Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Dollar General 300 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Allgaier scored a 12th-place finish and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the tenth time this season and for the second time in the last three races.
At least one Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in 25 of 31 NASCAR Nationwide Series races this season.
Allgaier leads Brendan Gaughan by 18 points (226-208) entering the Kroger 250 at Memphis Motorsports Park.
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). Michael Annett is 11th in the standings, seven points behind 10th-place McDowell.
Cale Gale was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Kroger 250, scoring an 11th-place finish.
A Raybestos Rookie has finished in the top-10 in nine of the 10 previous races at Memphis.
Kevin Harvick is the only Raybestos Rookie to win the Sam’s Town 250. Harvick captured the 2000 race by .475 seconds over Elton Sawyer. Marcos Ambrose is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole position in the 10 previous races at Memphis. Ambrose grabbed the top starting position for the 2007 Kroger 250.
(Raybestos / Camp & Assoc PR)(10-21-2009)
