Brendan Gaughan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Gaughan scored a seventh-place finish, his third top-10 of the season, and claimed top rookie honors for the second time in 2009.
Justin Allgaier leads Brendan Gaughan by three points (76-73) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Aaron’s 312 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Allgaier scored an eighth-place finish at Phoenix, his fourth top-10 of the season.
Two Raybestos Rookies rank inside the top-10 in the Nationwide Series championship standings: Gaughan (seventh) and Allgaier (eighth), who are separated by just four points.
At least one Raybestos Rookie has scored top-10 finishes in the last five consecutive NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
Patrick Carpentier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Aaron’s 312, scoring an eighth-place finish.
Four Raybestos Rookies finished inside the top-10 in the 2007 Aaron’s 312, the most to place inside the top-10 in 17 races at Talladega: David Ragan (fourth), Kyle Krisiloff (fifth), Juan Pablo Montoya (seventh), and Brad Coleman (ninth).(Raybestos/Camp & Assoc PR)(4-21-2009)
