make everyday. As a result many who met Alexandra and Hunter and heard their story have made donations to the Navy SEAL Foundation.

The NSW Community lost 22 members on August 6. The fallen included Navy SEALs, Explosive Ordinance Disposal warriors, information systems professionals and cryptologic specialists. Along with these personnel, we also lost the Army aircrew, Air Force personnel and our Afghan partners that fight with our soldiers every day.

Richards met Hunter and Alexandra in August and has had their special sticker on his Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra in Bristol, Atlanta and Kentucky. Richards’ partner Joy Mining Machinery was impressed by the story and the company decided they would help Josh help Alexandra and Hunter get the word out. The company created a special paint scheme and generously donated the hood branding on Richards’ entry into the NCWTS race at Martinsville Speedway on October 29 to showcase Alexandra and Hunter’s effort and artwork on the truck.

Alexandra and Hunter Vogel, their family, guests from the Navy SEAL Foundation and the NSW community will attend the NCWTS race at Martinsville as special guests of Richards and Joy Mining Machinery.

A website was created to help get the word out about the stickers and the fundraising effort. For more information go to www.NSWKids.com. To make a donation to the Navy SEAL Foundation, go to www.NavySEALFoundation.org.

CHASSIS SELECTION:

In Saturday’s Coca-Cola 250 powered by fred’s, Richards will drive chassis F59. Driver Tayler Malsam qualified sixth and finished 17th with this chassis in the 2010 NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway in February 2010 in its lone start for Kyle Busch Motorsports.

ABOUT JOY MINING MACHINERY:

Joy Mining Machinery has over 90 years of experience as a global leader in the development, manufacture, distribution and service of underground mining machinery for the extraction of coal and other bedded materials. Headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, Joy Mining Machinery employs over 8,000 employees worldwide. For additional information, visit www.joy.com.

ABOUT KBM:

Kyle Busch Motorsports has quickly established itself as one of the most successful teams in all of NASCAR. The reigning Camping World Truck Series owners’ champions prepare a fleet of race-winning Toyotas out of a 77,000-square-foot facility in Mooresville, N.C. Pending LEED certification, the facility’s state-of-the art equipment and innovative green initiatives make it unmatched among its peers. Fans can stay up-to-date with all the latest KBM news online at kylebuschmotorsports.com, by liking the team on Facebook (KyleBuschMS) and following the team on twitter (@KyleBuschMS).

For more information about Josh Richards and Joy Racing click on joyracing.net or follow on Twitter @joyracing.

- Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Release

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Gresham, a Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) development driver, had two wins and 11 top-10 finishes in 12 races this season. The 18-year-old Griffin, Ga.-native posted victories at Georgia’s Gresham Motorsports Park (June 11) and at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (July 15). Along with his two wins, Gresham finished second once and was third on three occasions.

Gresham’s title also marked the second owner’s championship for JGR in the series. “I can’t explain how I feel right now,” said Gresham, after the season finale. “I can’t thank these Joe Gibbs Racing guys enough. They put an awesome car underneath me today and they’ve put an awesome car underneath me all year.”

With Darrell Wallace Jr.’s win at Dover, Toyota drivers have visited victory lane in all 12 NKNPSE races this season. Camry drivers recording those 11 wins include Brett Moffitt (three), Sergio Pena (three), Wallace (three), Gresham (two) and Matt DiBenedetto (one).

It marks the fifth NASCAR regional series driver’s title for a Toyota driver. Along with Gresham’s title, Ryan Truex earned two NKNPSE driver’s titles in 2009 and 2010, and Eric Holmes captured the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West (NKNPSW) championship in 2008 and 2010.

“We have always maintained that any of our success in NASCAR is a direct result of the hard work by our teams and drivers,” said Lee White, president of TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development). “This season of competition in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East has demonstrated that all our Toyota teams have worked very hard to earn so many wins in what has become a very competitive series. We’re very proud of Max Gresham’s championship and
are proud to have him and Joe Gibbs Racing as part of the Toyota program.”

Toyota drivers have previously captured four driver’s championships in two of NASCAR’s premier series — Todd Bodine (2006 and 2010) and Johnny Benson (2008) in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS), and Kyle Busch (2009) in the Nationwide Series. This year, Busch and fellow Camry driver Denny Hamlin are currently competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase championship playoff, while Timothy Peters is currently
fourth in the NCWTS standings — 25 points out of first-place with six races remaining.

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. is the marketing, sales, distribution and customer service arm of Toyota, Lexus and Scion. Established in 1957, TMS markets products and services through a network of nearly 1,500 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealers which sold more than 1.76 million vehicles
in 2010. Toyota directly employs nearly 30,000 people in the U.S. and its investment here is currently valued at more than $18 billion. For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyota.com,
www.lexus.com, www.scion.com or www.toyotanewsroom.com.

TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development)

Powering all of Toyota’s American racing programs is TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development) in Costa Mesa, Calif., and Salisbury, N.C. A subsidiary of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., TRD serves as the North American racing arm for design, development and assembly of Toyota’s factory
racing engines.

- Toyota Motorsports Press Release

No. 66 5-Hour Energy® Toyota Camry (Steve Wallace) - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen / Getty Images for NASCAR

This Week’s 5 Hour Energy Toyota … Steve Wallace will pilot Rusty Wallace Racing chassis RWR-064 in Saturday afternoon’s OneMain Financial 200. Built new for the 2011 season, this Toyota Camry debuted at Texas Motor Speedway in May, where Wallace finished 17th. The Greensboro, N.C. native has since used this car to record finishes of 16th at Dover International Speedway in May, 21st and 11th, respectively, at Kentucky Speedway Nashville Superspeedway in July. In its last two outings, this chassis finished eighth at Iowa Speedway in August, and 13th at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Through 28 Races … With 28 races of the 2011 season in the record books, Wallace has accumulated two top-five, five top 10 and 14 top-15 finishes, an average starting position of 13.3 and an average finish of 15.8. Wallace has completed 98 percent of the laps contested (5,095 of 5,197) thus far.

