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Raybestos Rookie News and Notes: Las Vegas 350

Wednesday September 30, 2009

 

NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDERS – NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES

 

  • Johnny Sauter was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the September 19 Heluva Good! 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.  Sauter posted a fifth-place finish, his fourth consecutive top-five and ninth top-10 finish of the season.  He claimed Raybestos® Rookie of the Race honors for the FOURTH consecutive race and for the ninth time in 2009.

 

  • DID YOU KNOW?  A Raybestos® Rookie has scored top-10 finishes in 16 of the 19 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season.

 

  • Sauter leads Malsam by 24 points (197-173) in the overall Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the September 26 Las Vegas 350 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway.

 

  • Sauter climbed three spots in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings.  He is seventh in the standings, 28 points behind sixth-place Todd Bodine and 11 ahead of eighth-place Rick Crawford.

 

  • Donny Lia was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2008 Las Vegas 350, collecting a 10th-place finish. 

 

  • DID YOU KNOW? Bryan Reffner is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in 12 previous NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races at Las Vegas.  Reffner took the top starting spot for the 1996 CARQUEST Auto Parts 420K.

 

  • DID YOU KNOW? The best finish by a Raybestos® Rookie in 12 previous races at Las Vegas is third by Greg Biffle (1998) and Travis Kvapil (2001).

 

  • DID YOU KNOW?  The most Raybestos® Rookies to finish inside the top-10 in a race at Las Vegas are THREE (1998 and 2006).

 

  • DID YOU KNOW? Greg Biffle holds the record for most laps led by a Raybestos® Rookie at Las Vegas.  Biffle led 61 laps on his way to a fifth-place finish in 1998.

 

  • Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Las Vegas: 

 1998:  Greg Biffle, fifth   

 1998:  Greg Biffle, third

 2001:  Travis Kvapil, third

 

  • Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Las Vegas:

1996:   Bryan Reffner, ninth

1997:   Kevin Harvick, eighth

1997:   Rick Crawford, 10th

1998:   Greg Biffle, fifth   

1998:   Ron Barfield, ninth

1998:   Greg Biffle, third

2001:   Travis Kvapil, third

2001:   Ricky Hendrick, sixth

2002:   Brendan Gaughan, eighth

2002:   Jason Small, 10th

2005:   Todd Kluever, eighth

2006:   Marcos Ambrose, seventh

2006:   Kraig Kinser, eighth

2006:   Aric Almirola, 10th

                        2008:   Donny Lia, 10th

 

  • Raybestos® Rookie that have led a lap at Las Vegas:

1998:   Greg Biffle, 61 laps

2001:   Travis Kvapil, once for one lap

2003:   Carl Edwards, three times for 19 laps

2006:   Marcos Ambrose, once for 12 laps

2008:   Colin Braun, once for one lap

 

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

 

DRIVER                                            POINTS

Johnny Sauter                                                 197

Tayler Malsam                         173  

James Buescher                                   155

Ricky Carmichael                                120

J R Fitzpatrick                                       88

Brian Ickler                                           83

Chris Jones                                            66   

Brent Raymer                                        65

 
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

Enjoyillinois.Com 225                                    Johnny Sauter, fifth

Lucas Oil 200                                                  Johnny Sauter, fifth

Copart 200                                                      Johnny Sauter, second

Heluva Good! 200                                          Johnny Sauter, fifth

 

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 (36 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 (10 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 (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.

 

  • 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.

 

Raybestos® brand brake and chassis parts are produced by affiliated companies in Affinia’s Global Brake and Chassis Group, the leading manufacturer of braking systems and chassis parts in the transportation industry.  The brake line includes everything from brake drums to rotors, pads, shoes and hydraulic parts, while the chassis line features tie rods, ball points, idler arms and sway bar links.  Raybestos brand braking and chassis systems are also the only systems used by NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing in competition.  For more information about Raybestos brakes, visit Raybestos.com.  For more information on Raybestos Chassis visit RaybestosChassis.com

 

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