#84-AJ Allmendinger was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Allmendinger finished 16th and took top rookie honors for the second time in the last three races. He also led the race once for one lap, the first time he has led in 16 Nextel Cup Series starts. #42-Juan Pablo Montoya leads #6-David Ragan by 19 points (232-213) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the November 4 Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Montoya is 20th in the Nextel Cup Series championship standings, 34 points behind 19th-place Jamie McMurray. Montoya was the top Raybestos Rookie in the April 15 Samsung 500 at Texas, scoring an eighth-place finish. Only once in 13 previous races at Texas has a Raybestos Rookie won the race. Dale Earnhardt Jr. scored his first career Nextel Cup Series win by 5.920 seconds over Jeff Burton in the 2000 spring race. Earnhardt Jr. also led the most laps in the race (six times for 106 laps). The best start by a Raybestos Rookie in 13 previous races at Texas is third by Kasey Kahne in the 2004 spring race. The best start by a Raybestos Rookie in two previous fall races at Texas is sixth by Denny Hamlin in 2006. Ryan Newman holds the all-time Raybestos Rookie record for most poles (6), most top-fives (14) and most top-10s (22). (Camp and Assoc/Rabestos PR), see rookie standings, history, notes on the 2007 Rookies page.(11-2-2007)
