#15-Paul Menard was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the August 12 Centurion Boats at The Glen, scoring a 19th-place finish. Menard took top rookie honors for the fourth time this season. #42-Juan Pablo Montoya leads #6-David Ragan by 25 points (212-187) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the August 19 3M Performance 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Montoya is 19th in the Nextel Cup Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. A Raybestos Rookie has won at least one race in each of the past three consecutive seasons. The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in the August race at Michigan (since 1975) is a third place effort by Tony Stewart in 1999. Since 1975, Davey Allison is the only Raybestos Rookie to win the pole position for the August race at Michigan. Allison captured the top starting spot for the 1987 race.(Camp & Assoc/Raybestos PR), see full rookie news, standings, history on my 2007 Rookies Page.(8-15-2007)
