#07-Clint Bowyer scored his first top-10 finish in his second career NEXTEL Cup Series start and took top rookie honors in the first race of 2006. He placed 22nd in his only other NEXTEL Cup Series start in April 2005 at Phoenix International Raceway. Other Raybestos Rookies to score top-10 finishes in the Daytona 500 (since 1975): 1979: Dale Earnhardt, eighth 1980: Jody Ridley, 10th 1989: Rick Mast, sixth 1991: Bobby Hamilton, ninth 1993: Jeff Gordon, fifth 2000: Matt Kenseth, 10th 2002: Ryan Newman, seventh 2004: Scott Wimmer, third. Where the Raybestos Rookies finished at Daytona: #07-Bowyer finished 6th; #1-Truex Jr. 16th; #49-Sherman 21st; #40-Stremme 28th; #41-Sorenson 29th; #11-Hamlin 30th; and #18- Yeley 41st. Unofficial Raybestos Rookie standings: Bowyer 16; Truex Jr. 10; Sherman 9; Stremme 8; Sorenson 7; Hamlin 6; Yeley 5.(Raybestos PR)(2-21-2006)
