Raybestos Rookie Notes for Texas:

Brad Coleman was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the April 7 Pepsi 300 at Nashville. Coleman scored a 15th-place finish on the lead lap (his best finish in five career Busch Series starts) and took top rookie honors for the first time this season. Marcos Ambrose claimed the second-place starting position at Nashville, his best start in six Busch Series races. Ambrose leads in the Raybestos Rookie standings by four points (72-68) over Juan Pablo Montoya entering the April 14 OReilly 300 at Texas. Ambrose is sixth in the Busch Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He is three points behind fifth-place David Reutimann and holds a 16-point edge over seventh-place Bobby Hamilton Jr.(Raybestos PR)(4-9-2007)