Nashville Rookie Notes:


Brian Scott was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the TECH-NET Auto Service 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Scott was credited with a 33rd-place finish and claimed top rookie honors for the sixth time this season.
Scott leads Ricky Stenhouse Jr. by 14 points (127-113) in the overall Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway.
Scott was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2010 Nashville 300, scoring a 15th-place finish.
Michael McDowell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2009 Federated Auto Parts 300, claiming an eighth-place finish.
In 18 previous Nationwide Series races at Nashville, three Raybestos Rookies have won pole positions, two coming in the spring race: 2002: Shane Hmiel (Nationwide 300); 2005: Reed Sorenson (Nationwide 300); 2006: Todd Kluever (Federated Auto Parts 300)
A Raybestos Rookie has won three Nationwide Series races at Nashville Superspeedway, all coming in the Nashville 300 (spring race): 2001: Greg Biffle, 2002: Scott Riggs, 2005: Reed Sorenson
Reed Sorenson holds the record for most laps led by a Raybestos Rookie in a Nationwide Series race at Nashville. Sorenson led three times for 197 laps in the 2005 Nashville 300.(Raybestos/Camp & Assoc. PR)(6-2-2010)