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Caisse Returns To Camping World Series For All-Star Showdown

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 22, 2009) - A seven-time winner during three
years in the NASCAR Camping World Series, Sean Caisse will return to the
series to participate in the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, Jan. 29-30,
in Toyota Speedway at Irwindale (Calif.).

Originally from Pelham, N.H., Caisse was the Camping World Series East
championship runner-up in 2006 and 2007. In 39 career starts he compiled
24 top 10s with wins at seven different tracks. His 12 Coors Light Pole
Awards rank sixth in series history.

"I have a personal vendetta against that track," Caisse said of Toyota
Speedway at Irwindale. "I've had a lot of success out there, and it's a
pretty cool race to be in, but finishing second doesn't really do it for
me. I want to go out there and win the race. That's what my goal is."

Caisse is a three-time participant in the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown.
While he has recorded impressive runs in NASCAR's premier short-track
event, he's still looking for that elusive win.

"I've got a good feel for that race track, and I've been out there three
different times," Caisse said. "It's a driver's race track for sure, and
it takes a little time to get used to it, so there are certain things as a
driver I know going into it."

He earned the pole and led 34 laps in his debut in 2005, and finished as
the runner-up in 2006 after leading 15 laps. In 2007, he again earned the
pole and led the first 74 laps before getting taken out by a lapped car
that left him with a 36th place finish.

Caisse is a development driver for Richard Childress Racing, for which he
made two starts in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2009. He made one
Camping World Series East appearance this past season, a seventh place
finish at South Boston (Va.) Speedway in a Dave Davis Motorsports car.

The 23-year-old will drive the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Chevrolet for car
owner Ted Marsh in the 2010 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, with a new
engine provided by RCR.

The seventh running of the NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown, which brings
together the top racers from across North America for the "Daytona 500 of
short-track racing," will be highlighted by the 225-lap Camping World
Series all-star race. Each race winner during the 2009 Camping World
Series East and West seasons is eligible for a protected starting spot, as
are the 2009 champions from each of NASCAR's six regional touring series
and the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion.

Caisse joins a list of early commitments that include: Camping World
Series champions Ryan Truex (East) and Jason Bowles (West), two-time
Showdown winner Matt Kobyluck, Eric Holmes, Jim Inglebright, David Mayhew,
Eddie MacDonald, Steve Park and Greg Pursley.

In addition to eligible 2009 race winners and series champions, the
starting lineup will be determined through time trials, limited
provisionals for Camping World Series regulars, and the last-chance "Open"
race that provides drivers one final chance to make the grid.

The 2010 NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown schedule also includes 100-lap
Whelen All-American Series Super Late Model and 75-lap Late Model races.
Both nights of racing will air live on SPEED.

 

Last Updated on 12/24/09
By George Campbell or Greg Fish
Email: neracing@neracing.com