Johnny Sauter clinched the Raybestos Rookie of the Year title following the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Sauter scored a ninth-place finish in tonight’s race, his third consecutive top-10 and 13th top-10 of the 2009 season. He was the top Raybestos Rookie in 14 races this season. Sauter scored his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where he finished 2.474 seconds ahead of teammate Matt Crafton. The victory came in his 31st career start. Sauter also led the most laps in the event (64 of 146). Sauter finished the season with two poles: Las Vegas and Phoenix. He became the first Raybestos Rookie pole winner in 17 races at Phoenix and joined Bryan Reffner is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole position in 13 previous races at Las Vegas.(Raybestos PR)(11-20-2009)
