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Raybestos Rookie News and Notes: NextEra Energy Resources 250
Press Release
– NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES
- J.R. Fitzpatrick was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2009 NextEra Energy Resources 250, posting a fourth-place finish. Fitzpatrick also led the race once for 17 laps.
DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has scored top-10 finishes in the last FOUR consecutive NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Daytona and in three of the last four.
- Kerry Earnhardt is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole at Daytona in 10 previous Camping World Truck Series races, capturing the pole for the 2004 race.
- The best finish by a Raybestos® Rookie at Daytona is second by Kurt Busch (2000) and Ricky Hendrick (2001).
Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Daytona:
2000: Kurt Busch, second
2000: Kenny Martin, fifth
2001: Ricky Hendrick, second
2009: J.R. Fitzpatrick, fourth
Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Daytona:
2000: Kurt Busch, second
2000: Kenny Martin, fifth
2000: Donnie Neuenberger, ninth
2001: Ricky Hendrick, second
2002: Jason Small, ninth
2004: David Reutimann, ninth
2006: Erik Darnell, sixth
2007: Joey Clanton, sixth
2008: Justin Marks, eighth
2008: Brian Scott, ninth
2009: J.R. Fitzpatrick, fourth
2009: Tayler Malsam, 10th
Raybestos® Rookies that have led a lap at Daytona:
2001: Ricky Hendrick, three times for seven laps
2001: Chuck Hossfeld, once for one lap
2003: Carl Edwards, once for three laps
2004: David Reutimann, once for seven laps
2005: Kerry Earnhardt, once for one lap
2005: Regan Smith, three times for four laps
2007: Blake Bjorklund, once for one lap
2009: J.R. Fitzpatrick, once for 17 laps
2009: Johnny Sauter, one for three laps
RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY
Johnny Sauter won 2009 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Sauter was the top rookie 14 times in 25 races and his official margin of victory over Tayler Malsam was 57 points (270-213). He scored his first win at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway (race No. 20) in his 31st career start, 2.474 seconds ahead of teammate Matt Crafton. He finished the season with one win, two poles, seven top-five, 13 top-10 finishes and placed sixth in the series championship standings.
DID YOU KNOW? Sauter is the most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (six races).
DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is also Sauter, who grabbed the top starting spot for the 2009 Lucas Oil 150 at Phoenix (Avondale, Ariz.) International Raceway (two races).
DID YOU KNOW? SIX drivers from Roush Fenway Racing have captured Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:
2008: Colin Braun
2006: Erik Darnell
2005: Todd Kluever
2003: Carl Edwards
2000: Kurt Busch
1998: Greg Biffle
- The most Raybestos® Rookies to win a race in a single season: THREE in 1997 (Kenny Irwin, Tony Raines, and Randy Tolsma).
- The most poles by a Raybestos® Rookie: FOUR (Greg Biffle in 1998 and Kurt Busch in 2000).
- Kurt Busch holds the record for best championship finish (second-place), most wins (four), and most money earned ($745,632).
- The record for most top-fives by a Raybestos® Rookie is 13 (Kurt Busch in 2000 and Carl Edwards in 2003).
- The record for most top-10 finishes by a Raybestos® Rookie is 19 by Ricky Hendrick in 2001.
- Kenny Irwin was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win a race in the Camping World Truck Series. Irwin captured the Florida Dodge Dealers 400K at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 16, 1997. He took the checkered flag by .289 seconds over Mike Bliss.
- Irwin also holds the record for quickest win by a Raybestos® Rookie in the Camping World Truck Series, scoring his first career win at Homestead in just his third career start.
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- Camp & Associates, Inc. Press Release
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