…Landon Cassill was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Hefty Odor Block 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Cassill scored a sixth-place finish, his fifth top-10 in 19 races this season and claimed top rookie honors for the seventh time in 2008. He became the first Raybestos Rookie to score a top-10 in the fall race at Phoenix since 2005.
…Cassill lead Bryan Clauson by six points (185-179) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
…Marcos Ambrose was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2007 Ford 300, grabbing a 10th-place finish.
…The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in the Ford 300 is third by Kyle Busch (2004) and Greg Biffle (2001).
…Casey Atwood (1998) and David Ragan (2007) are the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole at Homestead.
…A Raybestos Rookie has finished in the top-10 in the last four consecutives Nationwide Series races at Homestead.(Raybestos PR)(11-11-2008)
