- Rookie Page: do not plan on keeping with or trying to figure out the Rookie of the Year standings. Even following the rules has become fruitless and my numbers never match up all the time, so instead of showing folks the incorrect standings, will just post the standings and who was the highest finishing rookie for each race and NASCAR RoTY standings.(2006)
How the Rookie of the Year Supposedly Works:
JAYSKI NOTE: These Rules are good as far as I know from NASCAR Statstical Services
Can't seem to get any updates or answers on the rules
many times the points awarded don't match up to calculations using the rules given
and too many arbitrary factors [Based on or subject to individual judgment or preference] go into play and seems to be no creditibilty to the system.
but I wil try my best to get it right....so this is just a GUIDE...not official at all.
The point systems that are used to determine the Raybestos Rookie of the Year in NASCAR's top three divisions is very different from the NASCAR point system that is used.
Raybestos , the official brake of NASCAR, presents a $50,000 Award to the eligible driver finishing first in the fianls Nextel Cup Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year points standings. It is a complicated and arbitrary process...but here are the rules:
To remain eligible for the Rookie of the Year award, the driver must qualify for 8 of the 20 first races of the season.
Drivers can cannot particiapte in more than 7 Cup races in one season to maintain their rookie status for the following season.
The rookie point system is determined by the following:
1. Only the driver's best 17 races are counted in head-to-head competition in the Nextel Cup Series, 16 for the Busch Series and 14 in the Craftsman Truck Series.
2. One point is awarded for each race in which a rookie of the year candidate qualifies and is eligible for championship points [not a post entry for example].
3. A 10-1 point system is in place for the rookies according to where they finish in the race in relation to the other rookies. The highest finishing rookie in each race earns 10 points; the second highest finishing rookie earns nine points, and so on.
4. Each rookie contender will receive bonus points for a finish in the top 10. If a rookie finishes 10th, he will be awarded one point. If a rookie finishes in fifth place, he will receive six points and for a win the rookie will receive 10 bonus points.
The Grid:
A 10th place finish is worth 1 bonus rookie point
9th is 2 bonus rookie points
8th is 3 bonus rookie points
7th is 4 bonus rookie points
6th is 5 bonus rookie points
5th is 6 bonus rookie points
4th is 7 bonus rookie points
3rd is 8 bonus rookie points
2nd is 9 bonus rookie points
1st/WIN is 10 bonus rookie point
5. In order to be eligible for the Rookie of the Year award, a driver must attempt to qualify in at least eight events out of the first 20 events.
6. Unless otherwise authorized by the series director, a rookie candidate must qualify and start the car the rookie has qualified to earn rookie points.
7. Following the final race of the season, the highest ranking rookie in the series drivers points standings receives an extra 10 bonus points, the second highest rookie receives nine points, and so on.
8. There is also a Rookie of the Year panel for the series. The panel has the right to penalize any rookie for conduct or acts that might discredit or reflect unfavorably upon NASCAR.
9. During the final weekend of the season in each series, the panel meets to discuss the Rookie of the Year candidates and each competitor is evaluated on three criteria:
A. Conduct with the officials in the garage and pit areas,
B. Conduct and awareness on the track, and
C. Personal appearance and relationship with the media.
The voting in the three areas will consist of a 10-1 point system. Voting may be distributed by a panel member in any way that he/she chooses. Total points will be averaged from each panel member's ballot. The points derived from the panel will be added to the entry, competition, and bonus points after the final race of the season to determine the overall Rookie of the Year winner in each division.
NOTE: these points are not usually announced, just a final total.
Rookie Stripes: rookies will be noted on the car they drive by a yellow stripe on the rear bumper of the car.
sometimes a driver not up for the award may have yellow stripes on tracks they have not competed on before.
