#42-Juan Pablo Montoya was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race at Martinsville Speedway. Montoya finished eighth, his sixth top-10 finish in 33 Nextel Cup Series races. He took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the 14th time this season. Montoya became the third consecutive Raybestos Rookie to score a top-10 finish in the fall race at Martinsville. He also led the race (once for nine laps), the first time he had led since Infineon Raceway. Montoya leads #6-David Ragan by 19 points (231-212) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering Atlanta Motor Speedway. Montoya is 21st in the Nextel Cup Series championship standings, 112 points ahead of 22nd-place Ragan. The best finish in the fall race at Atlanta (since 1975) is second by Dale Earnhardt in 1979. Earnhardt finished one-half car length behind winner Neil Bonnett. Since 1975, Kenny Irwin is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole at the fall race in Atlanta. Irwin grabbed the top spot in 1998. Dale Earnhardt also holds the record for most laps led by a Raybestos Rookie in the fall race at Atlanta, holding the top spot six times for 69 laps in 1979.(Camp and Assoc/Rabestos PR), see standings, rookie of each race, history and more on the 2007 Rookies Page.(10-25-2007)
