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Exide returns as marketing partner for Buescher; image added:

Turner Motorsports is pleased to announce the return of Exide Technologies as a marketing partner for the 2012 season. The Atlanta, Ga.-based company will adorn the hood of the #31 Chevrolet for a select number of races throughout the 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. Exide Technologies, with operations in more than 80 countries, is one of the world’s largest producers and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. James Buescher has three NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts at CMS with an average finish of 6.66. The 22-year-old driver had a solid run in 2010, starting on the outside pole and finishing inside the top-five, taking the checkered flag in the fourth spot. Buescher backed up that performance last year, running inside the top-five all night for a second consecutive fourth-place result. After capturing his first career NCWTS win three weeks ago at Kansas Speedway in dominating fashion, Buescher is now in the runner-up position in the championship point standings. The Texas native sits four points out of the lead with 18 events remaining on the 2012 schedule. [Image of the #31 Exide Batteries Chevrolet is posted on the #31 NCWTS paint schemes page.](Turner Motorsports PR)(5-14-2012)