Raybestos Rookie News & Notes – Phoenix:


*Johnny Sauter was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the November 6 WinStar World Casino 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. Sauter claimed a sixth-place finish, his 11th top-10 of the 2009 season and ninth in 21 career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series superspeedway starts. Sauter grabbed top rookie honors for the second consecutive race and for the 12th time this season.
*Sauter leads Tayler Malsam by 45 points (223-178) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the November 13 Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix (Avondale, Ariz.) International Raceway.
*Sauter is seventh in the series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He is 17 points behind sixth-place Brian Scott and 24 ahead of eighth-place Timothy Peters.
*Brian Scott was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Lucas Oil 150, scoring a fourth-place finish.
*The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in 16 previous races at Phoenix is second by Greg Biffle in 1998.
*Biffle is also the only Raybestos Rookie to lead a lap at Phoenix, holding the top spot once for 31 laps.(Raybestos PR) [Raybestos Rookie point standings are posted on the Phoenix Race Page.](11-10-2009)