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Joey Logano was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the November 15 Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix (Avondale, Ariz.) International Raceway. Logano posted a 21st-place finish and took top rookie honors for the 25th time this season.

Logano leads Speed by 36 points (238-202) in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the November 22 Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway.

Regan Smith was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Ford 400, scoring a 34th-place finish.

DID YOU KNOW? Tony Stewart is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win in 10 previous NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Stewart captured the inaugural Ford 400 in 1999 by 5.289 seconds over Bobby Labonte. He led the race four times for 44 laps.

DID YOU KNOW? The most laps led by a Raybestos® Rookie in 10 previous races at Homestead are 52 by Casey Atwood in 2001.

DID YOU KNOW? The only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole in 10 previous races at Homestead is Jamie McMurray. McMurray won his first-career pole at the 2003 Ford 400 on the way to claiming Raybestos® Rookie of the Year honors. McMurray claimed a ninth-place finish in the race, his 13th top-10 finish of the 2003 season.

The most Raybestos® Rookies to finish inside the top-10 at Homestead are THREE in 2001 and 2006:

2001: Casey Atwood, third

2001: Kevin Harvick, seventh

2001: Jason Leffler, 10th

2006: Martin Truex Jr., second

2006: Denny Hamlin, third

2006: Clint Bowyer, 10th

Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway:

1999: Tony Stewart, FIRST

2001: Casey Atwood, third

2006: Martin Truex, Jr., second

2006: Denny Hamlin, third

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway:

1999: Tony Stewart, first

2000: Dave Blaney, ninth

2001: Casey Atwood, third

2001: Kevin Harvick, seventh

2001: Jason Leffler, 10th

2002: Ryan Newman, sixth

2002: Jimmie Johnson, eighth

2003: Jamie McMurray, ninth

2004: Brendan Gaughan, sixth

2006: Martin Truex, Jr., second

2006: Denny Hamlin, third

2006: Clint Bowyer, 10th

2007: David Ragan, 10th

· Raybestos® Rookies that have led at least one lap in the Ford 400:

1999: Tony Stewart (four times for 44 laps)

2001: Casey Atwood (twice for 52 laps)

2001: Kevin Harvick (three times for 47 laps)

2002: Ryan Newman (once for 28 laps)

2002: Jimmie Johnson (once for 27 laps)

2006: Martin Truex Jr. (once for 27 laps)

2007: David Ragan (once for one lap)

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER  POINTS

Joey Logano 238

Scott Speed 202

Max Papis 150

HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE

EVENT HIGHEST-FINISHING ROOKIE

Daytona 500 Scott Speed, 35th

Auto Club 500 Joey Logano, 26th

Shelby 427 Joey Logano, 13th

Kobalt Tools 500 Joey Logano, 30th

Food City 500 Scott Speed, 28th

Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Joey Logano, 32nd

Samsung 500 Joey Logano, 30th

Subway Fresh Fit 500 Joey Logano, 21st

Aaron’s 499 Scott Speed, fifth

Crown Royal 400 Joey Logano, 19th

Southern 500 Joey Logano, ninth

Coca-Cola 600 Joey Logano, ninth

Autism Speaks 400 Joey Logano, 15th

Pocono 500 Joey Logano, 23rd

LifeLock 400 Joey Logano, 25th

Toyota/Save Mart 350 Max Papis, 12th

LENOX Industrial Tools 301 Joey Logano, FIRST!

Coke Zero 400 Joey Logano, 19th

LifeLock.com 400 Joey Logano, 18th

Allstate 400 at The Brickyard Joey Logano, 12th

Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 Scott Speed, 23rd

Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen Max Papis, eighth

CARFAX 400 Joey Logano, seventh

Sharpie 500 Scott Speed, 15th

Pep Boys Auto 500 Joey Logano, 22nd

Chevy Rock & Roll 400 Joey Logano, 14th

Sylvania 300 Joey Logano, 21st

AAA 400 Scott Speed, 25th

Price Chopper 400 Scott Speed, 27th

Pepsi 500 Joey Logano, 14th

NASCAR Banking 500 Joey Logano, fifth

TUMS Fast Relief 500 Joey Logano, 12th

AMP Energy 500 Joey Logano, third

Dickies 500 Scott Speed, 18th

Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 Joey Logano, 21st

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY

· Regan Smith won 2008 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, edging Sam Hornish Jr. by seven points (236-229). Smith became the first Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the 52-year history of the program without a DNF (did not finish). He was running at the finish in all 34 starts he made during the season.

· DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a Sprint Cup Series race is Joey Logano. Montoya captured the 2009 LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ahead of second-place Jeff Gordon (19 races).

· DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in the Sprint Cup Series is Patrick Carpentier. Carpentier captured the top starting spot for the 2008 LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (55 races).

DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to score a top-five finish is Joey Logano, who placed third in the 2009 AMP Energy 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (three races).

· The 2008 season marked the first time in NASCAR’s modern-era (since 1972) that THREE drivers shared the lead in the Raybestos® Rookie standings. After the second race of the season, Sam Hornish, Jr., Dario Franchitti and Regan Smith were all tied at the top of the standings.

Ryan Newman holds the all-time Raybestos® Rookie record for most poles (6), most top-fives (14) and most top-10s (22).

Denny Hamlin is the only Raybestos® Rookie to qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup since the program was created in 2004.

Hamlin holds the record for most earnings by a Raybestos® Rookie ($6.6 million in 2006).

The record for most wins by a Raybestos® Rookie is three, shared by Tony Stewart (1999) and Jimmie Johnson (2002).

A Raybestos® Rookie has posted multiple victories SEVEN times in NASCAR Sprint Cup:
1987: Davey Allison, two

1999: Tony Stewart, three

2000: Dale Earnhardt Jr., two

2001: Kevin Harvick, two

2002: Jimmie Johnson, three

2005: Kyle Busch, two

2006: Denny Hamlin, two

More than one Raybestos® Rookie has posted victories in their rookie season only three times: Morgan Shepherd and Ron Bouchard (one each in 1981), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (two) and Matt Kenseth (2000), Jimmie Johnson (three) and Ryan Newman (2002).

The way to the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship is to win Raybestos® Rookie of the Year. Since 1979, six Raybestos® Rookie of the Year drivers have gone on to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup title: Dale Earnhardt (1979), Rusty Wallace (1984), Alan Kulwicki (1986), Jeff Gordon (1993), Tony Stewart (1999, 2005) and Matt Kenseth (2000).

The longest streak for a Raybestos® Rookie to be in the top-10 in the Sprint Cup Series championship standings during the sport’s modern-era is 60 races (2001 MBNA Platinum 400 through 2002 Ford 400).

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- Camp & Associates, Inc., for Raybestos, Press Release