DID YOU KNOW?  The most recent Raybestos Rookie to win a Craftsman Truck Series race is Carl Edwards.  Edwards captured the 2003 Federated Auto Parts 200 at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway, crossing the finish line 1.209 seconds ahead of second-place Ted Musgrave (110 races).

DID YOU KNOW?  The most recent Raybestos Rookie to win a pole position in the Craftsman Truck Series is Erik Darnell.  Darnell captured the top starting spot for the 2006 Toyota Tundra 200 at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway (34 races).     

Joey Clanton was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the 2007 Chevy Silverado 250, grabbing a sixth-place finish.

Blake Bjorklund was the only Raybestos Rookie to lead a lap in the 2007 event, holding the top spot once for one lap. 

DID YOU KNOW?  A Raybestos Rookie has scored top-10 finishes in back-to-back races at Daytona and in two of the last three events. 

Kerry Earnhardt is the only Raybestos Rookie to win a pole at Daytona in eight previous Craftsman Truck Series races.  Earnhardt won the pole for the 2004 race.
 
The best finish by a Raybestos Rookie at Daytona is second (Kurt Busch in 2000 and Ricky Hendrick in 2001).

Top-five finishes by Raybestos Rookies at Daytona:

2000:   Kurt Busch, second
2000:   Kenny Martin, fifth
2001:   Ricky Hendrick, second

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos Rookies at Daytona:
 
2000:   Kurt Busch, second
2000:   Kenny Martin, fifth
2000:   Donnie Neuenberger, ninth
2001:   Ricky Hendrick, second
2002:   Jason Small, ninth
2004:   David Reutimann, ninth
2006:   Erik Darnell, sixth
2007:   Joey Clanton, sixth

Raybestos Rookies that have led a lap at Daytona:
 
2001:   Ricky Hendrick, three times for seven laps  
2001:   Chuck Hossfeld, once for one lap
2003:   Carl Edwards, once for three laps
2004:   David Reutimann, once for seven laps
2005:   Kerry Earnhardt, once for one lap
2005:   Regan Smith, three times for four laps
2007:   Blake Bjorklund, once for one lap.

RAYBESTOS ROOKIE HISTORY

Willie Allen won the 2007 Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Allen finished 15th in the Craftsman Truck Series championship standings, best of any Raybestos Rookie.  His best finish came in the Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (race No.20) where he placed sixth.  Allen's official margin of victory over Tim Sauter in the final Raybestos Rookie standings was seven points (160-153).\

The most Raybestos Rookies to win a race in a single season: THREE in 1997(Kenny Irwin, Tony Raines, and Randy Tolsma).
 
The most poles by a Raybestos Rookie: FOUR (Greg Biffle in 1998 and Kurt Busch in 2000).
 
Kurt Busch holds the record for best championship finish (2nd), most wins (four), and most money earned ($745,632).
 
The record for most top-fives by a Raybestos Rookie is 13 (shared by Busch in 2000 and Carl Edwards in 2003).

The record for most top-10 finishes by a Raybestos Rookie is 19, by Ricky Hendrick in 2001.

Three drivers from Roush Racing have won Raybestos Rookie of the Year while competing in the Craftsman Truck Series: Carl Edwards (2003), Greg Biffle (1998) and Kurt Busch (2000).

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.