Cale Gale was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Kroger 200 at O’Reilly Raceway Park. Gale scored a sixth-place finish, his best in 21 Nationwide Series starts and second top-10 in 10 starts this season. He became the sixth consecutive Raybestos Rookie to post a top-10 at O’Reilly Raceway Park and claimed top rookie honors for the fourth time in 2008.
Gale started third in the race, his best qualifying effort in his Nationwide Series career. He led the race once for one lap and became the first Raybestos Rookie to lead at O’Reilly Raceway Park since Kyle Busch in 2004. Gale led for the first time this season and claimed WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race honors.
Landon Cassill scored a seventh-place finish in the Kroger 200, his fourth top-10 in 12 starts this season and third consecutive.
Bryan Clauson has an 17-point lead (147-130) over Landon Cassill in the overall Raybestos Rookie standings entering the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal, Canada.(Raybestos PR)(7-30-2008)
