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Raybestos Rookie News and Notes: 5-hour Energy 250
Press Release
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the October 15 Dollar General 300 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway. Stenhouse Jr. scored a 14th-place finish and took top rookie honors for the 11th time this season.
- Stenhouse Jr. leads Brian Scott by six points (208-202) in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the October 23 5-hour Energy 250 at Gateway (Madison, Ill.) International Raceway.
- TWO Raybestos® Rookies have won at Gateway since the NASCAR Nationwide Series began competing at the 1.25-mile speedway in 1997 (14 races): Kevin Harvick (2000) and Reed Sorenson (2005). Harvick edged Jeff Purvis by 1.33 seconds while Sorenson crossed the finish line .710 seconds ahead of Mike Wallace.
- Brian Scott was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2010 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250, scoring a sixth-place finish.
- The 2010 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 at Gateway featured a strong performance by the 2010 Raybestos® Rookie class. Three rookies finished inside the top-10: Scott, Colin Braun (seventh) and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (ninth), the most ever in 14 previous races at Gateway.
- DID YOU KNOW? Only once in 14 races at have TWO Raybestos® Rookies finished inside the top-five at Gateway. In 2005, Reed Sorenson won the race while Carl Edwards posted third-place finish.
- Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Gateway (14 races):
1998: Andy Santerre, fourth
2000: Kevin Harvick, FIRST
2001: Greg Biffle, fourth
2004: Kyle Busch, fourth
2005: Reed Sorenson, FIRST
2005: Carl Edwards, third
2007: David Ragan, fifth
- At least one Raybestos® Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in each of the last FOUR CONSECUTIVE races at Gateway.
- Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Gateway (14 races):
1998: Andy Santerre, fourth
1998: Dave Blaney, sixth
2000: Kevin Harvick, FIRST
2000: Ron Hornaday, sixth
2001: Greg Biffle, fourth
2001: Scott Wimmer, 10th
2004: Kyle Busch, fourth
2005: Reed Sorenson, FIRST
2005: Carl Edwards, third
2007: David Ragan, fifth
2008: Cale Gale, sixth
2008: Landon Cassill, seventh
2009: Michael Annett, seventh
2009: Erik Darnell, 10th
- Reed Sorenson and Kevin Harvick are the only Raybestos® Rookies to lead the most laps in a race at Gateway. Harvick led five times for 110 laps in 2000 while Sorenson led twice for 60 laps in 2005.
- Laps led by Raybestos® Rookies at Gateway:
2000: Kevin Harvick, five times for 110 laps)
2000: Michael Ritch (once for five laps)
2000: Jason Schuler (once for two laps)
2001: Greg Biffle (twice for 55 laps)
2002: Johnny Sauter (twice for five laps)
2002: Casey Mears (once for one lap)
2004: Kyle Busch (once for one lap)
2005: Reed Sorenson (twice for 60 laps)
2007: Brad Keselowski (once for five laps)
- Greg Biffle (2001) is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position at Gateway.
RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS DRIVER POINTS Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 208 Brian Scott 202 Colin Braun 179 James Buescher 124 HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE EVENT HIGHEST-FINISHING ROOKIE DRIVE4COPD 300 James Buescher, eighth Stater Bros. 300 Brian Scott, 10th Sam’s Town 300 Colin Braun, 28th Scotts Turf Builder 300 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 25th Nashville 300 Brian Scott, 15th Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., ninth O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 Colin Braun, 13th Aaron’s 312 Brian Scott, 10th BUBBA Burger 250 James Buescher, 12th Royal Purple 200 Brian Scott, 25th Heluva Good! 200 Brian Scott, ninth TECH-NET Auto Service 300 Brian Scott, 33rd Federated Auto Parts 300 Brian Scott, 28th Meijer 300 Colin Braun, 10th The Bucyrus 200 Colin Braun, 11th New England 200 Colin Braun, 12th Subway Jalapeno 250 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., third Dollar General 300 Brian Scott, third Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250 Brian Scott, sixth Kroger 200 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 11th U.S. Cellular 250 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 14th Zippo 200 Brian Scott, 13th CARFAX 250 Colin Braun, ninth Food City 250 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 22nd NAPA Auto Parts 200 Colin Braun, 22nd Great Clips 300 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 10th Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., fourth Dover 200 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 11th Kansas Lottery 300 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., sixth CampingWorld.com 300 Colin Braun, 13th Dollar General 300 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 14th
RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY
- Justin Allgaier captured 2009 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Allgaier claimed Raybestos® Rookie of the Race honors 11 times during the 2009 season and his final margin of victory over Brendan Gaughan was 18 points (269-251). He finished the year with three top-five and 12 top-10 finishes and placed sixth in the series championship standings. His best finish was a fifth-place effort at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway (race No. 4). Allgaier won his first career pole this past season at Memphis (Millington, Tenn.) Motorsports Park (race No. 32) and in his 36th career start.
- DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a Nationwide Series race is Juan Pablo Montoya. Montoya captured the 2007 Corona Mexico 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez (Mexico City, Mexico), crossing the finish line .750 seconds ahead of Denny Hamlin (133 races).
- DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in the Nationwide Series is Justin Allgaier, who captured the top starting position for the 2009 Kroger 250 at Memphis (Millington, Tenn.) Motorsports Park (35 races).
- The most recent streak for at least two Raybestos® Rookies to rank inside the top-10 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series championship standings is 21 consecutive races (2007 race at Kentucky Speedway, race No. 16, through 2008 Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, race No. 1).
- DID YOU KNOW? Since 2001, Roush Fenway Racing has won FOUR Raybestos® Rookie of the Year titles in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
2007: David Ragan
2006: Danny O’Quinn Jr.
2005: Carl Edwards
2001: Greg Biffle
- Kyle Busch posted a record-setting year on his way to the 2004 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year title. In 34 starts, Busch won five times, captured five poles and scored 16 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes. His second-place finish in the Nationwide Series championship standings is a record for a Raybestos® Rookie. Other Raybestos® Rookie records Busch owns or shares: most starts (34), most wins (tied with Greg Biffle), most top fives (tied with Greg Biffle), most top 10s, most money won ($2,027,050), most championship points (4,943), most laps led (1,108) and most races led (21).
- David Stremme holds the record for fewest starts by a driver to win Raybestos® Rookie of the Year. In 2003, he started just 18 of the 34 races and was the top rookie finisher in 16 of those starts. Stremme scored three top-three finishes and had more top-10 finishes (seven) than any other first-year driver. He led six races for a total of 86 laps.
- David Green was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win a Nationwide Series race, at Lanier, Ga., in 1991. Green captured the Nestle 200 by 1.58-seconds over Jeff Gordon, a fellow Raybestos® Rookie. A third Raybestos® Rookie, Todd Bodine, placed eighth in the race.
- Dennis Setzer was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win TWO or more races in a season. In 1994, he won the Ford Credit 300 at South Boston (Va.) Speedway and The Pantry 300 at Hickory (N.C.) Motor Speedway.
- Steve Park was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win THREE or more races in a season. In 1997, he won the BellSouth Mobility/Opryland 300 at Nashville (Tenn.) Speedway, the Detroit Gasket 200 at Michigan International Speedway and the Autolite Platinum 250 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.
- Kenny Wallace was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole in the Nationwide Series. Wallace grabbed the top starting spot for the 1989 Goody’s 300 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway, the first race in the history of the Raybestos® Rookie of the Year program.
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- Camp & Associates, Inc., for Raybestos, Press Release
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