• Timothy Peters was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the September 8 Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.  Peters finished 29th and took top rookie honors for the third time this season.  He last claimed Raybestos® Rookie of the Race honors June 4 in the MBNA RacePoints 200 (race No. 8) at Dover (Del.) International Speedway where he placed a career-best sixth. Peters plans to run three more races this season: Martinsville (Va.), Atlanta, and Homestead (Fla.).
• Todd Kluever maintains a comfortable lead over Peters in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the September 17 Sylvania 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway.  He leads Peters by 77 points (217-140).
• Kluever is 15th in the Craftsman Truck Series championship standings, 25 points behind 14th-place Terry Cook and 26 behind 13th-place Ricky Craven.  Kluever leads 16th-place Rick Crawford by 111 points.
• The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a Craftsman Truck Series race is Carl Edwards, who won the 2003 Federated Auto Parts 200 by 1.209 seconds over Ted Musgrave at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway.
• The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position for a Craftsman Truck Series race: David Reutimann, who won the pole for the 2004 Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.  Reutimann logged a lap of 171.255 mph to win the top starting spot.
• The most recent Raybestos Rookie to lead a lap: Kluever, who led once for two laps in the July 2 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway (race No. 12).

Season Tidbits:

• Kluever owns the best finish and best start by a Raybestos® Rookie in the Craftsman Truck Series this season.  In addition to his second-place finish at Indianapolis Raceway Park, he also placed second July 3 at Kansas Speedway, .387 seconds behind winner Todd Bodine.  Kluever grabbed the second starting position for the July 10 race at Kentucky Speedway alongside pole winner Bill Lester.
• Raybestos® Rookie Kerry Earnhardt won the pole for the season-opening Florida Dodge Dealers 250, his first pole in his first Craftsman Truck Series start.

Four Raybestos® Rookies have led a lap this season:

• Regan Smith (three times in one race for four laps, 10 miles)
• Kluever (once in one race for two laps, three miles)
• Earnhardt (one lap, 2.5 miles)
• Sean Murphy (one lap, 1.54 miles)

Raybestos® Rookies at New Hampshire International Speedway:

• Reutimann was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2004 New Hampshire 200, grabbing a fifth-place finish.
• The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to lead a lap at New Hampshire is the late Ricky Hendrick, who led once for 14 laps in 2001.
• Kurt Busch is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a race since the Craftsman Truck Series began competing at New Hampshire in 1996 (nine races).  In 2000, Busch started fifth and led just once, covering the final 35 laps.  The New Hampshire race was one of four wins Busch scored that season.
• A Raybestos® Rookie has finished in the top-five in each of the last FIVE consecutive Craftsman Truck Series races at New Hampshire.  In fact, a Raybestos® Rookie has logged a top-five in seven of the previous nine races at the 1.058-mile speedway.
• TWO or more Raybestos® Rookies have finished in the top five at New Hampshire THREE TIMES (1997, 1998 and 2001).  THREE or more Raybestos® Rookies have finished in the top 10 TWICE (1997 and 2001).

Raybestos® Rookies who have scored top-fives at New Hampshire:
1997: Boris Said, fourth
1997: Kenny Irwin, fifth
1998: Greg Biffle, second
1998: Ron Barfield, fourth
2000: Kurt Busch, first
2001: Travis Kvapil, second
2001: Ricky Hendrick, fourth
2002: Brendan Gaughan, fifth
2003: Carl Edwards, second
2004: David Reutimann, fifth

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at New Hampshire:
1996: Bryan Reffner, sixth
1997: Said, fourth
1997: Irwin, fifth
1997: Chuck Bown, 10th
1998: Biffle, second
1998: Barfield, fourth
2000: Busch, first
2000: Scott Riggs, sixth
2001: Kvapil, second
2001: Hendrick, fourth
2001: Matt Crafton, 10th
2002: Gaughan, fifth
2003: Edwards, second
2004: Reutimann, fifth

DID YOU KNOW?

• The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to lead a lap at New Hampshire was Hendrick in 2001.  He led once for 14 laps on his way to a fourth-place finish.
• The best start by a Raybestos® Rookie at New Hampshire is fourth by Edwards (2003) and Gaughan (2002).

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY

• The most Raybestos® Rookies to win a race in a single season is THREE in 1997: Irwin, Tony Raines and Randy Tolsma.
• The most poles by a Raybestos® Rookie is four (Biffle in 1998 and Busch in 2000).
  Busch holds the record for best championship finish (2nd), most wins (four) and most money won ($745,632).
• The record for most top fives by a Raybestos® Rookie is 13 (shared by Busch and Edwards).
• The record for most top-10 finishes by a Raybestos® Rookie is 19, by Hendrick in 2001.
• Three drivers from Roush Racing have won Raybestos® Rookie of the Year while competing in the Craftsman Truck Series: Edwards (2003), Biffle (1998) and Busch (2000).
• Irwin was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win a race in the Craftsman Truck Series.  He captured the Florida Dodge Dealers 400K at Homestead-Miami Speedway on March 16, 1997.  Irwin 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 victory at Homestead in just his third career start.

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER - POINTS
Todd Kluever - 217
Timothy Peters - 140
Shige Hattori - 100

HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE

EVENT - DRIVER
Florida Dodge Dealers 250 - Murphy, 24th
American Racing Wheels 200 - Kluever, fourth
World Financial Group 200 - Murphy, 13th
Kroger 250 - Kluever, 16th
Dodge Ram Tough 200 - Peters, 16th
UAW/GM Ohio 250 - Kluever, fourth
Quaker Steak and Lube 200 - Kluever, 20th
MBNA RacePoints 200 - Peters, sixth
Chex 400K - Kite, 24th
Paramount Health Insurance 200 - Kluever, 15th
Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 - Kluever, ninth
O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 - Kluever, second
Built Ford Tough 225 - Kluever, 12th
O'Reilly 200 - Kluever, 10th
Power Stroke Diesel 200 - Kluever, second
Toyota Tundra 200 - Kluever, fifth
O'Reilly 200 - Kluever, 13th
Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 - Peters, 29th