Raybestos Rookie News & Notes – Phoenix:

Colin Braun was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the October 31 Chevy Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway. …Braun scored a fifth-place finish, his third top-five and eighth top-10 in 23 starts this season. …He claimed top Raybestos Rookie honors for the seventh time in 2008. …Colin Braun leads Brian Scott by 38 points (194-156) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the November 7 Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix Int’l Raceway. …Brian Scott scored a ninth-place finish at Texas, his fifth top-10 of the season. …Scott placed 10th in the October 25 E-Z-GO 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, giving him back-to-back top-10 finishes for the first time in his 30-race Craftsman Truck Series career. …Scott Speed grabbed a 10th-place finish at Texas, his eighth top-10 in 14 races this season. …A Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in each of the last 11 Craftsman Truck Series races. …Willie Allen was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2007 Lucas Oil 150, posting a 17th-place finish. …The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in 13 previous fall races at Phoenix is second by Greg Biffle in 1998. …Biffle is also the only Raybestos Rookie to lead a lap at Phoenix, holding the top spot once for 31 laps.(Raybestos PR)(11-4-2008)