Rookie Of The Year Battle gets closer: Jimmie Johnson, #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, finished ninth. Johnson collected his 13th top-10 of the 2002 season which breaks the modern Era record for top-10 finishes by a Raybestos® rookie. Tony Stewart held the record for most top-10s by a rookie (12) set in 1999. Johnson unofficially leads the raybestos® rookie standings by seven points (288-281) over Ryan Newman.(Camp and Assoc PR)(8-5-2002) CORRECTION: actually Stewart had 21 Top 10’s in 1999 to go with 12 Top Fives. Johnson currently has 5 Top Fives and 13 Tops 10’s in 2002. Newman has 9 Top Fives and 12 Top Tens.(8-5-2002)
