Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway. Allgaier scored a sixth-place finish, his 12th top-10 finish of the season and took top rookie honors for the ninth time in 2009.
At least one Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in 24 of 29 NASCAR Nationwide Series races this season.
Justin Allgaier leads Brendan Gaughan by 22 points (223-201) entering the COPART 300 at Auto Club Speedway.
Three Raybestos Rookies are in the top-10 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings. Allgaier is fifth followed by Gaughan (ninth) and Michael McDowell (tenth).
Two Raybestos Rookies have won pole positions during the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series season: Gaughan and Erik Darnell.
Bryan Clauson was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 COPART 300, claiming an 18th-place finish.
Carl Edwards won the 2005 COPART 300 at Auto Club Speedway, crossing the finish line 1.710 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Greg Biffle. Edwards is the only Raybestos Rookie to finish in the top-five in five fall races at the 2.0-mile speedway.
The only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole at Auto Club Speedway is Steve Park in 1997, the first race ever at Auto Club Speedway.
A Raybestos Rookie has finished in the top-10 in three of the five fall races at Auto Club Speedway.
The best qualifying effort by a Raybestos Rookie in five fall races at Auto Club Speedway is third by Reed Sorenson in 2005.
(Camp & Assoc. / Raybestos PR)(10-8-2009)
