#84-AJ Allmendinger was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the October 13 Bank of America 500 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Allmendinger grabbed a 15th-place finish and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the first time this season. He scored his best finish in 14 Nextel Cup Series races. #42-Juan Pablo Montoya leads #6-David Ragan by 15 points (226-211) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering Martinsville Speedway. Montoya is 21st in the Nextel Cup Series championship standings, 112 points ahead of 22nd-place Ragan. A Raybestos Rookie has finished in the top-10 in each of the last two Subway 500 (fall) races at Martinsville. Kyle Busch scored a ninth-place finish in 2005. Only once since 1975 have TWO Raybestos Rookies finished in the top-10 in the Subway 500. In 1979, Joe Millikan finished third while Terry Labonte placed ninth. Only one Raybestos Rookie has won a pole for the Subway 500 since 1975: Ryan Newman in 2002. The most laps led by a Raybestos Rookie in the Subway 500 (since 1975) is 53 by Geoffrey Bodine in 1982.(Camp and Assoc/Rabestos PR) see rookie history, standings and more on the 2007 Rookies page.(10-18-2007)
