Raybestos Rookie - Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site

Raybestos Rookie Notes for California:

Marcos Ambrose was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the ORBITZ 300 at Daytona. Ambrose scored a 16th-place finish in his first Busch Series start. Ambrose holds a one-point lead over Kyle Krisiloff (11-10) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the Stater Bros...

Raybestos Rookie of the Year to Receive More Money:

Officials with Affinia Group announced an increase in the year-end payout to Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the Nextel Cup Series. The driver who wins Raybestos Rookie of the Year will take home a check for $65,000, a $15,000 increase from 2006. The company will also...

More Money for Raybestos Rookie program in 2007:

Officials with Affinia Group today announced an increase in the year-end payout to Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the Nextel Cup Series. The driver who wins Raybestos Rookie of the Year will take home a check for $65,000, a $15,000 increase from 2006. The company ...

Sauter to run for Rookie of the Year:

Green Light Racing's Chad McCumbee finished second to Erik Darnell in the 2006 Craftsman Truck Series Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings running 17 races for the team. McCumbee's new teammate, Busch Series veteran Tim Sauter, will vie for the award this season ...

Keith Coleman Racing to showcase Oklahoma Centennial Celebration:

Keith Coleman Racing has announced that the State of Oklahoma, through the Oklahoma Capitol Complex and Centennial Commemoration Commission, will be associated with the race team throughout the 2007 Busch Series season in conjunction with Oklahoma's Centennial Celebration...

Whitt plans at least 15 races in the #72:

from a Raybestos Rookie Notes & Quotes PR, Q&A with Brandon Whitt, who will drive the #72 CJM Racing Chevy in Nextel Cup this season: WHAT IS YOUR SPONSORSHIP SITUATION FOR THE 2007 SEASON? DO YOU PLAN TO RUN THE FULL SCHEDULE? Well, we would like to, but as of right...

Fike to drive #1 for Red Horse Racing:

Red Horse Racing officials say that the team plans to race the #1 Toyota with driver Aaron Fike full time in the Truck Series this season. Fike, 24, plans to compete in all the events and run for Raybestos Rookie of the Year. Fike most recently drove in the Busch Series...

Trucks’ Turn; Testing continues at Daytona:

Craftsman Truck teams are hoping #13 is their personal lucky number as Jackson Hewitt Preseason Thunder continues this week at Daytona International Speedway. Three days of tests - beginning Friday and ending Sunday - will give crews a barometer for the 2007 season...

Frank Cicci to Announce Sponsor: UPDATE 3:

Frank Cicci Racing will hold a press conference in Washington DC on January 6th to announce a sponsor for its #34 car for the full 2007 season with driver Brian Conz of Livonia, Michigan.(Frank Cicci Racing PR)(12-28-2006) UPDATE: hearing the Cicci team will be sponsored...

Champion Todd Bodine to Collect $441,370 in Point Fund and Awards; Bodines Total Season Winnings Reach Record $1,046,680:

Todd Bodine waited years - two decades to be exact - to win a NASCAR national touring series championship. Now he's done it and in the process the 42-year-old Bodine of Chemung, NY set a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series single-season winnings record. Bodine, driver of...

Nextel Cup Series Champions Week Day 4:

On the eve of the Nextel Cup Series Awards Ceremony in New York, over $1 million in special awards were presented at the NASCAR/National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Myers Brothers luncheon. Headlining the list of award winners was Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#8 Budweiser...

News & Notes – Final Wrap:

The strategy and the finish wasn't what Todd Bodine (#30 Lumber Liquidators Toyota) was looking for, but a conservative run in the Nov. 17 Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway wrapped up the Craftsman Truck Series championship. Bodine, keeping rival Johnny Benson (#...

Ford 200 results from Homestead-Miami Motorsports Complex:

O’Quinn is 2006 Rookie of the Year:

In a competition that came down to the last race of the season, Danny O'Quinn captured the Raybestos Rookie of the Year Award over John Andretti.(Raybestos PR)(11-19-2006)...

Homestead Race Notes:

Greg Biffle won the 2006 FORD 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, scoring his 11th career Nextel Cup victory in his 150th career start. Biffle moved into sole possession of 50th on NASCARs All-Time win list. This is Biffles second victory in 2006. He also won ...

Erik Darnell clinches Raybestos Rookie title:

Darnell finished third in Friday night's Ford 200 at Homstead Miami Motorsports Complex to clinch Raybestos Rookie of the Year. He racked up his fourth top-five and 12th top-10 finish of the 2006 season. Darnell claimed Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the 15th...

U.K.’s Mickel to attempt full season in 2007:

Torquespeed, which has extensive shop and engineering capabilities in Essex, U.K., will combine their expertise with the teams of Morgan-Dollar Motorsports and Green Light Racing to campaign the effort. Torquespeed's objective is to run Mickel in a full season in the...

Homestead Rookie Notes:

#11-Denny Hamlin was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the November 12 Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Hamlin finished third, his seventh top-five and 19th top-10 finish of the 2006 season. He took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for ...

Raybestos Rookie Notes for Homestead:

Todd Kluever was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Arizona Travel 200 at Phoenix. Kluever scored an 18th-place finish and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the eighth time in 2006. John Andretti and Danny OQuinn Jr. remain tied for the lead in the ...

Raybestos Rookie News & Notes:

Erik Darnell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the November 10 Casino Arizona 150 at Phoenix Int'l Raceway. Darnell scored a 10th-place finish, his 11th top-10 finish of the 2006 season. He took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the 14th time in 24 races...