Dario Franchitti was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Bashas Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Franchitti scored an 11th-place finish and claimed top Raybestos Rookie honors for the fifth time this season.
Franchitti holds a 28-point lead (80-52) over Bryan Clauson in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Corona Mexico 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico.
Juan Pablo Montoya won the 2007 Corona Mexico 200, crossing the finish line .750 seconds ahead of second-place Denny Hamlin. Montoya became the first Raybestos Rookie to win at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, the first to lead the most laps (four times for 42 of the events 82 laps). Montoya is also the only Raybestos Rookie to lead a lap at the 2.518-mile course.
The best qualifying effort by a Raybestos Rookie in three races at Mexico City is third by Montoya.(Raybestos PR)(4-15-2008)