Get to the Points … Wallace continues to maintain the eighth position in the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver point standings. With six races remaining in the 2011 season, Wallace trails seventh-place driver Kenny Wallace by 22 markers, and holds a 13-point cushion over ninth-place contender Brian Scott.

Testing, Testing … The No. 66 team spent Monday, Sept. 26 and Tuesday, Sept. 27 at Toyota Racing Development’s Salisbury, N.C. engineering center, testing new parts and pieces on their simulators and compliance rigs.

Wallace at Dover … In 11 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at Dover International Speedway, Wallace has recorded four top-15 finishes. His best finish at the one-mile oval is 11th, where he finished in May 2008.

Loop Data Says … Wallace’s 177 green-flag passes rank him eighth-best among the 82 drivers who have competed at the “Monster Mile” over the last six years. His 973 laps spent racing inside the top 15 rank him 12th-best among 54 drivers that qualified under the same criteria.

Welcome Aboard … 5-Hour Energy Racing welcomes Giant as a partner for this weekend’s race at Dover International Speedway. Giant branding will adorn the TV panel of Wallace’s No. 66 Toyota in Saturday afternoon’s race.

Last Time Out … Wallace was plagued with handling issues for most of the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway when the Nationwide Series last competed two weeks ago, but his Doug Randolph-led 5-Hour Energy team’s never-quit attitude afforded the 24-year-old driver an 18th-place finish.

Rusty Wallace Racing at Dover … Rusty Wallace Racing has earned five top-five and eight top-10 finishes in 31 combined starts at Dover International Speedway. Rusty Wallace Racing entries have led 58 laps of competition and have completed 5,808 of the 6,255 (92.9 percent) laps contested in those events.

Rusty Wallace Racing in 2011 … With 28 of 34 races completed thus far in the 2011 season, Rusty Wallace Racing’s three NASCAR Nationwide Series entries have recorded a combined three top-five, 12 top 10 and 29 top-15 finishes. Rusty Wallace Racing Toyotas have completed 11,227 of 11,619 laps attempted, and have been atop the leaderboard for 19 laps with drivers Michael Annett, Jason Bowles, David Reutimann and Steve Wallace.

The Battle For Best in Class … Rusty Wallace Racing’s 14th-place position in the NASCAR Nationwide Series owner point standings is second-best among full-time, non-cup affiliated teams. Wallace’s No. 66 entry trails RAB Racing, currently ranked 13th, by 22 points.

Steve Wallace - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR

“I always look forward to racing at Dover. It’s an extremely fast track, it feels like you’re literally flying off into the corners. It’s an extremely narrow track, and you get a little bit of tunnel vision as the race goes on. We’ve ran well at Dover, but don’t have the finishes to really show for it, but we’ll try to get that fixed this weekend.” – Steve Wallace on racing at Dover International Speedway

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About Rusty Wallace Racing, LLC

North Carolina-based Rusty Wallace Racing (RWR) is a professional auto racing team steeped in the legendary racing history of its founder, Rusty Wallace. The team currently campaigns the No. 66 and No. 62 Toyota Camrys-driven by Steve Wallace and Michael Annett, respectively-in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. RWR will also campaign the No. 64 Camry in select 2011 events. RWR entries have finished among the top-ten in the Nationwide Series driver or owner standings in each of the last three seasons. For more on Rusty Wallace Racing, please visit the award-winning rustywallace.com.

- Rusty Wallace Racing Press Release

Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM)

RACE: Atlanta 200

TRACK: Atlanta Motor Speedway

TRUCK: No. 15 Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra

TEAM: Kyle Busch Motorsports

PRIMARY CHASSIS: KBM-3

BACKUP CHASSIS: KBM-5

MOTORS: Triad Racing Technologies

BROADCAST: Friday, September 2; 8:00 p.m. ET SPEED, MRN 7:45 p.m., Sirius NASCAR 90

Josh Richards

- Josh Richards will make his debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) on Friday piloting the No. 15 Joy Mining Machinery Toyota Tundra fielded by Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) This will be his fifth race in the series and first time to race at the 1.54 mile quad oval.

KBM at Atlanta Motor Speedway

- In 2010 owner-driver Kyle Busch started second and finished second in the NCWTS race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Driver Josh Richards on racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway:

- “I’m excited about going to Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday. I’ve heard a lot about it from (crew chief) Rick Ren and I know it’s going to be a challenge. I’ve heard it’s a fast track and I look forward to getting out there, but I know I’ll have a lot to learn once we start practice on Friday.”

Crew Chief Rick Ren

“Atlanta’s going to be a little bit of a challenge. It will be a bit bigger test than Indy or Bristol, it can be forgiving but you have to be aggressive at Atlanta, it has very high-speed corners. It will probably be the most challenging place we’ve gone to with Josh, Kentucky was a handful for his first race, but Atlanta is tough, fighting your way around there will be a little bit difficult. We’ve had a lot of experiences there and won some races, we’ll be able to discuss that with him and get everything lined up there. This will be the test to see how much he’s improved over the last couple of races.”

CHASSIS SELECTION

Primary Chassis: KBM-3: Chassis 3 was the Toyota Tundra Josh raced at Kentucky Speedway in July. Prior to that, Kimi Raikkonen drove it in his NCWTS debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May. Raikkonen qualified 31st, but made his way as high as fifth before coming home with a 15th place finish in his first ever start in the series.

