#82-Scott Speed was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the November 8 Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway finishing 18th and took top rookie honor for the eighth time this season. #20-Joey Logano leads Speed by 36 points (237-201) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the November 15 Checker OReilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix. Kyle Busch and Tony Stewart are the only Raybestos Rookies to win at Phoenix in 26 NASCAR Sprint Cup races. Stewart won from the pole in 1999 and Busch captured the 2005 event. Stewart is the only Raybestos Rookie to lead the most laps in a race at Phoenix. He led the 1999 race three times for 150 of the events 312 laps. Three Raybestos Rookies have won pole positions at Phoenix, all coming in the fall race: Tony Stewart (1999), Casey Atwood (2001) and Ryan Newman (2002). The most recent Raybestos Rookie to win a Sprint Cup Series race is Joey Logano. Logano captured the 2009 LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ahead of second-place Jeff Gordon (18 races ago).(Camp & Assoc./Raybestos), for Rookie history, standings and facts, see my 2009 Rookies page.(11-12-2009)
