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05-21-2007

Raybestos Rookie Preview: Mansfield
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Aaron Fike was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the May 18 Quaker Steak & Lube 200. Fike was credited with a 14th-place finish and took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the fourth time this season. Fike leads Tyler Walker by 19 points (70-51) in the Raybestos Rookie standings entering the May 26 Ohio 250 at Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Park.

Fike is ninth in the Craftsman Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie. He is 17 points behind eighth-place Travis Kvapil and holds a 30-point advantage over 10th-place Johnny Benson.

Joey Miller was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2006 City of Mansfield 250, scoring a fifth-place finish.

The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie at Mansfield: Fourth by Todd Kluever (2005).

A Raybestos Rookie has scored top-five finishes in all three Craftsman Truck Series races at Mansfield:
2004: Tracy Hines, fifth
2005: Todd Kluever, fourth
2006: Joey Miller, fifth

The most Raybestos Rookies to finish in the top-10 at Mansfield is two in 2004: Hines and Mark McFarland (sixth).

The best start by a Raybestos Rookie at Mansfield is 11th, shared by Brad Keselowski (2004) and Erik Darnell (2006).

The most Raybestos Rookies to finish on the lead lap in a race at Mansfield is SEVEN in 2004: Hines, McFarland, Shane Sieg (12th), David Reutimann (14th), Brad Keselowski (16th), Brandon Whitt (18th) and Kelly Sutton (20th).

No Raybestos Rookie has led a lap in three previous races at Mansfield.

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 Kurt 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 Carl Edwards).
  • The record for most top-10 finishes by a Raybestos Rookie is 19, by Ricky Hendrick in 2001.
  • Four drivers from Roush Racing have won Raybestos Rookie of the Year while competing in the Craftsman Truck Series: Carl Edwards (2003), Greg Biffle (1998), Kurt Busch (2000) and Erik Darnell (2006).
  • Kenny Irwin was the first Raybestos Rookie to win a race in the Craftsman 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 Rookie Contender Point Standings
Driver - Points
Aaron Fike - 70
Tyler Walker - 51
Willie Allen - 49
Blake Bjorklund - 44
Tim Sauter - 44
Joey Clanton - 40
Kelly Bires - 37
Jason White - 13
Kevin Hamlin - 6
Casey Kingsland - 5
Brian Sockwell - 1

Highest-finishing Raybestos Rookie by Race
Event - Highest Finishing Rookie

Chevy Silverado 250 - Clanton, sixth
San Bernardino 200 - Fike, 18th
American Commercial Lines 200 - Clanton, ninth
Kroger 250 - Fike, seventh
O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 - Fike, eighth
Quaker Steak & Lube 200 - Fike, 14th



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