Aaron Fike was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 8 Sam’s Town 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Fike finished 11th and claimed top rookie honors for the sixth time in nine races this season. Fike leads Tim Sauter by 30 points (101-71) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the June 16 Craftsman Truck Series 200 at Michigan International Speedway. Sauter was the only Raybestos Rookie to lead a lap at Texas, leading the race once for one lap. Fike is 10th in the Craftsman Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He is three points behind ninth-place Matt Crafton and holds a 45-point advantage over 11th-place Dennis Setzer. Erik Darnell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2006 Michigan 200, scoring a 12th-place finish. Kurt Busch owns the best finish by a Raybestos Rookie at Michigan, a second place effort in 2000.(Raybestos PR)(6-12-2007)
