Sauter joins Greg Biffle as the only Raybestos Rookies to lead a lap at Phoenix. Biffle led once for 31 laps in the 1998 fall race.

Sauter posted a fifth-place finish in tonight’s race, his seventh top-five and 12th top-10 of the season.

In 22 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series superspeedway starts, Sauter has led four times for 118 laps, all during the 2009 season.

UNOFFICIALLY Sauter is fifth in the series championship standings, 84 points behind fourth-place Todd Bodine and 13 ahead of sixth-place Brian Scott.

SAUTER QUOTES: “It’s always cool to get the WIX money. Towards the end there we tried to adjust for it to get some more forward traction and ended up getting it tight in the center. It’s a fine line you walk here. We started loose, got tight and went back to being just a tick free. All in all it was a good night. We just kind of missed it a little bit. We definitely had a top-three truck I think. We’ve got some work to do and that’s why this is a team sport.”

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS

Ron Hornaday Jr. 15

Matt Crafton 2

Johnny Sauter 2

J R Fitzpatrick 1

Ryan Hackett 1

Jason White 1

Chris Jones 1

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE

EVENT/DRIVER

NextEra Energy Resources 250 J.R. Fitzpatrick, 17 laps

San Bernardino County 200 None Awarded

American Commercial Lines 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., three laps

Kroger 250 Ron Hornaday Jr., 16 laps

O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 Ron Hornaday Jr., 58 laps

North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 29 laps

AAA Insurance 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 12 laps

WinStar World Casino 400 Ron Hornaday Jr., 55 laps

Michigan 200 Ryan Hackett, three laps

Copart 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 180 laps

Memphis Travel.com 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 175 laps

Built For Tough 225 Ron Hornaday Jr., 29 laps

AAA Insurance 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 67 laps

Toyota Tundra 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 115 laps

O’Reilly 200 Jason White, 86 laps

EnjoyIllinois.com 225 Matt Crafton, 23 laps

Lucas Oil 200 Matt Crafton, 17 laps

Copart 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 116 laps

Heluva Good! 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 101 laps

Las Vegas 350 Johnny Sauter, 62 laps

Kroger 200 Ron Hornaday Jr., 54 laps

Mountain Dew 250 Chris Jones, three laps

WinStar World Casino 350 Ron Hornaday Jr., 36 laps

Lucas Oil 150 Johnny Sauter, 11 laps

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