Michael Annett was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Degree V12 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Annett posted a 14th-place finish and grabbed top rookie honors for the second time in the last three races.
At least one Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in 22 of 26 NASCAR Nationwide Series races this season.
Justin Allgaier leads Brendan Gaughan by 11 points (209-198) entering the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway.
Three Raybestos Rookies are in the top-10 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings. Allgaier is fifth followed by Gaughan (eighth) and Michael McDowell (tenth).
Two Raybestos Rookies have won pole positions during the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series season: Gaughan and Erik Darnell.
Landon Cassill was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Virginia 529 College Savings 250, posting a 12th-place finish.
The most recent Raybestos Rookie driver to lead a lap in the fall race at Richmond is Kevin Harvick, who led once for one lap in the 2000 event, a span of eight races.
Only two Raybestos Rookies have won the September race at Richmond. Bobby Hamilton edged Tommy Ellis by two car lengths in 1989 while Steve Park crossed the finish line 1.432 seconds ahead of Randy LaJoie in 1997.
Andy Santerre is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole for the fall race at Richmond. Santerre won the pole in 1998, a span of 11 races.
Only once in the past 20 fall races have two Raybestos Rookies finished in the top-five at Richmond. In 1989, Bobby Hamilton won while Kenny Wallace finished third.
(Raybestos / Camp & Assoc. PR)(9-10-2009)
