Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Able Body Labor 200 at Phoenix. Allgaier posted a 16th-place finish to earn Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the second time in the last three races and for the 11th time this season.
Allgaier leads Brendan Gaughan by eight points (230-222) entering the Ford 300 at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway.
Allgaier is sixth in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings, 14 behind fifth-place Mike Bliss and 86 ahead of seventh-place Steve Wallace.
Three Raybestos Rookies are in the top-10 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings. Allgaier, Gaughan (ninth) and Michael Annett (tenth).
Two Raybestos Rookies battling for 10th place: Annett is 10th in the standings, 41 points ahead of 11th-place Kenny Wallace and 44 ahead of 12th-place Tony Raines. Raybestos Rookie Michael McDowell is 13th in the standings, 49 points behind Annett.
At least one Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in 26 of 34 NASCAR Nationwide Series races this season.
Bryan Clauson was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Ford 300, collecting a 34th-place finish. He also led the race once for one lap.
The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in the Ford 300 is third by Kyle Busch (2004) and Greg Biffle (2001).
Casey Atwood (1998) and David Ragan (2007) are the only Raybestos Rookies to win pole positions at Homestead.
A Raybestos Rookie has finished in the top-10 in four of the last five Nationwide Series races at Homestead.
Only once in 14 previous Nationwide Series races at Homestead have two Raybestos Rookie finished in the top-five. In 2001, Greg Biffle place third just ahead of fellow Raybestos Rookie Scott Wimmer, who grabbed a fourth place finish.(Camp & Assoc. / Raybestos PR)(11-17-2009)