Standings from Raybestos/NASCAR
Car#-Driver, Races Attempted, Races Run, Points
#42-Juan Pablo Montoya , 36, 36, 276
#6-David Ragan, 36, 36, 252
#15-Paul Menard, 36, 30, 221
#00-David Reutimann, 34, 26, 207
#84-A.J. Allmendinger, 36, 17, 190
Brandon Whitt, 3, 0, 2
(thru 11-18-2007)
Whitt no longer has a Cup ride, no word on his plans
Reutimann, Allmendinger, Menard needed to qualify for the 1st 5 races
Montoya and Ragan were locked in the first 5 races
Highest Finishing Raybestos Rookie by Race
Event, Highest Finishing Rookie, Finish (number of top finishes)
Daytona 500, #6-Ragan, 5th (1)
California [1], #6-Ragan, 16th (2)
Las Vegas, #42-Montoya, 22nd (1)
Atlanta [1], #42-Montoya, 5th (2)
Bristol [1], #6-Ragan, 26th (3)
Martinsville [1], #6-Ragan, 15th (4)
Texas [1], #42-Montoya, 8th (3)
Phoenix [1], #15-Menard, 25th (1)
Talladega [1],#6-Ragan, 17th (5)
Richmond [1], #15-Menard, 16th (2)
Darlington, #42-Montoya, 23rd (4)
Charlotte [1], #42-Montoya, 28th (5)
Dover [1], #6-Ragan, 14th (6)
Pocono [1], #42-Montoya, 20th (6)
Michigan [1], #15-Menard, 12th (3)
Sonoma, #42-Montoya, 1st [WON](7)
NHIS [1], #6-Ragan, 15th (7)
Daytona, #6-Ragan, 12th (8)
Chicago, #42-Montoya, 15th (8)
Indianapolis, #42-Montoya, 2nd (9)
Pocono [2], #42-Montoya, 16th (10)
Watkins Glen, #15-Menard, 19th (4)
Michigan [2], #6-Ragan, 18th (9)
Bristol [2], #42--Montoya, 17th (11)
California [2], #6-Ragan, 12th (10)
Richmond [2], #6-Ragan, 3rd (11)
NHIS [2], #6-Ragan, 19th (12)
Dover [2], #42-Montoya, 10th (12)
Kansas, #6-Ragan, 16th (13)
Talladega [2], #42-Montoya, 15th (13)
Charlotte [2], #84-A.J. Allmendinger, 15th (1)
Martinsville [2], #42-Montoya, 8th (14)
Atlanta [2], #84-A.J. Allmendinger, 16th (2)
Texas [2], #42-Montoya, 25th (15)
Phoenix [2], #42-Montoya, 17th (16)
Homestead, #6-Ragan, 10th (14)
totals
#42-Montoya, 16
#6-Ragan, 14
#15-Menard, 4
#84-Allmendinger. 2
#00-Reutimann, 0
Final PR
- Montoya wins Raybestos Rookies of the Year Award:
· #42-Juan Pablo Montoya finished his Raybestos Rookie season with one win, three top-five and six top-10 finishes. He was Raybestos Rookie of the Race 16 times in 36 races.
· Montoya scored a 15th-place finish in tonight’s race [at Homestead].
· This is the second Raybestos Rookie of the Year title for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. Jamie McMurray claimed top rookie honors in 2003.
· This is the Fourth Raybestos Rookie of the Year title for Montoya’s primary sponsor, Texaco/Havoline. He joins Davey Allison (1987), Kenny Irwin, Jr. (1998) and Jamie McMurray (2003).
· David Ragan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in tonight’s Ford 400. Ragan scored a 10th-place finish, his third top-10 effort this season.
· Ragan led once for one lap and was the only freshman driver to lead tonight’s race.
(Raybestos PR)(11-18-2007)
(Raybestos PR)(11-18-2007)
MORE Juan Pablo Montoya is the 2007 Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the Nextel Cup Series. Montoya finished his Raybestos Rookie season with one win, three top-five and six top-10 finishes. Montoya was Raybestos Rookie of the Race 16 times in 36 races. His final margin of victory over David Ragan in the Raybestos Rookie standings was 24 points (276-252). Montoya will earn a record $106,500 from Raybestos brand Brakes for his efforts in the 2007 Nextel Cup Series this season. In addition to the payout for winning Raybestos Rookie of the Year ($65,000) and for being the top rookie finisher in 16 races ($24,000), he also captured bonus money as part of the Magnificent Seven program. The
Raybestos Rookie of the Race normally pays $1,500 but that increased to $5,000 at seven designated races throughout the 2007 season.(Raybestos PR)(11-21-2007)
Pre/Post Race Reports/ News
- News and Notes - Pre-Homestead, Post-Phoenix:
· Juan Pablo Montoya was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the November 11 Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Montoya scored a 17th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the 16th time this season. He has been the top rookie in three of the last four races.
* Montoya leads David Ragan by 21 points (236-215) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the November 18 Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
* IMPRESSIVE STREAK IN JEPORADY: At least one Raybestos Rookie has won a Bud Pole in each of the last 11 YEARS (1996-2006). Entering the Ford
400, no Raybestos Rookie has won a pole in 2007.
* Martin Truex Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2006 Ford 400, scoring a second-place finish. Truex Jr. crossed the finish line .389 seconds behind race winner Greg Biffle.
* Did You Know? Tony Stewart is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a Nextel Cup Series race at Homestead. He won the inaugural Ford 400 in 1999 by 5.289 seconds over Bobby Labonte. Stewart led the race four times for 44 laps.
* Did You Know? The most laps led by a Raybestos Rookie in eight previous races at Homestead is 52 by Casey Atwood in 2001.
* Did You Know? The only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole in eighth Nextel Cup races at Homestead is Jamie McMurray. McMurray won his first-career pole at the 2003 Ford 400 on his way to claiming Raybestos Rookie of the Year honors. McMurray finished ninth in the race, his 13th top-10 finish of the 2003 season.
