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Gaughan running Grand Am race at Montreal:

NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Brendan Gaughan will drive the #66 South Point Casino/TRG Porsche GT3 at this weekend's Grand-Am Rolex Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. Gaughan, from Las Vegas, will make his first Grand-Am Series start with...

Bristol Rookie Notes:

...Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the CARFAX 250 at Michigan International Speedway. Allgaier scored a seventh-place finish, his 10th top-10 of the 2009 season and claimed top rookie honors for the seventh time this season. He became the first...

Michigan Rookie Notes:

Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International. Allgaier scored a 17th-place and claimed top rookie honors for the sixth time this season. Allgaier leads Brendan Gaughan by 11 points (197-186) in the Raybestos Rookie...

Watkins Glen Rookie Notes:

Michael McDowell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in theU.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway. McDowell scored an eighth-place finish, his fourth top-10 of the season. He claimed top rookie honors for the fifth time in 2009 and occupies 11th-place in the series championship...

Iowa Raybestos Rookie Notes:

Brendan Gaughan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Kroger 200 at OReilly Raceway Park. Gaughan scored a 12th-place finish and claimed top rookie honors for the fifth time this season. DID YOU KNOW? At least one Raybestos Rookie has scored a top-10 finish ...

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Carl Edwards won the Kroger 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis. It was his 22nd series win in his 161st start. It was his first win at ORP in his fifth start; Edwards won the Truck race at ORP in 2003. Edwards scored his second win of 2009; his last win ...

ORP Raybestos Rookie Notes:

Michael Annett was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway International Raceway. Annett scored a seventh-place finish, his second top-10 of the season and equaled his best finish in 20 NASCAR Nationwide Series races. ...

Gateway Rookie Notes:

Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Dollar General 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. Allgaier posted a 10th-place finish, his ninth top-10 of the season, and claimed top rookie honors for the fifth time in 2009. At least one Raybestos Rookie has ...

Raybestos Rookie Notes – Chicago:

Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Subway Jalapeno 250 at Daytona. Allgaier posted an eighth-place finish, his eighth top-10 of the season, and claimed top rookie honors for the fourth time in 2009. At least one Raybestos Rookie has scored ...

Penalty revised for Crew Chief, Bryan Berry: UPDATE:

NASCAR announced Tuesday that it has revised the penalty for Bryan Berry, crew chief of the #62 Chevy in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Berry had been indefinitely suspended earlier this month for a rule violation (Section 12-1: actions detrimental to stock car racing...

New Hampshire Rookie Notes:

Erik Darnell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 20 Northern Tool.com 250 at The Milwaukee Mile. Darnell scored a fourth-place finish, equaling his best effort in six NASCAR Nationwide Series races. He claimed his second top-five and third top-10 in 2009...

New crew chief for Gaughan? UPDATE 2: Wallace

Hearing that Tripp Bruce, who served as Johnny Benson's crew chief at Red Horse Racing until the team shut down last week, is the new crew chief for #62-Brendan Gaughan. No word on whether or not its a permanent change.(6-16-2009) UPDATE: Bruce is taking over as crew...

Bruce to Nationwide as crew chief for Gaughan? UPDATE to the #66 with Wallace:

Hearing that Tripp Bruce, who served as Johnny Benson's crew chief at Red Horse Racing, is the new crew chief for #62-Brendan Gaughan. No word on whether it's a permanent change.(6-16-2009) UPDATE: Tripp Bruce will be starting as the Crew chief For Steven Wallace beginning...

Milwaukee Rookie Notes:

Brendan Gaughan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 13 Meijer 300 at Kentucky. Gaughan scored a fourth-place finish, his second top-five of the season and led the race twice for six laps. He claimed top rookie honors for the fourth time in 2009. Justin Allgaier...

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Joey Logano won the Meijer 300 presented by RITZ Crackers at Kentucky Speedway. Logano won from the pole. He scored his second series win in his 12 starts this season. Logano is the third driver to score multiple wins in 2009, joining Kyle Busch (four) and Greg Biffle...

Bryan Berry suspended by NASCAR: UPDATE 3:

NASCAR announced today that Bryan Berry, crew chief for the #62 Chevy in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, has been indefinitely suspended due to a rule violation that occurred during this past Saturdays event at Nashville Superspeedway. Berry was suspended for violating...

Cup plans for 2010 on hold at Rusty Wallace Racing:

Rusty Wallace Racings plans to move to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2010 are on hold, as Wallace said Friday at Kentucky Speedway that his two-car team will remain in the Nationwide Series next year. Wallace had wanted to move drivers Steve Wallace and Brendan Gaughan...

Michigan Rookie Notes:

#20-Joey Logano was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the June 7 Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway. Logano scored a 23rd-place finish on the lead lap and grabbed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the fifth consecutive race and for the 11th time this season. Logano...

Nashville Rookie Notes:

Michael McDowell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville. McDowell finished eighth, his third top-10 of the season, and claimed top rookie honors for the fourth time in 2009. He also led the race once for one lap. Erik Darnell...

Nashville Rookie Notes:

Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Heluva Good! 200 at Dover. Allgaier scored a 10th-place finish, his sixth top-10 this season. He became the first Raybestos Rookie to score a top-10 in the spring race at Dover since Marcos Ambrose placed ...