Rookie Notes for ORP:


Landon Cassill was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway . Cassill scored a sixth-place finish, his second consecutive top-10 and third in 17 Nationwide Series starts. He grabbed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the third time in 11 starts this season.
Bryan Clauson has an 18-point lead (139-121) over Dario Franchitti in the overall Raybestos Rookie standings entering the July Kroger 200 at O’Reilly Raceway Park.
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.
Brad Keselowski was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2007 Kroger 200 at O’Reilly Raceway Park, scoring a 10th-place finish.(Raybestos PR)(7-22-2008)