Johnny Sauter was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 5 WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway. Sauter scored a sixth-place finish, his second consecutive top-10 and third in eight races this season. All three of Sauter’s top-10 finishes have been in the last four races. He claimed top Raybestos Rookie honors for third time in 2009. Sauter won the pole at Texas, his first in 19 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series starts and the first by a Raybestos Rookie this season. Tayler Malsam placed ninth at Texas, his third top-10 finish of the season. Malsam is 11th in the series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. Sauter leads Malsam by four points (87-83) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the June 13 Michigan 200 at Michigan International Speedway. This is the first time in 2009 that Sauter has led the standings. Scott Speed was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Michigan 200, scoring a third-place finish. Speed was also the only Raybestos Rookie to lead the race, holding the top spot twice for 17 laps. Kurt Busch owns the best finish by a Raybestos Rookie at Michigan, a second place effort in 2000. Jamie McMurray is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole at Michigan. McMurray captured the top starting spot for the 2000 race.(Raybestos PR)(6-9-2009)
