Dario Franchitti was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Camping World RV Sales 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Franchitti scored a 13th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the seventh time in 2008. He scored his best Nationwide Series finish since he placed 11th at Phoenix.
Raybestos Rookie Landon Cassill won the pole position at New Hampshire, his first pole in 15 Nationwide Series starts. Cassill has qualified eighth or better in his last five starts. He joins Shane Hmiel (2002) as the only Raybestos Rookies to win a pole at New Hampshire.
Bryan Clauson holds a 17-point lead (128-111) over Franchitti in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
Kyle Krisiloff was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2007 Winn-Dixie 250, scoring a 20th-place finish.
Johnny Sauter owns the best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in six July races at Daytona, scoring a sixth-place finish in 2002.(Raybestos PR)(7-1-2008)
