Fontana, Calif. - The No. 00 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota Camry charged into 2010 with back-to-back top-15 finishes to start the season. Reutimann and crew were impressive in the early going of the Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif. as he carried momentum from his 11th-place qualifying effort from Friday afternoon. Reutimann raced as high as seventh on lap 38 before coming to pit road under green flag conditions. The No. 00 team removed a rubber from the right rear that caused Reutimann to report a tight-handling condition following the stop. The team struggled to return the car to winning form following the adjustment, but managed to continue a solid effort over the remainder of the race. Reutimann battled over the last 30 laps to move from 18th into the top-15.

"It's just disappointing," said Reutimann. "We started out OK in our Aaron's Dream Machine. For the better part of the day we were just okay. We made one adjustment there and the car just really, really didn't like it. That just got us behind a little bit. It just seemed like our car wouldn't get going on a restart. It was taking eight, 10, 12 laps for us to get going. A lot of the other guys were able to get out and get away from you. Overall I'd have to call today just a bit of a disappointment. I really felt like we were going to have a better car. We still have our Aaron's Dream Machine in one piece. Not a great finish, but an okay finish and now we'll go on to the next one."

The solid effort kept Reutimann in the top-10 in points, at 8th - 58 points behind the leader Kevin Harvick.

Notes:

• Started 11th and finished 15th
• Reutimann immediately moved into the top-10 as the race went green and was up to ninth by lap 7
• Lap 29, Reutimann reports minor damage to the right rear after a brush with the wall
• The minor damage caused the No. 00 to be "loose off"
• Reutimann came to pit road on lap 38 under green for four tires and fuel in seventh position
• The No. 00 was back in the top-10 by lap 42 and in ninth by lap 52
• Came to pit road under caution on lap 58 to repair right rear fender, four tires, fuel and removed a rubber out of the right rear restarted 18th on lap 61
• Caution flew again on lap 94 as Reutimann reported a tight handling condition and said the rubber needed to be replaced in the right rear. Reutimann restarted 20th on lap 98
• By lap 125 Reutimann was passing Joey Logano and Kyle Busch for 13th
• Lap 139, the No. 00 comes to pit road for two tires and minor chassis adjustments
• Reutimann brushed the wall again on lap 147, but reported no damage. He reported that the No. 00 would not run the bottom line.
• On lap 151 crew chief Rodney Childers reported rain in the forecast, but still about 50 miles out.
• On lap 167 the No. 1 car runs into the back of the No. 00 causing minor damage, but both cars continue
• Reutimann comes to pit road early under green on lap 180 for four tires and fuel - restarts 24th.
• Rain caused a caution on lap 197 as Reutimann was in 19th
• After a short rain delay the No. 00 restarts 16th and moved up to 11th by lap 206
• On lap 210 the No. 00 and the No. 12 start beating banging as they battle for 12th position
• Reutimann restarted 13th on lap 230, but struggled on the restart to fall to 18th, before working his way back up to 15th.