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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...

Richmond Rookie Notes:

#82-Scott Speed was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the April 26 Aarons 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. Speed scored a fifth-place finish, his best in 13 Sprint Cup Series starts. He claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the third time this season. #20...

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...

Rookie’s run well at Talladega:

#82-Scott Speed scored a fifth-place finish in the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway, his best finish in 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts. #20-Joey Logano grabbed a ninth-place finish, his best effort in 12 Sprint Cup Series starts and his first top-10. #13-...

Talladega Rookie Notes:

#20-Joey Logano was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the April 18 Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Logano scored a 21st-place finish and claimed top rookie honors for the third consecutive race. Logano leads #82-Scott Speed by 13 points (86...

Talladega Rookie Notes:

Brendan Gaughan was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix International Raceway. Gaughan scored a seventh-place finish, his third top-10 of the season, and claimed top rookie honors for the second time in 2009. Justin Allgaier ...

Raybestos Rookie News & Notes – Kansas Speedway:

James Buescher was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the March 30 Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Buescher scored an 11th place finish and claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the first time this season. J.R. Fitzpatrick holds a four-point lead (42...

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...

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 Texas:

...Justin Allgaier was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Scotts Turf Builder 300 at Bristol. Allgaier scored a fifth-place finish, his first top-five in eight NASCAR Nationwide Series races and his second consecutive top-10. He claimed Raybestos Rookie of the...

Martinsville Rookie Notes:

Martinsville Rookie Notes: #82-Scott Speed was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the March 22 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Speed scored a 28th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the second time this season. #20-Joey Logano leads Speed by one ...

Driver changes coming at Rick Ware Racing?: UPDATE:

Rick Ware Racing will be conducting a press conference on Tuesday March 24 to announce a new driver lineup with Rick Ware Racing's Nationwide Series entries of the #31 and #41.(Rick Ware Racing PR), the team had previously announced that Travis Kittleson and Tim Brown...

Townley to compete is ASA at SGMP:

John Wes Townley of Watkinsville, Ga. will return to his racing roots in the ASA Late Model Series this weekend when he competes in the South Georgia 100 at the half-mile South Georgia Motorsports Park in Adel, Ga. on Saturday night March 28. The 19-year-old Townley...

Raybestos Rookie News and Notes – Martinsville:

Tayler Malsam was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the March 7 American Commercial Lines 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Malsam scored a 13th-place finish and claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the first time this season. J.R. Fitzpatrick leads Ricky...

Bristol Rookie Notes:

Bristol Rookie Notes: #20-Joey Logano was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the March 8 Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Logano scored a 30th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the third consecutive race. Logano leads #82-Scott Speed by two points...

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...

Malsam top Raybestos Rookie at Atlanta:

Tayler Malsam [#81-One Eighty Toyota scored a 13th-place and claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the first time this season. Unofficially J.R. Fitzpatrick leads Ricky Carmichael by three points (33-30) in the Raybestos Rookie standings; Malsam is third ...

Atlanta Rookie Notes and News:

Atlanta Rookie Notes and News: #20-Joey Logano was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the March 1 Shelby 427 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Logano scored a 13th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the second time this season and for the second consecutive race...

Malsam to make first laps at AMS:

Malsam has never before raced at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Friday's morning practice sessions at the 1.54-mile quad-oval will be the first laps on the fast-banked track for the Raybestos Rookie of the Year contender. For the third consecutive race, One Eighty will be...

Raybestos Rookie News & Notes – Atlanta:

Ricky Carmichael was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the February 21 San Bernardino County 200 at Auto Club Speedway.. Carmichael scored an eighth-place finish, his best effort in two NASCAR Camping World Series starts and claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors...