J R Fitzpatrick was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the August 19 O’Reilly 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Fitzpatrick scored an 11th-place finish and grabbed top rookie honors for the second time this season. Tayler Malsam leads Johnny Sauter by one point (156-155) in the overall Raybestos Rookie standings entering the August 28 Chicagoland 225 at Chicagoland Speedway. Malsam is ninth in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He is 14 points behind eighth-place Dennis Setzer and 10 ahead of 10th-place Rick Crawford. [Complete Rookie Standings are posted on the Chicagoland Race Page.](Raybestos PR)(8-24-2009)
