Patrick Carpentier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Corona Mexico 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico. Carpentiers fifth-place finish at Mexico City is the best in the Nationwide Series by a Raybestos Rookie in 2008. He claimed his first top-five and second top-10 in two Nationwide Series starts this season and grabbed top Raybestos Rookie honors for the first time in 2008.
Dario Franchitti holds a 28-point lead (80-52) over Bryan Clauson in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Aarons 312 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
DID YOU KNOW? Franchitti has led the Raybestos Rookie standings for the past SEVEN consecutive races.
David Ragan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race at in the 2007 Aarons 312, scoring a fourth-place finish.(Raybestos PR)(4-22-2008)
