– NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES
· Colin Braun was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the November 13 WYPALL 200 at Phoenix (Avondale, Ariz.) International Raceway, scoring a seventh-place finish. Braun grabbed top rookie honors for the ninth time this season and claimed his fifth top-10 of the season.
· Ricky Stenhouse Jr. scored a ninth-place finish at Phoenix, his seventh top-10 in 2010. Stenhouse Jr. leads Brian Scott by eight points (214-206) in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the November 20 Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami (Fla.) Speedway.
· Scott is 14th in the series championship standings, best of any Raybestos® Rookie.
Brendan Gaughan was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2009 Ford 300, collecting an 11th-place finish.
DID YOU KNOW? The best finish by a Raybestos® Rookie in the Ford 300 is third by Kyle Busch (2004) and Greg Biffle (2001).
DID YOU KNOW? Only once in 15 previous Nationwide Series races at Homestead have TWO Raybestos® Rookie finished in the top-five. In 2001, Greg Biffle place third just ahead of fellow rookie Scott Wimmer, who grabbed a fourth place finish.
Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Homestead:
1999: Hank Parker Jr., fourth
2001: Greg Biffle, third
2001: Scott Wimmer, fourth
2004: Kyle Busch, third
DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has finished in the top-10 in four of the last six Nationwide Series races at Homestead.
Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Homestead:
1995: Jeff Fuller, eighth
1995: Curtis Markham, 10th
1997: Matt Kenseth, sixth
1998: Dave Blaney, sixth
1999: Hank Parker Jr., fourth
2000: Jimmie Johnson, sixth
2001: Greg Biffle, third
2001: Scott Wimmer, fourth
2004: Kyle Busch, third
2005: Jon Wood, sixth
2006: Todd Kluever, ninth
2007: Marcos Ambrose, 10th
Raybestos® Rookies to lead a lap at Homestead:
1997: Steve Park (once for nine laps)
1999: Hank Parker, Jr. (led 32 laps)
2001: Scott Wimmer (once for 11 laps)
2004: Kyle Busch (once for three laps)
2007: Brad Keselowski (once for 18 laps)
2007: David Ragan (once for two laps)
2008: Bryan Clauson (once for one lap)
DID YOU KNOW? Casey Atwood (1998) and David Ragan (2007) are the only Raybestos® Rookies to win pole positions at Homestead.
RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS
DRIVER POINTS
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 214
Brian Scott 206
Colin Braun 186
James Buescher 141
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
5-hour Energy 250 Brian Scott, 14th
O’Reilly Challenge Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 11th
WYPALL 200 Colin Braun, seventh
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 (136 races).
· DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in the Nationwide Series is James Buescher, who captured the top starting position for the 2010 O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge at Texas Motor Speedway (two 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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