Todd Kluever was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the October 29 EasyCare 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.  Kluever finished sixth, scoring his 10th top 10 of the season.  He took Raybestos® Rookie of the Race honors for the 16th time in 22 races.

Kluever maintains a comfortable lead over Peters in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the Nov. 4 Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway.  He leads Peters by 73 points (239-166).

Kluever is 12th in Craftsman Truck Series points, 30 behind 11th-place Jack Sprague and 40 behind 10th-place Matt Crafton.  He leads 13th-place Terry Cook by 31 and 14th-place David Reutimann by 49.

The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a Craftsman Truck Series race: 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: Reutimann, who won the pole for the 2004 Ford 200 at Homestead (Fla.)-Miami Speedway.  Reutimann logged a lap of 171.255 mph to win the top starting spot.

Season Tidbits:

Kluever owns the best finish and best start by a Raybestos® Rookie in the Craftsman Truck Series this season.  He has finished second twice: .418 seconds behind Dennis Setzer at Indianapolis Raceway Park (race No. 15) and .387 seconds behind Todd Bodine at Kansas.  Kluever grabbed the second starting position for race No. 13 at Kentucky Speedway alongside pole winner Bill Lester.

Kerry Earnhardt is the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position in 2005.  He grabbed the top starting spot for the season-opening Florida Dodge Dealers 250, his first pole in his first Craftsman Truck Series start.

Five Raybestos® Rookies have led a lap this season in the Craftsman Truck Series:

• Peters (once in one race for 46 laps, 24.19 miles)
• Regan Smith (three times in one race for four laps, 10 miles)
• Kluever (once in one race for two laps, three miles)
• Earnhardt (once in one race for one lap, 2.5 miles)
• Sean Murphy (once in one race for one lap, 1.54 miles)

Raybestos® Rookies at Texas Motor Speedway:

• Jimmy Kite was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Chex 400K at Texas June 10 (race No. 9), posting a 24th-place finish.
• Brandon Whitt was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2004 Silverado 350 at Texas Motor Speedway, claiming a 15th-place finish.
• DID YOU KNOW?  A Raybestos® Rookie has won two of the six fall races at Texas: Travis Kvapil (2001) and Brendan Gaughan (2002).
• DID YOU KNOW?  The best qualifying effort by a Raybestos® Rookie in six previous races at Texas is third, by Ricky Hendrick (2001) and Edwards (2003).

Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the fall race at Texas:
2000: Kurt Busch, third
2001: Kvapil, first
2002: Gaughan, first
2003: Edwards, fourth

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the fall race at Texas:
2000: Busch, third
2001: Kvapil, first
2002: Gaughan, first
2003: Edwards, fourth

Raybestos® Rookies to lead at least one lap in six fall races at Texas.
2000: Busch (twice for 23 laps)
2001: Kvapil (twice for 12 laps)
2002: Gaughan (twice for 18 laps)
2003: Edwards (twice for eight laps)

Raybestos® Rookie History

• The most Raybestos® Rookies to win a race in a single season is THREE in 1997: Kenny Irwin, Tony Raines and Randy Tolsma.
• The most poles by a Raybestos® Rookie is four (Greg 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: 239
Timothy Peters: 166
Shige Hattori: 100  

Highest-Finishing Raybestos® Rookie by Race

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
Sylvania 300: Kluever, 28th
Las Vegas 350: Kluever, eighth
Kroger 200: Kluever, second
EasyCare 200: Kluever, sixth