ABOUT JOY MINING MACHINERY

Joy Mining Machinery has over 90 years of experience as a global leader in the development, manufacture, distribution and service of underground mining machinery for the extraction of coal and other bedded materials. Headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, Joy Mining Machinery employs over 8,000 employees worldwide. For additional information, visit www.joy.com.

ABOUT KBM

Kyle Busch Motorsports has quickly established itself as one of the most successful teams in all of NASCAR. The reigning Camping World Truck Series owners’ champions prepare a fleet of race-winning Toyotas out of a 77,000-square-foot facility in Mooresville, N.C. Pending LEED certification, the facility’s state-of-the art equipment and innovative green initiatives make it unmatched among its peers. Fans can stay up-to-date with all the latest KBM news online at kylebuschmotorsports.com, by liking the team on Facebook (KyleBuschMS) and following the team on twitter (@KyleBuschMS).

For more information on Josh Richards and Joy Racing visit joyracing.net or follow on Twitter @joyracing.

- Rising Star Management Group Press Release

Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM)

TRACK: Michigan International Speedway (2 miles, D-Shaped oval)

PRIMARY SPONSOR: Traxxas

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS: Dollar General, DuPont, Flexco, M&M’s

MANUFACTURER: Toyota

PRIMARY CHASSIS: KBM-8

BACKUP CHASSIS: KBM-4

MOTORS: Triad Racing Technologies

BROADCAST: Saturday, Aug. 20 – 12:30 p.m. ET SPEED/MRN/Sirius XM NASCAR 90

KYLE BUSCH AND TRAXXAS “STRIVE FOR FIVE” AT MIS

Traxxas, the leading manufacturer of hobby-class radio-controlled (R/C) vehicles, returns as the primary sponsor of Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Tundra for the VFW 200 Saturday at Michigan International Speedway, the second of three races the Plano, Texas-based company will sponsor in 2011. Busch, an R/C enthusiast, will be looking to make it a perfect five-for-five in races which Traxxas’ logo adorns the hood of his Tundra. In 2010, the Las Vegas native collected wins behind the wheel of the No. 18 Traxxas Tundra at Chicagoland Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway and this May he kept perfection intact by winning the Lucas Oil 200 at Dover International Speedway. Fans can purchase an officially licensed and ready-to-race 1/16th scale brushless R/C replica of Busch’s No. 18 Traxxas Tundra online at www.traxxas.com.

KYLE BUSCH FINISHES IN THE TOP TWO IN 50% OF THE NCWTS RACES HE ENTERS

Kyle Busch has finished first or second in exactly half of his 94 career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) starts. Busch’s runner-up finish last weekend at Pocono Raceway was the 18th of his career to go along with 29 victories. The 26-year-old has helped the defending NCWTS owners’ champions take their place back atop this year’s standings by registering five wins (Phoenix, Nashville, Dover, Charlotte and Kentucky) and two runner-up finishes (Martinsville and Pocono) in nine starts. He has finished in the top 10 in each of his last 21 NCWTS starts, collecting 12 wins and five runner-up finishes while registering an average finish of 2.05 during the streak.

KYLE BUSCH NCWTS @ MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

*NCWTS career leader in laps led (142) and tied with Mike Skinner for most career top-five finishes (4)

*Ranks first in fastest laps run (62) over the last six NCWTS races and second in average running position (4.76)

*Captured the pole for the 2005 NCWTS Paramount Health Insurance 200

* Won the 2004 NASCAR Nationwide Series Cabela’s 250

KYLE BUSCH 2011 NCWTS

*In just nine starts, has won a series-leading five races (Phoenix, Nashville, Dover, Charlotte, Kentucky) and registered a series-leading eight top-five finishes

*Ranks first among NCWTS drivers in driver rating (127.2), average finish (2.2), laps led (507), miles led (557.2), fastest laps run (225), fastest early in a run (3.66), fastest late in a run (3.33) and green flag speed (2.66)

*Has recorded top-10 finishes in each of the last 21 NCWTS races he has entered, collecting 12 wins, five runner-up finishes and an average finish of 2.05 during the streak

KYLE BUSCH MOTORSPORTS NO. 18 TOYOTA TUNDRA

*Leads the 2011 NCWTS Owner Point Standings by 27 points over KHI’s No. 2

*Aiming to become the first team to win back-to-back owners’ titles since 2003 (No. 16 Steve Coulter 2002 and 2003)

*Ranks first in the NCWTS in wins (6), top 5s (10), laps led (541) and fastest laps run (286)

*Crew chief Eric Phillips ranks first among active crew chiefs with 24 career NCWTS wins and General Manager Rick Ren’s 27 wins as a crew chief are the most in the history of the NCWTS

*In 2010 became the first team since the NCWTS originated in 1995 to win the owners’ championship in its inaugural season

KYLE BUSCH NCWTS CAREER

*Has won 30.9% of the NCWTS races he has entered and finished first or second in 50%

*100 All-Time Combined NASCAR National Series rank third all-time (Petty 200, Pearson 106)

*Ranks second in NCWTS history with 29 wins (Hornaday Jr. 48)

*Ranks fourth in NCWTS history in laps led (4,014), tied for sixth in poles (11) and 10th in top 5s (56)

*One of 10 drivers in NASCAR history to lead over 20,000 laps among the top-three series

*Reached 25th win in NCWTS faster than any driver in the history of NASCAR’s top three divisions, attaining the milestone in just his 87th career start

*Youngest driver (20 years, 18 days) in NCWTS history to win a race (Quaker Steak & Lube 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on 5/20/05)

*Has at least one NCWTS victory in each of the last seven seasons and multiple victories in each of the last five

*119.6 career driver rating entering the 2011 season is the highest accumulated by a NCWTS driver since the stat was introduced in 2005

*Average career finish of 6.9 ranks first among active drivers with 10 or more career starts in the NCWTS

Kyle Busch

“We’ve been to Victory Lane all four times that Traxxas has been onboard our Tundra — not many sponsors in this sport can say that they’re undefeated. Hopefully, we can make it a perfect five-for-five this weekend at Michigan. I grew up an R/C vehicle enthusiast and even worked in a hobby store as a teenager, so Traxxas is a sponsor I can really relate to. When I’m not involved in something related to my NASCAR racing, you can usually find me working on or racing my R/C vehicles. It has been a great partnership on and off the track. To have the leading manufacturer of hobby-class R/C cars produce a Kyle Busch edition of their award-winning slash model last year was quite an honor. And when they came out with an officially licensed replica of our No. 18 Tundra this year, I thought that was pretty cool.”

