Brendan Gaughan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Kroger 200 at OReilly Raceway Park. Gaughan scored a 12th-place finish and claimed top rookie honors for the fifth time this season.
DID YOU KNOW? At least one Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in 17 of the 19 NASCAR Nationwide Series races this season.
Allgaier leads Brendan Gaughan by nine points (191-182) in the overall Raybestos Rookie standings entering the U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway.
Allgaier is sixth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He trails fifth-place Joey Logano by 25 points and lead seventh-place Mike Bliss by 17.
Brendan Gaughan (ninth) 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.(Camp & Assoc / Raybestos PR)(7-29-2009)
