With four wins this season, Jeff Gordon holds a one win lead over Stewart and Johnson for the year-end WIX Filters Lap Leader Award $75,000 prize and the series title.

In Busch Series competition, Brad Coleman claimed his second WIX Filters Lap Leader Award in 2007 by leading three times for 36 laps en route to a second place finish in the Meijer 300 last weekend at Kentucky Speedway.

“Winning the WIX award is a big accomplishment,” said Coleman, who is the only Raybestos® Rookie to earn the Lap Leader Award more than once this season. “I’m also happy because it’s my first top five.”

Mike Wallace leads the Busch Series WIX Filters Lap Leader Award point standings with four wins this season.

Mike Skinner, the recipient of the 2005 and 2006 WIX Filters Lap Leader Awards in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, led nine laps in the Michigan 200 at Michigan International Speedway last weekend to earn his fifth Lap Leader Award this season. The win extends his lead in the Lap Leader point standings to two over Ron Hornaday, Jr.

The WIX Filters Lap Leader Award is part of Affinia Group’s Motorsports program, which includes WIX Filters as the number one filter in NASCAR and an exclusive NASCAR Performance Product, the Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award and Raybestos® brand brakes as the Official Brakes of NASCAR.

The WIX Filters Lap Leader Award is presented to the driver who leads the most laps during each race in NASCAR’s NEXTEL Cup, Busch and Craftsman Truck racing series. The award includes a cash prize presented to the winning driver during a ceremony before the next race and an end-of-year payout and trophy for the driver who earns the most WIX Filters Lap Leader awards over the course of the entire season. Cash awards for the end-of-year honor are: $75,000 for the NEXTEL Cup Series; $20,000 for the Busch Series; and, $10,000 for the Craftsman Truck Series.

In order to be eligible for the WIX Filters Lap Leader Award for a single event, drivers and teams in each series must run the WIX Filters decal on the front fender and use WIX oil or air filters in their vehicles. Additionally, for any year-end payout, teams must run the decal on the front fender for every race they participate in, with an allowance for one race, and they must always use WIX oil or air filters.

Since 1939, WIX Filtration has been an innovator in filtration products. WIX designs, manufactures and distributes products for automotive, diesel, agricultural, industrial and specialty filter markets. Its product line includes oil, air, cabin interior, fuel, coolant, transmission and hydraulic filters for automobiles, trucks and off-road equipment. WIX is the number one filter in NASCAR and an exclusive NASCAR Performance Product. For more information, visit www.wixfilters.com.

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