Raybestos Rookie Notes for Talladega:

Juan Pablo Montoya was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Bashas Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix. Montoya scored a 21st-place finish and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the third time this season. He led the race once for three laps. Marcos Ambrose holds a two-point edge over Montoya (88-86) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Aarons 312 at Talladega. Ambrose is eighth in the Busch Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He is just four points behind seventh-place Mike Wallace and leads ninth-place Bobby Hamilton Jr. by one point.(Raybestos PR)(4-23-2007)