Raybestos Rookie News & Notes:

Tim Sauter was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the November 2 Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway. Sauter scored a 10th-place finish, his best in 26 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts. He claimed top rookie honors for the fifth time in 2007. Willie Allen holds a six-point advantage (155-149) over Sauter and Joey Clanton in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the November 9 Casino Arizona 150 at Phoenix Int’l Raceway. Sauter and Clanton are tied in the standings. Allen is 15th in the Craftsman Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He trails 14th-place Terry Cook by 135 points and is 57 ahead of 16th-place Sauter. Erik Darnell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2006 Casino Arizona 150, grabbing a 10th-place finish.(Raybestos PR)(11-6-2007)