2 billion eurosAREVAs backlog stood at 48

In victory lane, he was jittery as he thanked his team, the Thorsons, and his sponsors.This marks Sauter's fifth race in a row in which he's named the Raybestos Rookie of the Race. His win also marks the first rookie win since Scott Speed's victory at Dover last year in May.Matt Crafton finished second, did what he needed to do, led 10 laps, and picked up 20 points on Hornaday.Jason White finished third, used pit strategy a couple times, and finished in third, a career best for him.Todd Bodine finished fourth, led twice for nine laps, and got tires late, but they never were an advantage for him.Timothy Peters, another driver who used pit startegy, finished fifth, led two laps, and earned a top five finish.Sixth through 10th were Ron Hornaday, Mike Skinner, Aric Almirola, Brian Ickler, and Tayler Malsam.The points now have Ron Hornaday leading Matt Crafton (second) by 197 points and Mike Skinner (third) by 255 points.The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is now off until Oct 22nd for the Kroger 200 at Martinsvillle Speedway. This is the final break before the stretch run to the title. Editor's note: Well, with no good NFL games being aired nationally by me, I did watch Week 2 of the Chase and fell asleep. Needless to say, it set me behind more than three hours with this recap As for the Cup, I'm done with it this season Photo Credit: sports.yahoo . PARIS(Business Wire)Regulatory News: AREVA (Paris:CEI): Excellent business volume: Backlog as of December 31, 2008: 21.1 to 48.2 billion euros 2008 revenue: 10.4 to 13.2 billion eurosAREVAs backlog stood at 48.2 billion euros as of December 31, 2008, for 21.1growth year-on-year, including 21.8 growth in Nuclear and 16.5 growth inTransmission & Distribution. The Nuclear backlog came to 42.5 billion euros at December 31, 2008. AREVAsigned several major, multiyear contracts in the Front End with EDF and U.S. andJapanese utilities, and in Reactors and Services, including an order for ninesteam generators from EDF In the Back End, in addition to contracts with theU.S. DOE and the NDA of Great Britain, AREVA signed a used fuelTreatment-Recycling contract with EDF for the 2008-2012 period.

The Transmission & Distribution backlog came to 5.7 billion euros at year-end.A total of 6.1 billion euros in orders was booked during the year, for anincrease of 4.3 year-on-year. Recurrent business grew by 15.8 like for like11,adjusted for a major contract of approximately 500 million euros won in Qatar in2007. The division won several important contracts in 2008, in particular withDubai Electricity for two substations (more than 130 million euros), UTE for theMelo interconnection in Uruguay (100 million euros), StatoilHydro for anoffshore wind farm in the United Kingdom (60 million euros) and Aluminum Bahrainfor ten transformer rectifier units (60 million euros).The group recognized revenue of 13.2 billion euros in 2008, for year-on-yeargrowth of 10.4(9.8 like-for-like1). Revenue outside France was up 10.5 to9.5 billion euros, representing 72 of total revenue. Revenue was up 6.5 in the Nuclear businesses (up 6.3 LFL1), with strongperformance in the Reactors and Services division (10.9 LFL1) and the FrontEnd division (7.2 LFL1). The Transmission and Distribution division recordedgrowth of 17 (15.8 LFL1). Compared with 2007, foreign exchange (currencytranslations in the financial statements) had a negative impact of 224 millioneuros, primarily due to changes in the value of the U.S dollar in relation tothe euro.

The consolidation scope had a positive impact of 233 million euros,corresponding mainly to acquisitions made in the Transmission & Distributiondivision and in Renewables. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008 rose to 4.1 billion euros, up 5.2(1.6 LFL1) from that of the fourth quarter of 2007. Foreign exchange (currencytranslations) had an impact of 1 million euros and the consolidation scope animpact of 82 million euros. Revenue was up 23.3 in the Transmission &Distribution division (21.4 LFL1), while it was down 4.2 in the Nuclearbusinesses (-8.3 LFL1), primarily due to the rebalancing of the Servicesbusiness, which posted strong growth over the first nine months of the year, andto an unfavorable contract mix in the Back End division.For 2009, the AREVA group anticipates further significant growth in revenue andbacklog. 2008 revenue by divisionFront End division: growth in all businessesRevenue for the Front End division rose to 3.363 billion euros in 2008, up 7.1over 2007 (7.2 LFL1). Foreign exchange (currency translations) had a negativeimpact of 53 million euros. Main events were as follows: Mining: rising average sales prices under long term uranium contracts fueledrevenue growth, despite the negative impact of suspended uranium tradingoperations in the spot market; Enrichment: growth was buttressed by strong export sales, particularly inAsia, rising prices, and the growing contribution of ETC (a joint AREVA/Urencocompany); Fuel: sales benefited from particularly strong volumes in Europe. Reactors and Services division: growing contribution from major contractsRevenue for the Reactors and Services division rose to 3.037 billion euros, up11.8 over 2007 (10.9 LFL1).

Foreign exchange (currency translations) had anegative impact of 47 million euros. Items of note were as follows: Plants: the percentage of completion of major projects moved forward, with a40 increase in contribution to division revenue in 2008; Nuclear Services: business was strong, particularly in the United States; Renewable Energies: Koblitz was successfully integrated into the biomassbusiness; AREVA TA: business was up sharply, reflecting progress on the contract for theBarracuda nuclear propulsion submarines in France. Back End division: stable revenueRevenue for the Back End division came to 1.692 billion euros, a drop of 2.7 (-2.5 LFL1). Foreign exchange (currency translations) had a negative impact of3.5 million euros. The revenue decrease reflects: a less favorable customer mix at La Hague, where the proportion of foreigncontracts decreased slightly; solid business in Logistics, particularly in cask manufacturing. The negative foreign exchange impact (currencytranslations) of 121 million euros was more than offset by the positive impactof the consolidation scope (169 million euros), mainly due to the divisionsconsolidation of Passoni & Villa, VEI Distribution, Nokian Capacitors andWaltec.