… Landon Cassill was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Cassill scored a 10th-place finish, his second top-10 in 16 Nationwide Series starts. He grabbed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the second time in 10 starts this season. Cassill was the first Raybestos Rookie to score a top-10 at Chicagoland since 2005.
… Bryan Clauson has an 18-point lead (139-121) over Dario Franchitti in the overall Raybestos Rookie standings entering the 19 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway.
… A Raybestos Rookie has won two pole positions in the Nationwide Series this season. Clauson grabbed the top starting spot for the Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona while Cassill claimed the top starting position at the Camping World RV Sales 200 at New Hampshire.
… David Ragan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2007 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway, grabbing a fifth-place finish.(Raybestos PR)(7-15-2008)
