• Brandon Whitt was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race at the Chevy Silverado 150 at Phoenix International Raceway.  Whitt took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the third time this season.
• David Reutimann maintains a 48-point edge over Tracy Hines in the Raybestos® Rookie standings (211-165) entering the Craftsman 200 at Darlington Raceway.
• DID YOU KNOW?  A Raybestos® Rookie has won at least one race in each of the past four seasons, dating back to Kurt Busch in 2000.  In fact, four Raybestos® Rookies have posted multiple win seasons: Kenny Irwin (two, 1997), Busch (four, 2000), Brendan Gaughan (two, 2002), and Carl Edwards (three, 2003).

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIES AT DARLINGTON

• Randy Briggs was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2003 Craftsman  200 at Darlington Raceway, coming away with a 13th-place finish.
• The best finish by a Raybestos® Rookie in three Craftsman Truck Series races at Darlington is sixth by Travis Kvapil in 2001.
• The most Raybestos® Rookies to finish inside the top-10 in a race at Darlington is four in the 2001 race: Kvapil, Matt Crafton (eighth), Billy Bigley (ninth), and Nathan Haseleu (10th).
• Only one Raybestos® Rookie has led a lap in three races at Darlington: Matt Crafton.  Crafton led once for four laps in the 2001 race.
• The best qualifying run by a Raybestos® Rookie at Darlington is second by Ricky Hendrick in 2001.
• Entering the race at Darlington, Reutimann has led the most laps of any Raybestos® Rookie this season.  He has led five times in four races for 37 laps (62.97 miles).  Other Raybestos® Rookies to lead a lap this season: Shane Sieg (twice in two races for 2.83 miles) and Tracy Hines (once in one race for two laps, 2.50 miles).
• Reutimann is 15th in Craftsman Truck Series points, 13 behind 14th-place Jon Wood.  He leads 16th-place Terry Cook by 59 points.
• Reutimann won his first career Bud Pole at the Easy Care 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.  The pole came in just his second career start and marks the second consecutive season a Raybestos® Rookie has won a pole.  Reutimann becomes the second driver for Darrell Waltrip Motorsports to win a pole, joining Rich Bickle who took the top starting spot at Martinsville Speedway in 1997.
• Joining Reutimann on the front row at Atlanta was fellow Raybestos® Rookie Robert Huffman.  The Atlanta race was the first time in the history of the Craftsman Truck Series that two Raybestos® Rookies have started from the front row.
• This is the second consecutive season a female driver has competed for Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the Craftsman Truck Series.  A full schedule is planned for Kelly Sutton who will drive the Team Copaxone Chevrolet.  Tina Gordon competed for top rookie honors one year ago.

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY

• ·The greatest margin of victory in the final Raybestos® Rookie standings is 138 points, set by Carl Edwards in 2003.
• The record for most Bud Poles set by a rookie is four, shared by Greg Biffle (1998) and Kurt Busch (2000).
• The record for most top-five finishes is 13, which is shared by Busch and Edwards.  Ricky Hendrick (2001) holds the mark for most top-10 finishes: 19.

HIGHEST FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIES BY RACE

Florida Dodge Dealers 250 - David Reutimann, ninth
Easy Care Vehicle Service Contracts 200 - David Reutimann, third
Kroger 250 - David Reutimann, eighth
UAW/GM Ohio 250 - Tracy Hines, fifth
Infineon 200 - Robert Huffman, 12th
MBNA America 200 - Robert Huffman, 11th
O'Reilly 400K - David Reutimann, third
O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 - Tracy Hines, 14th
Black Cat Fireworks 200 - Shane Sieg, eighth
O'Reilly Auto Parts 250  Kevin Love, 11th
Built Ford Tough 225 - David Reutimann, ninth
Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 200 - David Reutimann, ninth
Line-X Spray-On Truck Bedliners 200 - Robert Huffman, ninth
Power Stroke Diesel 200 - Tracy Hines, ninth
Toyota Tundra 200 - Robert Huffman, eighth
O'Reilly 200 - David Reutimann, 11th
Kroger 200 - Robert Huffman, sixth
Sylvania 200 - David Reutimann, fifth
Las Vegas 350 - Brandon Whitt, 13th
American Racing Wheels 200 - David Reutimann, sixth
Silverado 350K - Brandon Whitt, 15th
Kroger 200 - Robert Huffman, 10th
Chevy Silverado 150 - Brandon Whitt, 20th

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