Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Allgaier posted a 10th-place finish, his ninth top-10 of the season, and claimed top rookie honors for the fifth time in 2009.
At least one Raybestos Rookie has scored top-10 finishes in the last 16 consecutive NASCAR Nationwide Series races.
Allgaier leads Brendan Gaughan by eight points (183-175) in the overall Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway International Raceway.
Allgaier is sixth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He trails fifth-place Joey Logano by 255 points and leads seventh-place Mike Bliss by 11.
Brendan Gaughan (eighth) is the only other Raybestos Rookie currently ranked inside the top-10 in the series championship standings.
Two Raybestos Rookies have won pole positions during the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series season: Gaughan and Erik Darnell.
Cale Gale was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250, scoring a sixth-place finish.
(Raybestos / Camp & Assoc PR)(7-13-2009)
