#42-Juan Pablo Montoya was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the September 23 Dodge Dealers 400 at Dover International Speedway. Montoya scored a 10th-place finish, his fourth top-10 effort of the 2007 season, and claimed top rookie honors for the 12th time in 28 races. The Dover race was Montoya’s best finish since he placed second at Allstate 400 at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (race #20). Montoya stretched his lead over David Ragan in the Raybestos Rookie standings to 15 points (222-207) entering the September 30 LifeLock 400 at Kansas Speedway. Montoya is 19th in the Nextel Cup Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He is three points ahead of 20th-place J.J. Yeley. The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in six previous Nextel Cup races at Kansas is second by Ryan Newman in 2002 (.618 seconds behind race winner Jeff Gordon). Newman is the only Raybestos Rookie to finish inside the top-five at Kansas. Jason Leffler is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole in six races at Kansas Speedway. Leffler took the top starting spot in the race in the inaugural race in 2001.(Raybestos PR), see rookie points, standings, history and more on the Rookies Page.(9-28-2007)
