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NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDERS – NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES

• Greg Biffle is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway.  Biffle won the race in 2003, scoring his first-career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.  He crossed the finish line 4.102 second ahead of second-place finisher Jeff Burton and led once, covering the final 21 laps.  Biffle was the only Raybestos® Rookie to score a win during the 2003 season.

• THREE Raybestos® Rookies have scored a top-five finish in the Coke Zero 400 (since 1975):

1979:   Dale Earnhardt, third

1993:   Jeff Gordon, fifth

2003:   Greg Biffle, FIRST

• Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona (since 1975):

1977:   Sam Sommers, 10^th

1979:   Dale Earnhardt, third

1979:   Harry Gant, seventh

1979:   Joe Millikan, eighth

1980:   Jody Ridley, seventh

1980:   John Anderson, ninth

1981:   Mike Alexander, seventh

1981:   Ron Bouchard, ninth

1982:   Geoffrey Bodine, sixth

1986:   Alan Kulwicki, 10^th

1989:   Dick Trickle, eighth

1989:   Hut Stricklin, 10^th

1990:   Rob Moroso, ninth

1993:   Jeff Gordon, fifth

1999:   Tony Stewart, sixth

2001:   Greg Biffle, FIRST

2002:   Jimmie Johnson, eighth

2004:   Brian Vickers, ninth

2006:   Clint Bowyer, 10^th

• THREE Raybestos® Rookies have won the pole position for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona (since 1975):

1982: Geoffrey Bodine

1987:   Davey Allison

1997:   Mike Skinner

• Davey Allison is the only Raybestos® Rookie to lead the most laps in the Coke Zero 400 (twice for 32 laps in 1987).

• The most Raybestos® Rookies to lead the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona are THREE in 2006:

—Martin Truex, Jr. (once for three laps)

—David Stremme (twice for two laps)

—Reed Sorenson (once for one lap)

• Raybestos® Rookies that have led at least one lap in the Coke Zero 400 (since 1975):

1979:   Dale Earnhardt (once for one lap)

1981:   Mike Alexander (once for four laps)

1981:   Stan Barrett (once for three laps)

1982:   Geoffrey Bodine (once for four laps)

1987:   Davey Allison (twice for 32 laps)

1987:   Brett Bodine (once for one lap)

1990:   Rob Moroso (once for four laps)

1993:   Jeff Gordon (once for three laps)

1994:   Loy Allen (once for one lap)

1997:   Mike Skinner (once for two laps)

1998:   Kenny Irwin (once for 15 laps)

1999:   Elliott Sadler (once for one lap)

2001:   Kevin Harvick (twice for two laps)

2003:   Greg Biffle (once for 21 laps)

2004:   Kasey Kahne (once for one lap)

2006: Martin Truex, Jr. (once for three laps)

2006:   David Stremme (twice for two laps)

2006:   Reed Sorenson (once for one lap)

• Joey Logano was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2009 Coke Zero 400, scoring a 19^th-place finish.

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER         POINTS

Kevin Conway   176
Terry Cook      38

HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE

EVENT                             HIGHEST-FINISHING ROOKIE

Auto Club 500                     Kevin Conway, 31st
Shelby American                   Kevin Conway,  36th
Kobalt Tools 500                  Kevin Conway,  31st
Food City 500                     Kevin  Conway, 28th
Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500      Kevin Conway, 31st
Subway Fresh Fit 600              Kevin  Conway, 33rd
Samsung Mobile 500                Kevin Conway,  27th
Aaron’s 499                       Kevin  Conway, 30th
Crown Royal 300                   Kevin Conway,  37th
SHOWTIME Southern 500             Kevin Conway, 33rd
Autism Speaks 400                 Kevin Conway,  33rd
Coca-Cola 600                     Kevin  Conway, 35th
Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500      Kevin Conway, 35th
Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400  Kevin Conway, 40th
Toyota/Save Mart 350              Kevin  Conway, 28th
LENOX Industrial Tools 301        Kevin Conway, 32nd

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY

• Joey Logano won 2009 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.  Logano captured top rookie honors 26 times in 36 races and officially claimed the honor by 33 points (270-237) over Scott Speed.  At 19 years of age, Logano became the youngest driver to win Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

• Logano scored his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory in at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (race No. 17).  The victory came in his 20^th career start.  He finished the season with one win, three top-five and seven top-10 finishes and placed 20^th in the final series championship standings.

• Logano is the THIRD driver from Joe Gibbs Racing to win Raybestos® Rookie of the Year, joining Tony Stewart (1999) and Denny Hamlin (2006).

• DID YOU KNOW? Logano is the most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a Sprint Cup Series race, capturing the 2009 LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway ahead of second-place Jeff Gordon (36 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 (72 races).

• DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to score a top-five finish is Logano, who placed third in the 2009 AMP Energy 500 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (22 races).

• Regan Smith (2008) is the only Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the 54-year history of the program without a DNF (did not finish).  He was running at the finish in all 34 starts he made and captured top rookie honors over Sam Hornish Jr. by just seven points (236-229).

• 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 format began in 2004.

• The record for most earnings by a Raybestos® Rookie 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 during their first season only three times:

1981:   Morgan Shepherd (one) and Ron Bouchard (one)

2000:   Dale Earnhardt Jr. (two) and Matt Kenseth (one)

2002:   Jimmie Johnson (three) and Ryan Newman (one)

• 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