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Northeastern Supply will commemorate its 17th straight season of NASCAR sponsorship in 2010 by renewing its partnership with Braun Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and again with the #38 Great Clips Toyota race car.

Highly popular driver Jason Leffler will again carry the Northeastern Supply banner in an associate capacity on the #38 Braun Racing Camry but will do so in just 25 of the 35 scheduled Series races in the upcoming campaign. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standout Kasey Kahne has signed a contract to drive the Great Clips machine in the other 10 events with Leffler to pilot the #10 Braun Racing Toyota in these races to again make Jason eligible for the driver point’s title.

Driving one of the Nationwide Series’ most competitive race cars on an exclusive basis since 2007, Leffler has finished in the top ten in season-long driver points each time. Leffler finished a career-high third in the Championship hunt during the 2007 campaign and was fourth last year when he posted 20 top ten finishes in 35 starts that included eight top fives. He was a runner-up finisher twice and led laps in four races.

Leffler has also completed nearly 98% of all the laps Nationwide Series teams could run over the last four seasons and has earned one victory with that one coming at the O’Reilly Motorsports Park in Indianapolis during his productive 2007 season. Leffler is looking forward to getting back to Victory Lane and in continuing his relationship with Northeastern Supply in 2010.

“I have really enjoyed working with the Northeastern Supply folks and their customers over the last two seasons,” Leffler said. “I really appreciate the way the company has used its NASCAR sponsorship to entertain their customers and enhance their business relationships. I am privileged to have become such a big part of the marketing activity and look forward to doing it again this coming season,” he added.

Braun Racing made tremendous strides in 2009 and had contending cars in virtually every race, often boasting a trio of cars running regularly with the lead pack. Leffler sees the 2010 campaign as more of the same and possibly better.

“We’ve added some things last year as an organization that we really needed to become more competitive, and now that I have had a full season to work with (Crew Chief) Scott Zipadelli, I know we’ll be even better this coming year,” Leffler explained.

The two, most prominent races on the 2010 schedule for the Baltimore-based Northeastern Supply will again be the two scheduled events to be run at the Dover International Speedway in Dover, DE - the firm’s “home track”.

Leffler and Kahne will share the driving chores in the #38 Great Clips machine in the two Dover races which should provide some added zeal to the Northeastern Supply program and increase the interest.

“The relationship we have formed with Braun Racing over the last two seasons was by far the best we have encountered in all of our years of NASCAR support,” exclaimed Northeastern Supply president and CEO Steve Cook.

“Some of the Nationwide Series’ best race teams and drivers have provided a lot of excitement for our company, its employees and customers over the years and there doesn’t seem to be any drop-off in the way our customers have embraced our NASCAR activity and look forward to seeing what we’re going to do from one year to the next.

“2010 has the makings for possibly our most intriguing season yet and we are all excited to see it begin in a few weeks in Daytona,” Cook added.