Las Vegas Rookie Notes:

#20-Joey Logano was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the February 22 Auto Club 500 at Auto Club Speedway. Logano scored a 26th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the first time this season. Logano and #82-Scott Speed are tied for the lead (21-21) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Speed claimed the ninth-place starting position for the Auto Club 500, the best qualifying effort by a Raybestos Rookie in two races this season. Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne share the best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in 11 previous Sprint Cup Series races at Las Vegas. Busch placed second in 2005, 1.661 seconds behind race winner while Kahne finished second in 2004, 3.426 seconds behind winner Matt Kenseth. Busch, Kahne and Newman are the only Raybestos Rookies to score top-five finishes at Las Vegas. Kasey Kahne is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole position in 11 previous Sprint Cup races at Las Vegas. Kahne won the pole for the 2004 Shelby 427.(Camp & Assoc./Raybestos PR)(2-26-2009)