Homestead, FL — November 20, 2009

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER QUOTES FOR THE FORD 200 NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES RACE AT HOMESTEAD-MIAMI SPEEDWAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009

 
JOHNNY SAUTER IN THE No. 13 FUN SAND/RODNEY ADKINS/CURB RECORDS CHEVROLET CLINCHED 2009 RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR HONORS IN TONIGHT’S RACE AT HOMESTEAD
 
Sauter scored a ninth-place finish in tonight’s race, his third consecutive top-10 and 13th top-10 of the 2009 season.  He was the top Raybestos Rookie in 14 races this season.
 
Sauter scored his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (race No. 20) where he finished 2.474 seconds ahead of teammate Matt Crafton.  The victory came in his 31st career start.  Sauter also led the most laps in the event (64 of 146).
 
Sauter finished the season with two poles: Las Vegas and Phoenix (race No. 24).   He became the first Raybestos Rookie pole winner in 17 races at Phoenix and joined Bryan Reffner is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in 13 previous races at Las Vegas.  
 
DID YOU KNOW?  A Raybestos® Rookie has scored top-10 finishes in 20 of the 25 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season.
 
A Raybestos Rookie has scored top-10 finishes in the last two consecutive races at Homestead and in three of the last four dating back to 2006.  Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Homestead: 
1996:   Ron Barfield Jr., fourth
1996:   Bryan Reffner, fifth
1996:   Jay Sauter, eighth
1996:   Doug George, 10th
1997:   Kenny Irwin, FIRST
1998:   Greg Biffle, fourth
1998:   Scot Walters, 10th
1999:   Mike Stefanik, second
1999:   Scott Hansen, seventh
2000:   Kurt Busch, ninth
2001:   Travis Kvapil, second
2001:   Ricky Hendrick, fifth
2004:   David Reutimann, fourth
2005:   Todd Kluever, seventh
2006:   Erik Darnell, third
2008:   Brian Scott, second
2008:   Scott Speed, 10th
 
Raybestos® brand brake and chassis parts are produced by affiliated companies in Affinia’s Global Brake and Chassis Group, the leading manufacturer of braking systems and chassis parts in the transportation industry.  The brake line includes everything from brake drums to rotors, pads, shoes and hydraulic parts, while the chassis line features tie rods, ball points, idler arms and sway bar links.  Raybestos brand braking and chassis systems are also the only systems used by NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing in competition.  For more information about Raybestos brakes, visit Raybestos.com.  For more information on Raybestos Chassis visit RaybestosChassis.com
 
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