Dario Franchitti was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Sharpie Mini 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Franchitti scored a 22nd-place finish and claimed top rookie honors for the third time in five Nationwide Series races this season.
Franchitti holds a 15-point lead (58-43) over Bryan Clauson in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the 22 Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway.
Franchitti has been running at the finish of all five Nationwide Series races this season, completing 834 of 841 possible laps this season.
This is the third consecutive week that Franchitti has led the Raybestos Rookie standings in both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series.
Franchitti is 15th in the Nationwide Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie.(Raybestos PR)(3-18-2008)
