Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Great Clips 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Stenhouse Jr. grabbed a 10th-place finish, his fourth top-10 of the season, and claimed top rookie honors for the seventh time in 2010.
Brian Scott leads Ricky Stenhouse Jr. by 12 points (197-185) in the overall Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway.
Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2009 Virginia529 College Savings 250, posting an eighth-place finish.
Two Raybestos Rookies have won the September race at Richmond: Bobby Hamilton (1989) and Steve Park (1997). Hamilton edged Tommy Ellis by two car lengths while Park crossed the finish line 1.432 seconds ahead of Randy LaJoie.
Only once in the past 20 fall races have two Raybestos Rookies finished in the top-five in Richmond: 1989. Bobby Hamilton won while Kenny Wallace finished third.(Raybestos/Camp & Assoc PR)(9-8-2010)