KYLE BUSCH ON MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

“It’s a fun place to race. It’s a wide racetrack and you can run from top to bottom, which makes it exciting for both the drivers and the fans. I’ve had good runs throughout my career in the truck series at Michigan, but haven’t been able to get a win. I think I’ve finished twice two or three times and we’ve led a bunch of laps, but for whatever reason didn’t get to Victory Lane. We’re looking to change that this weekend and keep our perfect record with Traxxas as the primary sponsor on our Tundra intact.”

ERIC PHILLIPS ON PRIMARY CHASSIS SELECTION

“We are bringing our newest Tundra, KBM-8, to Michigan. It was a brand new truck when Kyle won with it at Charlotte in May and it’s raced twice since then — Kyle ran it at Kansas and Josh Richards ran it at Nashville. Since the Nashville race, we’ve put a lot of time and effort into finding ways to improve this piece. We’ve been to the seven-post rig and the wind tunnel and feel like we’ve found a few things that have allowed us to be bringing a better Tundra to the track this weekend.”

ERIC PHILLIPS ON MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

“One of the biggest wins of my career was at Michigan when Travis Kvapil gave Toyota their first National Series win, so it’s a place that brings back good memories. It has long straightaways and which makes most crew chiefs worry about horsepower but to me, the corners are the key. The corners are also long, so the better your truck turns and the longer your driver can stay in the gas, the faster you’ll be. We’ve put a lot of effort in preparing for this race and we’re excited to get to the track and see our hard work pay off.”

- Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Release

Kyle Busch

Good Sam Emergency Road Service 125 Preview

TRACK:Pocono Raceway (2.5-mile tri-oval)
PRIMARY SPONSOR: CocoaVia™
ASSOCIATE SPONSORS: Toyota of Scranton, Dollar General, Flexco
MANUFACTURER: Toyota
PRIMARY CHASSIS: KBM-4
BACKUP CHASSIS: X-128
MOTORS: Triad Racing Technologies
BROADCAST: Saturday, August 6 – 1:00 p.m. ET SPEED/MRN/Sirius XM NASCAR 90

KBM BRINGING TOP TUNDRA TO THE “TRICKY TRIANGLE”

Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) is bringing its top Tundra to the “Tricky Triangle” for Saturday’s Good Sam Emergency Road Service 125. Chassis KBM-4 has been to victory lane seven times in ten starts, including six times in eight starts with Kyle Busch behind the wheel. Kasey Kahne drove the same chassis to a runner-up finish in last year’s inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at the 2.5-mile tri-oval and this year Kahne became first driver other than Busch to win a race for KBM when he drove the Tundra to a victory at Darlington Raceway. Busch is two-for-two driving KBM-4 this season, winning in his last series start at Kentucky Speedway on July 7 as well as the April Nashville race.

CocoaVia™, cocoa extract dietary supplements made by Mars Botanical™, will be the primary sponsor on Busch’s Tundra for Saturday’s 50-lap race. Located just 30 miles from Pocono Raceway, Toyota of Scranton — one of Pennsylvania’s newest Toyota showrooms — returns as an associate sponsor of the No. 18 at their hometown track.

KYLE BUSCH @ POCONO RACEWAY

- Despite qualifying 34th, finished third in the 2011 5-Hour Energy 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race (NSCS) (6/12/11)

- Captured the pole, led 32 laps and finished second in the 2010 Gillette Fusion Pro Glide 500 NSCS race (6/6/10)

- Has registered three top-five and four top-10 finishes in 13 career NSCS starts

- In lone ARCA Racing Series start, captured the pole for the 2003 Pennsylvania 200 and led 33 laps before an incident on lap 56 relegated him to a 25th-place finish (7/20/03)

KYLE BUSCH 2011 NCWTS

- Ranks first in the NCWTS in wins (6), driver rating (128.4), average finish (2.3), laps led (507), miles led (557.2), fastest laps run (222), fastest early in run (3.37), fastest late in run (3.63), green flag speed (2.75) and is tied with Ron Hornaday Jr. for most top 5s (7)
Has won five races (Phoenix, Nashville, Dover, Charlotte, Kentucky) in eight starts, including four of the last five he has entered, and registered eight top-five finishes.

- Has recorded top-10 finishes in each of the last 20 NCWTS races he has entered, collecting 12 wins, four runner-up finishes and has an average finish of 2.05 over that span

KYLE BUSCH MOTORSPORTS NO. 18 TOYOTA TUNDRA

- Leads the 2011 NCWTS Owner Point Standings by 33 points over KHI’s No. 2

- Aiming to become the first team to win back-to-back owners’ titles since 2003 (No. 16 Steve Coulter 2002 and 2003)

- Ranks first in the NCWTS in wins (6), top 5s (9), laps led (541) and fastest laps run (283)

- Kasey Kahne started second, led 17 laps, and finished second in the 2010 Pocono Mountains 125 at Pocono Raceway

- Crew chief Eric Phillips ranks first among active crew chiefs with 24 career NCWTS wins and General Manager Rick Ren’s 27 wins as a crew chief are the most in the history of the NCWTS

