Scott Speed was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the October 18 Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway. Speed scored a seventh-place finish and claimed his sixth top-10 finish in 11 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts. He claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the fourth time in 2008. A Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in each of the last NINE consecutive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races. Two Raybestos Rookies have finished inside the top-10 SEVEN times in 21 Craftsman Truck Series races this season. Colin Braun leads Donny Lia by 31 points (184-153) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the October 25 E-Z-GO 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Only once in eight races at Atlanta have TWO Raybestos Rookies finished in the top-10. In the 2007 spring race, Joey Clanton placed ninth ahead of 10th-place Kelly Bires. Joey Clanton was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in 2007 at Atlanta, scoring a sixth-place finish. The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in eight Craftsman Truck Series races at Atlanta is third by Erik Darnell (2006 fall race) and David Reutimann (2004 spring race).(Raybestos PR)(10-20-2008)
