Scott Speed was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the October 25 E-Z-GO 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Speed scored a fifth-place finish, his fourth top-five and seventh top-10 in 13 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts. He claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the fifth time in 2008. A Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in each of the last 10 consecutive NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races. Brian Scott scored a 10th-place finish at Atlanta, his fourth top-10 finish of the season. Colin Braun leads Donny Lia by 30 points (185-155) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the October 31 Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway. Tim Sauter was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2007 Silverado 350K at Texas, scoring a 10th-place finish. A Raybestos Rookie has won two of the nine fall races at Texas: Travis Kvapil (2001) and Brendan Gaughan (2002). The best qualifying effort by a Raybestos Rookie in nine previous fall races at Texas is third by Ricky Hendrick (2001) and Carl Edwards (2003).(Raybestos PR)(10-27-2008)