- In 2010 became the first team since the NCWTS originated in 1995 to win the owners’ championship in its inaugural season

KYLE BUSCH NCWTS CAREER

- Has won 31.1% of the NCWTS races he has entered and finished first or second in 49.5%

- 100 All-Time Combined NASCAR National Series rank third all-time (Petty 200, Pearson 106)

- Ranks second in NCWTS history with 29 wins (Hornaday Jr. 48)

- Ranks eighth in NCWTS history in poles (11), 11th in top 5s (55) and 15th in top 10s (73)

- One of 10 drivers in NASCAR history to lead over 20,000 laps among the top-three series

- Reached 25th win in NCWTS faster than any driver in the history of NASCAR’s top three divisions, attaining the milestone in just his 87th career start

- Youngest driver (20 years, 18 days) in NCWTS history to win a race (Quaker Steak & Lube 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on 5/20/05)

- Has at least one NCWTS victory in each of the last seven seasons and multiple victories in each of the last five

- 119.6 career driver rating entering the 2011 season is the highest accumulated by a NCWTS driver since the stat was introduced in 2005
Average career finish of 7.0 ranks first among active drivers with 10 or more career starts

KYLE BUSCH ON MAKING HIS FIRST TRUCK SERIES START AT POCONO

“Mars has been a big supporter of mine — not only on the Cup side at Joe Gibbs Racing, but here on our trucks at KBM as well — and this weekend I’m excited to have one of their newest brands, CocoaVia, on my No. 18 Tundra. I didn’t run the truck race at Pocono last year, but I did participate in a Goodyear tire test and learned quite a bit. Kasey (Kahne) did a real nice job for us in the race last year and just missed out on the win. We’re bringing the same truck that he drove last year, so I expect that Eric and all the guys at KBM will provide me with a fast CocoaVia Tundra right off the hauler. Being fast from the time you unload is especially important this weekend because we only have one practice session. You don’t really have time to make any major adjustments during practice and with the race only being 50 laps you’re probably only going to make one pit stop — so you’ve only got one shot to make your truck better for the end of the race. I’ve had a lot better results in the M&M’s Camry the last couple years at Pocono and I’m really looking forward to making my first start there in the trucks Saturday.”

KYLE BUSCH BREAKS DOWN THE “TRICKY TRIANGLE”

“The hardest part of the track, for me, is probably turn one, and then turn two is the second-hardest, and then turn three is the third-hardest. Turn three, last year in the Cup cars, because of the patch they laid down, we couldn’t go down low and get underneath somebody and get a run on them because, when you come off the corner, you’re 8 to 10 mph slower than the guy on your outside, and they’re just going to blow right by you going down the straightaway.”

ERIC PHILLIPS ON HOW EXPERIENCE CAN HELP OVERCOME A LACK OF NOTES

“Last year was the first time the trucks raced at Pocono, so we don’t have a binder full of notes to work off like we do at most tracks. Between Rick (Ren) and I, we have a lot of experience in this series and I think that helps in a situation like this weekend because if you need to change something, you need to make an educated decision and get the truck dialed in rather quickly. Having an experienced driver like Kyle, who has ran a lot of races at Pocono in the Cup cars, providing qualify feedback helps as well. We participated in the tire test last year with Kyle driving and I think we learned a lot from the tire test as a team and it seems like Kyle learned something as well because he’s had better results in his Cup car since that test.”

- Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Release

Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM)

TRACK: Iowa Speedway

PRIMARY SPONSOR: Toyota

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS: Dollar General, Flexco, M&M’s

PRIMARY CHASSIS: KBM-7

BACKUP CHASSIS: KBM-6

MOTORS: Triad Racing Technologies

BROADCAST: Saturday, July 16 – 8:00 p.m. ET SPEED/MRN/Sirius NASCAR 90

ICKLER A SEASONED VETERAN AT IOWA SPEEDWAY

Brian Ickler, set to make his second start of 2011 in Kyle Busch Motorsports’ (KBM) No. 18 Tundra, is a seasoned veteran when it comes to racing at Iowa Speedway. Saturday’s Coca-Cola 200 will be Ickler’s ninth career start at the 7/8-mile tri-oval. His resume includes two previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) starts, two each in the K&N Pro Series East and West, one in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) and one in the ARCA Racing Series. The 25-year-old won the 2008 U.S. Cellular 200 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race and has collected five career top-10 finishes at the asphalt track. The California native has already visited Iowa Speedway once this season, practicing the No. 60 NNS car that Carl Edwards finished second with in the Iowa John Deere Dealers 250.

KBM NO. 18 TUNDRA ENTERS COCA-COLA 200 WITH 20 CONSECUTIVE TOP-10 FINISHES

Kyle Busch’s win last Thursday at Kentucky Speedway was the 20th consecutive top-10 finish for KBM’s No. 18 Tundra. Over the last 20 races, the team has made 12 trips to victory lane, registered three second-place finishes and recorded a remarkable average finish of 2.35. The No. 18 Tundra has completed all 3,184 laps during those races and has not finished lower than seventh in any race.

