Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International. Allgaier scored a 17th-place and claimed top rookie honors for the sixth time this season.
Allgaier leads Brendan Gaughan by 11 points (197-186) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the CARFAX 250 at Michigan International Speedway.
Allgaier is fifth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He is 50 points ahead of sixth-place Steve Wallace.
Gaughan gained one position in the series championship standings, moving into ninth-place. Allgaier and Gaughan are the only Raybestos Rookies ranked inside the top-10 in the series standings.
At least one Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in 19 of 22 NASCAR Nationwide Series races this season.
Two Raybestos Rookies have won pole positions during the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series season: Gaughan and Erik Darnell.
Dario Franchitti was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 CARFAX 250 at Michigan, scoring a 13th-place finish.
Kyle Busch (2004) and Steve Park (1997) are the only Raybestos Rookies to win in 17 previous races at Michigan.
Threee Raybestos Rookies have scored top-five finishes in 17 races at Michigan.
(Raybestos / Camp & Assoc. PR)(8-12-2009)
