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Lofton and Triad Win ARCA Championship

from arcaracing.com

ROCKINGHAM NC (10-11-09) - Justin Lofton and Triad captured the ARCA Re/Max Series championship Sunday at Rockingham Speedway following Lofton's third-place finish in the American 200. The championship was Triad Racing Technologies' first in the ARCA Series and comes on the heels of a season that saw the Toyota engine builder win 10 ARCA races, 9 pole positions and lead 49% of all laps run in the series.

Lofton won Sunday's showdown with title contender Parker Kligerman by a narrow 5 points after entering the race with a 25-point cushion. Kligerman did everything he needed to do to win the championship. The Westport, Connecticut rookie led the most laps and won Sunday's ARCA RE/MAX American 200 at Rockingham Speedway. However, it wasn't good enough to keep Justin Lofton from claiming the crown. Lofton, by virtue of his third place finish, secured the 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series driving championshi with a solid run from the back of the fireld to the front. It was the third-closest championship finish in series history.

"I really wanted to win this race," said Lofton, driver of the Eddie Sharp Racing Lofton Cattle Toyota. "It would have meant a lot to me to win this race but to be crowned the champion at the Rock means even more."

There were also some tense moments on the last lap when Lofton nearly wrecked after locking horns with Casey Roderick in turn one battling for second.

"I was getting greedy," added Lofton. "I was getting really greedy. I saw an opportunity and I thought my car was a little bit better than the 51 (Roderick). I got in there and I have to thank him for being as good of a driver as he is. He could have turned me."