Raybestos Rookie News & Notes – Michigan:


*Austin Dillon was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 4 WinStar World Casino 400K at Texas Motor Speedway. Dillon grabbed a third-place finish, his best in 10 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races and collected top rookie honors for the fifth time this season. He has racked up one top-five and three top-10s in eight races this season.
*Dillon won the pole at Texas, the first of his truck series career. *At least one Raybestos Rookie has now won a pole position in each of the past three seasons (2008-2010). The others: 2008: Justin Marks (1) and Scott Speed (1); 2009: Johnny Sauter (2) and Brian Ickler (1).
*Dillon leads Justin Lofton by nine points (95-86) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the June 12 VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway.
*Brian Ickler was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2009 VFW 200, scoring a third-place finish.
*Ickler won the pole for the 2009 race at Michigan, joining Jamie McMurray (2000) as the only first-year drivers to win a pole in 10 previous races at Michigan.
*The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie at Michigan is second-place by Kurt Busch in 2000.(Raybestos PR) Rookie point standings are posted on the Michigan Race Page.](6-8-2010)