Joey Clanton was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the October 27 EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 200 at Atlanta (Ga.) Motor Speedway.  Clanton scored a sixth-place finish, his fifth top-10 in 14 starts this season.  He claimed top rookie honors for the fifth time in 2007.
 
- Willie Allen holds a seven-point advantage (152-145) over Tim Sauter in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the November 2 Silverado 350K at Texas Motor Speedway.  Clanton is third in the standings, eight points behind Allen.

- Allen is 15th in the Craftsman Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos® Rookie.  He trails 14th-place Terry Cook by 138 points and is 66 ahead of 16th-place Sauter.

- Erik Darnell was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2006 Silverado 350K at Texas, scoring a ninth-place finish.
 
- DID YOU KNOW?  Only once in eight fall races at Texas have TWO Raybestos® Rookies finished inside the top-10.  In 2006, Erik Darnell (ninth) and Marcos Ambrose (10th) accomplished the feat.
 
- DID YOU KNOW?  A Raybestos® Rookie has scored a top-10 finish in six of the eight fall races at Texas.
 
- DID YOU KNOW?  A Raybestos® Rookie has won two of the eight fall races at Texas: Travis Kvapil (2001) and Brendan Gaughan (2002).
 
- DID YOU KNOW?  The best qualifying effort by a Raybestos® Rookie in eight previous races at Texas is third by Ricky Hendrick (2001) and Carl Edwards (2003).
 
Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the fall race at Texas:
2000: Kurt Busch, third
2001: Travis Kvapil, first
2002: Brendan Gaughan, first
2003: Carl Edwards, fourth

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies in the fall race at Texas:
2000: Kurt Busch, third
2001: Travis Kvapil, first
2002: Brendan Gaughan, first
2003: Carl Edwards, fourth
2004: Todd Kluever, 10th
2006: Erik Darnell, ninth
2006: Marcos Ambrose, 10th  

Raybestos® Rookies to lead a lap in the fall race at Texas:
2000:      Kurt Busch (twice for 23 laps)
2001:      Travis Kvapil (twice for 12 laps)
2002:      Brendan Gaughan (twice for 18 laps)
2003:      Carl 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 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.

FIVE drivers from Roush Racing have won Raybestos® Rookie of the Year while competing in the Craftsman Truck Series: Greg Biffle (1998), Kurt Busch (2000), Carl Edwards (2003), Todd Kluever (2005) 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
Willie Allen 152
Tim Sauter      145
Joey Clanton    144
Jason White     120
Blake Bjorklund 110