BRIAN ICKLER @ IOWA SPEEDWAY

· Won the 2008 U.S. Cellular 200 K&N Pro Series East race and finished second to Kyle Busch in the 2009 Long John Silver’s 200 K&N Pro Series East Race

· Started fourth in the 2010 NCWTS Lucas Oil 200 and ran second for 60 laps before being involved in an accident on lap 80 that put him two laps down — fought back to earn a lead-lap 13th-place finish (7/10/2010)

· Started seventh and finished 18th in the 2009 NCWTS Lucas Oil 200 (9/5/09)

· Started 29th and had worked his way up to sixth when was involved in an accident on lap 167 that relegated him to a 32nd-place finish in the 2009 NNS U.S. Cellular 250 (8/1/09)

· Started sixth and finished fifth in the 2009 ARCA Racing Series Prairie Meadows 200 (7/11/09)

· Registered one top-ten finish in two career K&N Pro Series West races (2007 & 2009)

BRIAN ICKLER CAREER

· In 19 career NCWTS starts has one pole (6/13/09 @ Michigan International Speedway), five top 5′s and nine top 10′s (2009-2011)

· One top-10 finish in eight career NNS starts (2008-2010)

· Captured two pole awards and registered four top-five finishes in seven ARCA Racing Series starts in 2009

· Has four career NASCAR K&N Pro Series East wins (Iowa Speedway, Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Mansfield Motorsports Park, South Boston Speedway) including three in 13 starts in 2008

· In 2007 registered a K&N Pro Series West-leading three wins (Douglas County Speedway, Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Evergreen Speedway) in 13 starts

· Named 2004 Southern California Off-Road Enthusiasts (SCORE) Rookie of the Year after clinching the A-Class championship with five wins, including the prestigious Baja 1000

KYLE BUSCH MOTORSPORTS NO. 18 TOYOTA TUNDRA

· Leads the 2011 NCWTS Owner Point Standings by 56 points over KHI’s No. 2

· Aiming to become the first team to win back-to-back owners’ titles since 2003 (No. 16 Steve Coulter 2002 and 2003)

· Ranks first in the NCWTS in wins (6), top 5s (9), laps led (602) and fastest laps run (281)

· Has registered 20 consecutive top-10 finishes including 12 wins and three runner-up finishes

· Only team in NCWTS to have completed all 1,134 laps this season

· In 2010 became the first team since the NCWTS originated in 1995 to win the owners’ championship in its inaugural season

Brian Ickler – Photo Credit: Sam Greenwood / Getty Images for NASCAR

“Iowa Speedway is a very unique track; they did a great job designing it. It definitely has a short track feel, but it is round and big and you have to stay on the throttle to keep your momentum going — like you do on the mile-and-a-half tracks. The track has changed since the first time I raced there in 2007; the bump in turns 1 and 2 is getting worse and you have to be really good to get through there.”

BRIAN ICKLER ON EXPECTATIONS FOR COCA-COLA 200

“I’ve raced at Iowa several times and have a win there in the East Series. I have a good feel for what I need to go fast and have been very competitive no matter what series I’ve raced there. A little over a month ago, I was able to practice Carl Edward’s Nationwide car. I’ve been on the track already this year and that track time should help this weekend. We had a fast truck last year but got caught up in an accident and didn’t end up with the result we were capable of. I’m confident that Eric (Phillips) and the guys will provide me with a fast Toyota Tundra again this year. If we can avoid trouble, I think you’ll see us running up front and be in the mix at the end of the race.”

ERIC PHILLIPS ON PRIMARY TRUCK SELECTION

“This will be our third race with KBM-7. It was a brand new truck in February when we won at Phoenix and we also finished second with it at Martinsville. Iowa has a lot more banking then those two tracks, so our setup for this weekend is quite a bit different. We ran well last year with Brian at Iowa and two years ago I ran well there with Mike Skinner. I think we’ll have a good truck and we’re looking forward to having a strong finish with Brian.”

ERIC PHILLIPS ON BRIAN’S COMFORT LEVEL AT IOWA

“You definitely can tell that Brian is very comfortable at Iowa. Last year at the beginning of practice, we were a little bit off the pace and he knew exactly what he needed to make the truck go faster. We made a few changes and quickly got to where we needed to be. In comparison, at Texas a few weeks ago it took us a lot longer to get the truck where he wanted it because he didn’t have a lot of track time and wasn’t able to provide us with the same type of quality feedback.”

- Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Release

No. 18 Dollar General Toyota Tundra

RACE: UNOH 225

TRACK: Kentucky Speedway

PRIMARY SPONSOR: Dollar General

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS: Toyota, Flexco, M&M’s

PRIMARY CHASSIS: KBM-4

BACKUP CHASSIS: X-128

MOTORS: Triad Racing Technologies

BROADCAST: Thursday, July 7 – 8:00 p.m. ET SPEED/MRN/Sirius XM NASCAR 90

KYLE BUSCH HOPING TO INTRODUCE KENTUCKY FANS TO HIS VERSION OF THE TRIFECTA

With legendary Churchill Downs located just over an hour away, many fans attending NASCAR races at Kentucky Speedway are probably familiar with the term trifecta. Kyle Busch is hoping to introduce those fans to his version of the trifecta — the version which doesn’t include any second or third-place finishes. The 26-year old, who last August at Bristol Motor Speedway became the first driver to win races in NASCAR’s top three divisions in the same weekend, will begin his try at the Kentucky Speedway trifecta driving the No. 18 Dollar General Toyota in Thursday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series UNOH 225. The Las Vegas native, who figures to be one of the favorites in all three races this weekend, has visited victory lane at the 1.5-mile paved oval twice in his career, winning the ARCA Racing Series Channel 5 205 in 2004 and the NASCAR Nationwide Series Meijer 250 in 2005.

6-YEAR-OLD BRADLEY BUMPAS “RIDING SHOTGUN WITH KYLE BUSCH MOTORSPORTS”

6-year-old Bradley Bumpas from Elizabethtown, Ky. was recently selected as the winner of the “Riding Shotgun with Kyle Busch Motorsports” essay contest for Kentucky Speedway. Bumpas’ essay was chosen among submissions from children age 5-12 that live in areas surrounding Kentucky Speedway. The youngster’s name and picture will adorn the area above the passenger side window of Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Dollar General Toyota for Thursday’s UNOH 225.

