– NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES
Justin Lofton was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the August 2EnjoyIllinois.com 225 at Chicagoland (Joliet, Ill.) Speedway. Lofton scored a fifth-place finish, his second consecutive top-five and fourth of the 2010 season. He claimed top rookie honors for the sixth time this season and moved up to 10th-place in the series championship standings, a gain of two positions.
Austin Dillon scored a ninth-place finish at Chicagoland, his 11th top-10 in 17 races this season. Dillon led once for six laps at Chicagoland and was the only Raybestos® Rookie to lead a lap in the event.
Dillon leads Lofton by 42 points (214-172) in the overall Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the September 3 Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky Speedway.
Dillon is seventh in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos® Rookie, nine points behind sixth-place Matt Crafton and 105 ahead of eighth-place Mike Skinner.
Dillon is the only Raybestos® Rookie in truck series history to win THREE CONSECUTIVE pole positions, capturing the top starting position for the 2010 WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway (race No. 8), VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway (race No. 9) and Lucas Oil 200 (race No. 10). The most poles by a Raybestos® Rookie in series history are FOUR by Greg Biffle (1998) and Kurt Busch in (2000).
Ricky Carmichael was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Built Ford Tough 225 at Kentucky, scoring a seventh-place finish.
DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in seven of the 10 races at Kentucky including the last FOUR consecutive.
DID YOU KNOW? Carl Edwards is the only Raybestos® Rookie to score a win in 10 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Kentucky Speedway. Edwards won the 2003 event by 3.568 seconds over Ted Musgrave. He led the race once covering the final 40 laps.
The best start by a Raybestos® Rookie at Kentucky is second, shared by Ricky Hendrick (2001) and Todd Kluever (2005).
Raybestos® Rookies that have led a lap at Kentucky:
2000: Kurt Busch (once for 12 laps)
2001: Jon Wood (once for two laps)
2003: Jody Lavender (once for one lap)
2004: Shane Sieg (once for one lap)
2009: Tayler Malsam (once for 12 laps)
2009: Brian Ickler (once for one lap)
The most Raybestos® Rookies to finish in the top-10 at Kentucky are FOUR in 2001.
Top-five finishes by Raybestos Rookies at Kentucky (10 races):
2001: Travis Kvapil, fourth
2003: Carl Edwards, FIRST
Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Kentucky (10 races):
2001: Travis Kvapil, fourth
2001: Ricky Hendrick, sixth
2001: Jon Wood, seventh
2001: Billy Bigley, 10th
2001: Nathan Haseleu, 10th
2003: Carl Edwards, FIRST
2004: David Reutimann, ninth
2004: Robert Huffman, 10th
2006: Erik Darnell, ninth
2007: Joey Clanton, seventh
2008: Marc Mitchell, ninth
2009: Ricky Carmichael, seventh
2009: James Buescher, eighth
RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS
DRIVER POINTS
Austin Dillon 214
Justin Lofton 172
Jennifer Jo Cobb 131
Brett Butler 125
Chris Eggleston 34
Landon Cassill 7
HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE
EVENT HIGHEST-FINISHING ROOKIE
NextEra Energy Resources 250 Brett Butler, 11th
E-Z-GO 200 Austin Dillon, 10th
Kroger 250 Austin Dillon, 16th
Nashville 200 Austin Dillon, 14th
O’Reilly Auto Parts 250 Austin Dillon, sixth
Dover 200 Justin Lofton, third
N.C. Education Lottery 200 Justin Lofton, 15th
WinStar World Casino 400K Austin Dillon, third
VFW 200 Austin Dillon, fifth
Lucas Oil 200 Austin Dillon, FIRST
CampingWorld.com 200 Austin Dillon, seventh
Kroger 200 Austin Dillon, sixth
Pocono Mountains 125 Justin Lofton, fifth
Nashville 200 Austin Dillon, second
Too Tough To Tame 200 Austin Dillon, fifth
O’Reilly 200 Justin Lofton, fifth
EnjoyIllinois.com 225 Justin Lofton, fifth
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? Austin Dillon is the most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a race in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series when he captured the 2010 Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway (eight races).
DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is also Austin Dillon, who grabbed the top starting spot for the 2010 Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway (eight 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).
Austin Dillon is the only Raybestos® Rookie in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history to win THREE CONSECUTIVE pole positions. Dillon claimed the top starting position for the 2010 WinStar World Casino 400 at Texas Motor Speedway (race No. 8), VFW 200 at Michigan International Speedway (race No. 9) and Lucas Oil 200 (race No. 10).
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.
TWO Raybestos® Rookies have won consecutive pole positions: Austin Dillon (2010) and Kurt Busch (2000).
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