* Scott Lagasse Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Nashville 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Lagasse Jr. scored a 10th-place finish and grabbed top rookie honors for the first time this season. He has racked up two top-10 finishes in six races.
* Two Raybestos Rookies led the Nashville 300: Michael McDowell (once for seven laps) and Michael Annett (once for one lap). McDowell and Annett were also the only NASCAR Nationwide Series regulars to lead a lap in the race.
* Justin Allgaier leads Brendan Gaughan by five points (63-58) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway.
* Three Raybestos Rookies rank inside the top-10 in the Nationwide Series championship standings: Allgaier (seventh), Gaughan (eighth) and Scott Lagasse Jr. (ninth).
* At least one Raybestos Rookie has scored top-10 finishes in the last four consecutive NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
* Dario Franchitti was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Bashas’ Supermarkets 200, scoring an 11th-place finish.
* Carl Edwards owns the best finish in four spring races at Phoenix, an eighth-place effort in 2005.
* Edwards also has the best qualifying performance by a Raybestos Rookie in four spring races at Phoenix. Edwards started the 2005 event from the fifth position.(Camp & Assoc./Raybestos PR)(4-14-2009)
