Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Stenhouse Jr. posted a ninth-place finish, his first top-10 of the season and third in 13 career starts. He collected top rookie honors for the second time in the last three races.
Brian Scott leads James Buescher by one point (61-60) in the overall Raybestos Rookie standings entering the O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Three Raybestos Rookies have scored a top-10 finish this season: Scott, Buescher and Stenhouse Jr.
Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2009 O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, scoring a 10th-place finish.
Only once in 18 previous Nationwide Series races at Texas have three Raybestos Rookies finished inside the top-10. Reed Sorenson (third), Carl Edwards (fourth) and Jon Wood (eighth) accomplished the feat in the 2005 O’Reilly Auto Parts 300.
The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in 18 previous Nationwide Series races at Texas is second by Kyle Busch in 2004. Busch finished second behind Matt Kenseth in a race that ended under caution.
Only two Raybestos Rookies have led the most laps in a Nationwide Series race at Texas: Kyle Busch (2004) and Kevin Harvick (2000). Busch led four times for 147 laps, the most laps led by a rookie in 18 races at Texas. Harvick led twice for 67 laps in 2000.
(Raybestos / Camp & Assoc. PR)(4-14-2010)
