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Raybestos Rookie News and Notes: Chicagoland 225

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J R Fitzpatrick was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the August 19 O’Reilly 200 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Fitzpatrick scored an 11th-place finish and grabbed top rookie honors for the second time this season.

CLOSE BATTLE FOR THE POINTS LEAD Tayler Malsam leads Johnny Sauter by one point (156-155) in the overall Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the August 28 Chicagoland 225 at Chicagoland (Joliet, Ill.) Speedway.

Malsam is ninth in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He is 14 points behind eighth-place Dennis Setzer and 10 ahead of 10th-place Rick Crawford.

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER POINTS

Tayler Malsam 156

Johnny Sauter 155

James Buescher 146

Ricky Carmichael 93

J R Fitzpatrick 79

Brian Ickler 67

Chris Jones 53

Brent Raymer 52

Chase Austin 16

Ryan Hackett 5

HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE

EVENT HIGHEST-FINISHING ROOKIE

NextEra Energy Resources 250 J R Fitzpatrick, fourth

San Bernardino County 200 Ricky Carmichael, eighth

American Commercial Lines 200 Tayler Malsam, 13th

Kroger 250 James Buescher, 11th

O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 Johnny Sauter, ninth

North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Tayler Malsam, eighth

AAA Insurance 200 Johnny Sauter, fifth

WinStar World Casino 400 Johnny Sauter, sixth

Michigan 200 Brian Ickler, third

Copart 200 James Buescher, fifth

Memphis Travel.com 200 Johnny Sauter, eighth

Built Ford Tough 225 Ricky Carmichael, seventh

AAA Insurance 200 James Buescher, sixth

Toyota Tundra 200 Johnny Sauter, sixth

O’Reilly 200 J R Fitzpatrick, 11th

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY

· Colin Braun was the 2008 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Braun became the SIXTH Roush Fenway Racing driver to win Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the series. In 25 starts Braun scored three top-five and eight top-10 finishes and placed 13th in the series championship standings. His best finish was a third-place effort at Kansas Speedway in April. Braun’s official margin of victory over Brian Scott in the final Raybestos® Rookie standings was 19 points (234-215).

DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is Scott Speed. Speed won the 2008 AAA Insurance 200 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway, crossing the finish line 3.379 seconds ahead of second-place Jack Sprague (32 races).

DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is Brian Ickler. Ickler won the pole for the 2009 Copart 200 at The Milwaukee (Wisc.) Mile (six races).

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 (2nd), 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.

SIX drivers from Roush Fenway Racing have won Raybestos® Rookie of the Year while competing in the Camping World Truck Series:

2008: Colin Braun

2006: Erik Darnell

2005: Todd Kluever

2003: Carl Edwards

2000: Kurt Busch

1998: Greg Biffle

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 Craftsman Truck Series, scoring his first career win at Homestead in just his third career start.

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