Marks Wins Pole at Daytona

02/08/2008 — Daytona Beach, FL (February 8, 2008) - Justin Marks earned the SIM Factory Pole Award for Saturday's ARCA 200 at Daytona International Speedway. This kicks off two weeks of racing action for the Rocklin, Cal., native at Daytona. Next Friday night, February 15th, Marks will open his bid for Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driving the #9 Crocs/Construct Corps Tundra for Germain Racing. Circling the 2.5-mile speedway in 49.632 seconds for a speed of 181.334 mph in his Germain Racing prepared entry, Marks' time was good enough to eclipse the 49.637 second lap (181.316 mph) of series rookie and former Formula One driver Scott Speed, who starts on the outside front row in the No. 2 Red Bull Toyota. "I am really excited about returning to Daytona to race in the ARCA 200," said Marks. "It's the most important track in American racing and an awesome race. It's great to be given the opportunity to represent such a cool company like Voodoo Ride as well. They have a great product, a cool image and a very bright future in the market." "It's any racer's dream to sit on the pole at Daytona," said Marks. "The Germain Racing guys have worked so hard preparing for this event. I'm proud of all of their work and it showed today. The Voodoo Ride Camry is real good in the draft, and I'm excited about what tomorrow may bring. The biggest thing for us coming down here is that we wanted to start up front; we don't want to be deep in the pack on Saturday. It's a bonus to sit on the pole. "I think it's big for the team to sit on the pole. This race and Talladega, these are races that are won by the teams. This is big for all three Germain Racing teams. For me, we came down here to try to sit on the pole, and we came down here to try and win the race. Just to try and make this transition [from full time ARCA RE/MAX Series competitor in 2007 to full time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competitor in 2008] as easy as possible and as smooth as possible is very much what we want." The series will hold a final practice session from 5:10–6:15 PM before the garage area closes. The ARCA 200 at Daytona is LIVE on SPEED beginning at 4 PM EST on Saturday. For more information on Voodoo Ride, visit www.voodooride.com. For more information on Justin Marks, visit www.justinmarksracing.com. # # # Media Contact: Lori Smith, Germain Racing 704-799-4301 Direct, 704-651-0606 Mobile emaillasmith @yahoo . com

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