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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 ...

Carolina Speed on the #11 at Lowes:

Professional indoor football meets NASCAR racing this weekend as CJM Racing and the Carolina Speed have partnered together for the upcoming Carquest Auto Parts 300 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. The Charlotte based professional indoor football team will be displayed as ...

Rookie Notes: Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

Erik Darnell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Diamond Hill Plywood 200 at Darlington Raceway. Darnell scored a fourth-place finish, his best effort in three NASCAR Nationwide Series starts. He claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the first time...

Darlington Rookie Notes:

Michael McDowell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Lipton Tea 250 at Richmond. McDowell scored an eighth-place finish, his second top-10 in 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts. He claimed top rookie honors for the third time this season. At least one Raybestos...

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* David Ragan won the Aaron's 312 at Talladega Superspeedway. It was his first Nationwide victory in his 85th start. There has been a first-time race winner every year since the series began in 1982. The last first-time race winner was Marcos Ambrose at Watkins Glen...

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Richmond:

Scott Lagasse Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Aaron's 312 at Talladega Superspeedway. Lagasse Jr. scored an eighth-place finish, his best in 22 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts. He collected his third top-10 finish of the 2009 season and his second in...

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Phoenix:

* Scott Lagasse Jr. was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Nashville 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Lagasse Jr. scored a 10th-place finish and grabbed top rookie honors for the first time this season. He has racked up two top-10 finishes in six races. * Two Raybestos...

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* Joey Logano won the Nashville 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Logano scored his second Nationwide victory in his 24th start -- his other win came at Kentucky (20 starts between). * Logano led nine times for a race-high 95 laps, including the final 10. It's the first...

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Nashville:

Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the O'Reilly 300 at Texas. Allgaier scored a 10th-place finish, his third top-10 in five races this season and claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the second consecutive race. Allgaier leads Brendan...

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Bristol:

...Michael McDowell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas. McDowell scored a sixth-place finish, his first top-10 and best effort in eight Nationwide Series starts. He has taken Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors twice in the first...

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...Greg Biffle won the Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. It was his 19th Nationwide Series win in his 223rd race; his last victory came at the Auto Club Speedway in February 2006, a span of 76 races. ...Biffle ranks 18th on the all-time wins list. ...Biffle...

Arnett, Speed win Rookie Cooking Challenge:

Arnett, Speed win Rookie Cooking Challenge: Michael Annett and Scott Speed teamed to win the Fourth Annual Raybestos Rookie Cooking Challenge Thursday afternoon at ESPN Zone Las Vegas. Annett and Speed prepared a tasty dish of elbow macaroni with meat sauce, garlic...

Cooking Rookies:

Raybestos rookie NASCAR drivers Scott Speed, Max Papis, Justin Allgaier, Michael Annett, Scott Lagasse Jr. and John Wes Townley are scheduled to participate in a cooking challenge at 2pm, Thursday, Feb 26th at the ESPN Zone in Las Vegas. The ESPN Zone culinary team...

Raybestos Rookie Notes:

* Brendan Gaughan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Stater Bros. 300 at Auto Club Speedway. Gaughan scored a ninth-place finish, his best in three Nationwide Series and the first top-10 by a Raybestos Rookie this season. * Gaughan is eighth in the Nationwide...

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* Tony Stewart won the Camping World 300 at Daytona International Speedway. It was his eighth Nationwide victory in his 87th career start. * Stewart has won his past three Nationwide restrictor-plate starts, and six of his past 10 NNS starts. * Stewart posted his fourth...

Scott Lagasse, Jr. Named Driver at CJM Racing:

2008 is a year of change for CJM Racing. The team recently announced a new technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing and that they will become part of the Toyota family in 2009. Now to build on that foundation, CJM would like to announce Scott Lagasse Jr. as the new...

Lagasse running ARCA at Chicagoland: UPDATE Lagasse picks up the win:

Scott Lagasse, Jr., who won at Kansas Speedway in 2007 [ARCA], makes his return to ARCA RE/MAX Series competition at Chicagoland, entered in the #25 Venturini Motorsports Chevrolet, the same team that sent rising star Joey Logano to victory lane earlier this year at...

JTG Racing shuts down #20 team:

JTG Racing's Craftsman Truck Series team has shut down, team owner Tad Geschickter confirmed Friday night. Driver Scott Lagasse was 28th in the series points standings, with a best finish of 19th at Auto Club Speedway. JTG had fielded trucks for the previous two seasons...

Drivers help build playground:

About 500 volunteers spent Wednesday in building a playground at the Kennedy Campus of Elon Homes for Children. It was the 31st playground -- and first in Charlotte -- built by Racing to Play, a program sponsored by Home Depot, the NASCAR Foundation, Joe Gibbs Racing...

Lagasse makes first series run at Martinsville:

Saturday's Kroger 250 Craftsman Truck Series race will give many rookie truck series drivers their first glimpse of Martinsville's long straight-aways and sharp turns. Among them will be 27-year-old Scott Lagasse Jr. in the #20 JTG Racing [Nicholson Group] Ford. Lagasse...