*Johnny Sauter was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the September 6 Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway. Sauter scored a fifth-place finish, his second consecutive top-five and seventh top-10 of the season. He collected top rookie honors for the seventh time this season.
*Tayler Malsam posted a 10th-place finish at Iowa, his eighth top-10 of the season. Malsam is 11th in the series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie.
*Johnny Sauter leads Tayler Malsam by 13 points (176-163) in the overall Raybestos Rookie standings entering the September 12 Copart 200 at Gateway Int’l Raceway.
*Colin Braun was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Camping World 200 at Gateway, posting a ninth-place finish.
*The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in 11 races at Gateway is fourth by Carl Edwards in 2003.
*The most Raybestos Rookies to finish inside the top-10 in a race at Gateway are FOUR in 2001: Travis Kvapil (fifth), Ricky Hendrick (sixth), Matt Crafton (seventh), and Billy Bigley (tenth).
*Greg Biffle (1998) is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole in 11 previous races at Gateway. [Complete rookie point standings are posted on the Gateway Race Page.](Raybestos PR)(9-8-2009)
