Chase Miller was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington Raceway. Miller scored an eighth-place finish, his best in nine career Nationwide Series starts. He became the first Raybestos Rookie to score a top-10 at Darlington since Denny Hamlin placed seventh in 2005. Miller claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the first time in 2008.
A Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in three of the last four races.
Dario Franchitti holds a 16-point lead (89-73) over Bryan Clauson in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Franchitti has led the Raybestos Rookie standings for the past 10 consecutive races.
A Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in three of the past four spring races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
Kyle Busch won the 2004 CARQUEST Auto Parts 300 and is the only Raybestos Rookie driver to win the spring [Nationwide] Series race at Lowe’s Motor Speedway since the rookie program was created in 1989 (19 races). Busch also led the most laps in the race (three times for 93 laps).(Raybestos PR)(5-20-2008)
