Rookie News & Notes – O’Reilly 200:


*Johnny Sauter was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the August 1 Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville Superspeedway. Sauter scored a sixth-place finish, his fifth top-10 of the season. He collected Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the fifth time this season.
*Tayler Malsam claimed a ninth-place finish, his seventh top-10 of the season. Malsam is seventh in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings.
*Malsam leads Sauter by four points (155-151) in the overall Raybestos Rookie standings entering the August 19 O’Reilly 200 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.
*At least one Raybestos Rookie has finished in the top-10 in the last 10 consecutive races.
*Scott Speed was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 O’Reilly 200 at Bristol, claiming a third-place finish.
*Speed won the pole for the 2008 race and is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole position in 11 previous races at Bristol. [Complete rookie standings are posted on the Bristol Race Page.](Raybestos PR)(8-18-2009)