* The most Raybestos Rookies to finish inside the top-10 at Homestead is three (2001 and 2006):
2001: Casey Atwood, third
2001: Kevin Harvick, seventh
2001: Jason Leffler, 10th
2006: Martin Truex Jr., second
2006: Denny Hamlin, third
2006: Clint Bowyer, 10th
* Top-five finishes by Raybestos Rookies in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
1999: Tony Stewart, first
2001: Casey Atwood, third
2006: Martin Truex, Jr., second
2006: Denny Hamlin, third
* Top-10 finishes by Raybestos Rookies in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
1999: Tony Stewart, first
2000: Dave Blaney, ninth
2001: Casey Atwood, third
2001: Kevin Harvick, seventh
2001: Jason Leffler, 10th
2002: Ryan Newman, sixth
2002: Jimmie Johnson, eighth
2003: Jamie McMurray, ninth
2004: Brendan Gaughan, sixth
2006: Martin Truex, Jr., second
2006: Denny Hamlin, third
2006: Clint Bowyer, 10th
· Raybestos Rookies that have led at least one lap in the Ford 400:
1999: Tony Stewart (four times for 44 laps)
2001: Casey Atwood (twice for 52 laps)
2001: Kevin Harvick (three times for 47 laps)
2002: Ryan Newman (once for 28 laps)
2002: Jimmie Johnnson (once for 27 laps)
2006: Martin Truex Jr. (once for 27 laps)
(Camp and Assoc/Rabestos PR)(11-15-2007)
- Raybestos ROOKIE HISTORY
· Ryan Newman holds the all-time Raybestos Rookie record for most poles (6), most top-fives (14) and most top-10s (22).
· Denny Hamlin is the only Raybestos Rookie to qualify for the Chase for the Nextel Cup since the program was created in 2004.
· Hamlin holds the record for most earnings by a Raybestos Rookie ($6.6 million in 2006).
· The record for most wins by a Raybestos Rookie is three, shared by Tony Stewart (1999) and Jimmie Johnson (2002).
· A Raybestos Rookie has posted multiple victories SEVEN times in NASCAR Nextel Cup:
1987: Davey Allison, two
1999: Tony Stewart, three
2000: Dale Earnhardt Jr., two
2001: Kevin Harvick, two
2002: Jimmie Johnson, three
2005: Kyle Busch, two
2006: Denny Hamlin, two
· More than one Raybestos Rookie has posted victories in their rookie season only three times: Morgan Shepherd and Ron Bouchard (one each in 1981), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (two, 2000) and Matt Kenseth (2000), Jimmie Johnson (three, 2002), Ryan Newman (2002).
· The way to the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship is to win Raybestos Rookie of the Year. Since 1979, six Raybestos Rookie of the Year drivers have gone on to win a NASCAR Nextel Cup title: Dale Earnhardt (1979), Rusty Wallace (1984), Alan Kulwicki (1986), Jeff Gordon (1993), Tony Stewart (1999, 2005) and Matt Kenseth (2000).
· At least one Raybestos Rookie has won a Bud Pole in each of the last 11 years (1996-2006).
· The longest streak for a Raybestos Rookie to be in the top-10 in the Nextel Cup Series championship standings during the sport’s modern-era is 60 races (2001 MBNA Platinum 400 through 2002 Ford 400).(Camp & Assoc/Raybestos PR)
- More Money for Raybestos Rookie program in 2007: Officials with Affinia Group today announced an increase in the year-end payout to Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the Nextel Cup Series. The driver who wins Raybestos Rookie of the Year will
take home a check for $65,000, a $15,000 increase from 2006. The company will also increase year-end cash prizes to $25,000 and $12,000 for the Busch and Craftsman Truck Series, respectively. Six drivers will compete for Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the Nextel Cup Series in 2007: David Ragan, Juan Pablo Montoya, David Reutimann, AJ Allmendinger, Brandon Whitt and Paul Menard. The 2007 season is the 10th consecutive year Raybestos brand Brakes will support the Rookie of the Year programs in all three major NASCAR series. Raybestos brand Brakes returns for the 13th consecutive year as an associate sponsor with Robert Yates Racing’s #38 M&M’s Ford driven by David Gilliland. Additionally, Raybestos brand Brakes will remain the “Official Brakes of NASCAR.”
AND Members of the Nextel Cup Series Raybestos Rookie class will have several chances to claim extra prize money in 2007. The Raybestos Rookie of the Race normally earns $1,500 but that number jumps to $5,000 in seven designated races, beginning with Sunday’s Daytona 500. Other events where freshman drivers will earn extra cash for being the top Raybestos Rookie are Las Vegas (March 11), Martinsville (April 1), Darlington (May 12), Infineon (June 24), Chicagoland (July 15), and Bristol (August 25).(Raybestos PR)(2-15-2007)
- News and Notes - Pre-Daytona
see past notes for each race on my 2007 ROTY News and Notes page
ALL TIME ROOKIE of THE YEAR WINNERS
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