KYLE BUSCH @ KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY

* Led a race-high 73 laps and finished fourth in the 2010 NCWTS Built Ford Tough 225 (9/3/10)

* Started second, led 43 laps and finished sixth in the 2008 NCWTS Built Ford Tough 225 (7/19/08)

* Ranks first among NCWTS drivers over the last six races at Kentucky Speedway with a Driver Rating of 119.7 and 38.7% laps led

* Ranks first among drivers entered in the UNOH 225 in career laps led (116) and fastest laps (65)

* In his first NASCAR Nationwide Series start at Kentucky Speedway, led the final three laps of the 2004 Meijer 300 en route to victory (6/19/04)

* Won the 2003 Channel 5 205 ARCA Racing Series race and led 91 of the 137 laps

KYLE BUSCH 2011 NCWTS

* Ranks first in the NCWTS in driver rating (128.3), average finish (2.4), laps led (446), miles led (465.78), percent of laps led (38.6), fastest laps run (211), average running position (5.1), fastest early in run (3.2), fastest late in run (3.4), fastest on restarts (3.8), green flag speed (2.5) and speed in traffic (3.5)

* Has won four races in seven starts and registered six top-five finishes

* Had a three-race winning streak snapped when he finished sixth in the O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas (Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dover International Speedway and Nashville Superspeedway)

* Has recorded top-10 finishes in each of the last 19 NCWTS races he has entered, collecting 11 wins, four runner-up finishes and an average finish of 2.1 over that span

KYLE BUSCH MOTORSPORTS NO. 18 TOYOTA TUNDRA

* Leads the 2011 NCWTS Owner Point Standings by 47 points over KHI’s No. 2

* Aiming to become the first team to win back-to-back owners’ titles since 2003 (No. 16 Steve Coulter 2002 and 2003)

* Ranks first in the NCWTS in wins (5), top 5s (8), laps led (541) and fastest laps run (268)

* Has registered 19 consecutive top-10 finishes including 11 wins and three runner-up finishes

* Only team in NCWTS to have completed all 1,134 laps this season

* In 2010 became the first team since the NCWTS originated in 1995 to win the owners’ championship in its inaugural season

KYLE BUSCH NCWTS CAREER

* Has won 30.4% of the NCWTS races he has entered and finished first or second in 48.9%

* Tied with Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip for third in All-Time Combined National Series with 97

* Tied with Mike Skinner and Jack Sprague for second in NCWTS history with 28 wins

* Tied for seventh in NCWTS history in poles (11), 11th in top 5s (54) and 15th in top 10s (72)

* One of 10 drivers in NASCAR history to lead over 20,000 laps among the top-three series

* Reached 25th win in NCWTS faster than any driver in the history of NASCAR’s top three divisions, attaining the milestone in just his 87th career series start

* Youngest driver (20 years, 18 days) in NCWTS history to win a race (Quaker Steak & Lube 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on 5/20/05)

* Has at least one NCWTS victory in each of the last seven seasons and multiple victories in each of the last five

* 119.6 career driver rating entering the 2011 season is the highest accumulated by a NCWTS driver since the stat was introduced in 2005

* Average career finish of 7.1 ranks first among active drivers with 10 or more career starts

Kyle Busch

“Any time that NASCAR has a tripleheader at the same truck, you know that I have my eyes on winning all three races. With the Sprint Cup Series racing at Kentucky for the first time, it gives me another shot at a trifecta. I’ve had some success at Kentucky in the past — I’ve won in both the ARCA and Nationwide Series. Last year the Dollar General Tundra was the dominant truck for most of the night until the race was decided by fuel strategy. I think we’ll have a good shot at getting the weekend started with a win in the truck and been one of the contenders in both the Nationwide race on Friday and the Cup race Saturday. It should be a great atmosphere, they have had great crowds for the truck and Nationwide Series races in the past and the Cup race is already a sellout. Hopefully, we can make it a memorable weekend!”

KYLE BUSCH ON RACING AT KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY

“I couldn’t expect anything but some good, hard racing. Kentucky is a fast race track. There’s a lot of sweeping corners there so you’ve really got to keep your momentum going and it’s a big momentum-type race track. There’s a lot of throttle on time there. You carry a lot of good speed, but yet the place is really wide so you’ve got room for maneuverability. You can run the bottom. It seemed like you can run the middle. I don’t know how great the top will be, but we’ll have to see once we get there and what kind of tire we’re on.”

ERIC PHILLIPS ON WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AT KBM SINCE LAST RACE

“Despite not racing in three weeks, it’s been pretty busy at KBM. We were able to get to the wind tunnel a couple times and worked on a few things to try and make our trucks better. We also went to The Milwaukee Mile for a two-day test with Josh Richards. Josh got to make some laps in a truck and I think it went very well. It should definitely help prepare him for his debut in the No. 15 Tundra at Kentucky and we’re looking forward to his debut in our No. 18 Tundra at Nashville.

ERIC PHILLIPS ON PRIMARY TRUCK SELECTION

“Our primary truck for this weekend will be KBM-4. It’s raced nine times and has won six races including Darlington and Nashville this year. Brian Ickler finished fourth with it at Texas. The truck came home from Texas with a little cosmetic damage, so we fixed it up and took it in the wind tunnel last week.”

- Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Release

RACE: N.C. Education Lottery 200

TRACK: Charlotte Motor Speedway

PRIMARY SPONSOR: NOS Energy Charged Citrus

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS: Toyota, Flexco, M&M’s, Dollar General

PRIMARY CHASSIS: KBM-8

BACKUP CHASSIS: KBM-4

MOTORS: Triad Racing Technologies

BROADCAST: Friday, May 20 – 8:00 p.m. ET SPEED/MRN/Sirius NASCAR 90

KYLE BUSCH AND KBM CONTINUE TO LEAD THE CHARGE HEADING TO CHARLOTTE

Defending N.C. Education Lottery 200 winner Kyle Busch will be looking for his third consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) victory and fourth of the 2011 season Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 18 NOS Energy Charged Citrus Toyota has led more than half of the laps in each of last two truck series races this season en route to victories at Nashville Superspeedway and Dover International Speedway.

Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) drivers have won four of the six NCWTS races this season and lead the chase for the owners’ championship by 49 points. Including the last four races of 2010, the driver of the KBM Toyota has driven into victory lane seven times in the last 10 races.

KBM AND SPEEDWAY CHILDREN’S CHARITIES TO HONOR ZAHRA BAKER

KBM and Speedway Children’s Charities will pay remembrance to Zahra Baker, the 10-year-old from Hickory, N.C. that was tragically murdered last September, during Friday’s race. Zahra’s name and picture will adorn the area above the passenger side window of Kyle Busch’s No. 18 Toyota and Charlotte Motor Speedway will observe a moment of silence in her honor before the start of the race. One of the last times that Zahra was seen in public was at the Starkey Hearing Foundation “Get in Gear to Help Children Hear” event hosted by Speedway Children’s Charities at Charlotte Motor Speedway last May. She was one of 75 underprivileged children and adults throughout the Carolinas that were given the gift of hearing at the event.

KYLE BUSCH NCWTS @ CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY

* Captured the pole and led a race-high 69 laps en route to victory in last year’s N.C. Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (5/21/10)

* Career leader in NCWTS races at CMS in wins (3), laps led (328) and is tied with Ron Hornaday Jr. for most top-5 finishes (4)

* Has captured the pole for each of the last three NCWTS races @ CMS

* Ranks first among NCWTS drivers over the last six races at CMS in driver rating (129.3), average finish (4.0), laps led (328) and green flag passes (215)

KYLE BUSCH 2011 NCWTS

* Ranks first in the NCWTS in driver rating (133.1), average finish (2.0), laps led (439), fastest laps run (199), and average running position (4.7)

* Enters this weekend on heels of back-to-back NCWTS victories; Dover International Speedway (5/13/11) and Nashville Superspeedway (4/22/11)

* Led the final 107 laps of the Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix International Raceway en route to first victory of 2011 season (2/25/11)

* In the four races he has entered since Daytona, has led 442 of the 750 combined laps (59%)

* Has recorded top-five finishes in each of the last 11 NCWTS he has entered, including six wins and three runner-up finishes

KYLE BUSCH MOTORSPORTS NO. 18 TOYOTA TUNDRA

* Lead the 2011 NCWTS Owner Point Standings by 49 points over the ThorSport’s No. 88

* Aiming to become the first team to win back-to-back owners’ titles since 2003 (No. 16 Steve Coulter 2002 and 2003)

* Rank first in the NCWTS in wins (4), top 5′s (6), laps led (534) and fastest laps run (256)

* Only team in NCWTS to finish in the top 5 in all six races this season

* Have registered 11 consecutive top-five and 16 consecutive top-10 finishes; including ten wins and three runner-up finishes

* In 2010 became the first team since the NCWTS originated in 1995 to win the owners’ championship in its inaugural season

KYLE BUSCH NCWTS CAREER

* Has won 30% of the NCWTS races he has entered and finished first or second in 48.8%

* One of 10 drivers in NASCAR history to lead over 20,000 laps among the top-three series

* Reached 25th win in NCWTS faster than any driver in the history of NASCAR’s top three divisions, attaining the milestone in just his 87th career series start

* Youngest driver (20 years, 18 days) in NCWTS history to win a race (Quaker Steak & Lube 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on 5/20/05)

* Has at least one NCWTS victory in each of the last seven seasons and multiple victories in each of the last five

* 119.6 career driver rating entering the 2011 season is the highest accumulated by a NCWTS driver since the stat was introduced in 2005

* Average career finish of 7.1 ranks first among active drivers with 10 or more career starts

* Ranks fourth in NCWTS history in wins (27), seventh in poles (11), ninth in top 5′s (53) and 15th in top 10′s (70)

* Tied with Mark Martin for fifth in All-Time Combined National Series Wins (96)

KYLE BUSCH EXCITED ABOUT RACING AT HIS FAVORITE TRACK

“Before I got started in NASCAR, I grew up watching what use to be The Winston and is now the All-Star race on television. That was always the most exciting race to watch and Charlotte quickly became my favorite track. Running under the lights is always a lot of fun. It’s a unique track. Turns one and two are far different from turns three and four and that seems to be a challenge for a lot of drivers. They don’t understand what it takes to be fast. I’ve been pretty successful in all three series. I’m looking forward to trying to get my first win in the All-Star race and trying to continue the tradition of winning in the truck and Nationwide Series car.”

KYLE BUSCH ON UNLOADING WITH A FAST TRUCK

“I think behind Rick and Eric’s leadership our guys do a really good job of preparing the trucks at the shop. They really pay attention to detail and put their best effort into building and maintaining quality Toyota Tundras. We unload with a fast truck and don’t have to spend practice searching for speed. When you can do that, it seems to make everything go a lot smoother.”

CREW CHIEF ERIC PHILLIPS ON PREPARING A NEW TOYOTA TUNDRA

“We’ll be racing a brand new Toyota Tundra Friday night, KBM-8. It was a tough decision not to bring KBM-4 which has six wins in eight races on the intermediate tracks, but if you keep racing the same stuff every weekend and you’re not trying to get better eventually that will catch up with you. This truck is similar to KBM-7 which was the new truck we won with at Phoenix in February. In building these new trucks, we really worked hard on making the trucks lighter and lowering the center of gravity height. We’re looking forward to getting Kyle’s feedback after practice on Friday and seeing how we did.”

- Kyle Busch Motorsports Press Release