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Nazareth 200 - Raybestos Rookie Notes NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE RAYBESTOS ROOKIE CONTENDERS - BUSCH SERIES · Raybestos Rookie Contender Greg Biffle was the highest finishing rookie in the CVS Pharmacy 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Biffle was also the highest qualifying rookie, claiming the 14th position in time trials. Biffle led the event once for one lap and was the only Raybestos Rookie Contender to lead at New Hampshire. He was one of just one of a total of five drivers to lead the race, and leads the Raybestos Rookie Contender points by 46 (175-129) over Scott Wimmer. · Biffle was also the highest qualifying rookie at New Hampshire, claiming the 14th position in time trials. · Biffle stands fourth in Busch Series points entering Sunday's Nazareth 200 at Nazareth Speedway. He is 145 points behind leader Kevin Harvick and 89 behind second place Jeff Green. Biffle enjoys an 83-point lead on fifth place Mike McLaughlin and holds a 183-point advantage on sixth place Jeff Purvis. · Wimmer is the only other Raybestos Rookie in the top-10 in Busch Series points. He is 10th, 42 behind ninth place Kenny Wallace and holds a three-point edge on 11th place Randy LaJoie. · No Raybestos Rookie Contender finished on the lead lap at New Hampshire. · Six of the seven Raybestos Rookies that qualified for the New Hampshire race were running at the finish. · Raybestos Rookie Contender Ron Hornaday won the 2000 Nazareth 200 at Nazareth Speedway. Hornaday led the most laps on his way to scoring the victory by 1.992 seconds over Elton Sawyer. Hornaday and Jay Sauter, who finished 10th, were the only rookies to place in the top-10 while Mike Stefanik joined them as the three rookies to finish on the lead lap. Hornaday was also the highest qualifying rookie, claiming the fourth place starting position in time trials. Ten rookies started the race and eight were running at the finish of the race. · Biffle has more top-five finishes (four) and top-10s (seven) than any other Raybestos Rookie Contender. Only two other drivers have more top-10 finishes than Biffle: Harvick and Jeff Green, who each have eight. · Biffle has been the highest finishing rookie in nine of the 12 Busch Series races entering Sunday's event at Nazareth. · Biffle has led more miles (503.60) than any other driver in the Busch Series this season. He has led 19 times in seven races and has led 93.33 more miles than Kevin Harvick, who ranks second on the miles leaders chart. Other rookies to have led this season are Wimmer (72.25 miles), Foyt (4.50 miles), and McMurray (1.50 miles). · Biffle remains the only Raybestos Rookie Contender in the Busch Series to win a pole position in 2001. He nabbed the top starting spot for the ALLTEL 200 at Rockingham in February. Biffle is one of six drivers to win a pole this season in the Busch Series: Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick (3), Ryan Newman and Joe Nemechek (2), and Bobby Hamilton Jr. (1) are the others. · Wimmer finished third at Nashville, his best finish of the 2001 season.. He and Biffle are the only Raybestos Rookie Contenders to score top-five finishes in the Busch Series this season. Wimmer also led once for two laps at Nashville, the first time he had led a Busch Series race since the season opening event at Daytona in February. · Jamie McMurray led once for one lap at Texas, the first lap he has led in the Busch Series in 2001. McMurray is the fourth Raybestos Rookie Contender to lead at least one lap this season. · McMurray was the highest qualifying rookie at Darlington, the first time this season he has taken home the honors. He nailed down the ninth starting position during time trials and was the only Raybestos Rookie Contender to qualify in the top-10. · Marty Houston was the highest qualifying rookie at Texas. He nabbed the 12th starting position in time trials and backed up his run with a respectable performance in the race. Houston was credited with 25th in the final finishing order. · Houston scored his best finish of the season in the Cheez-It 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. He stayed out of trouble and finished 14th at the checkered flag. Even more impressive was the fact Houston started 39th in the race. · Wimmer was the highest qualifying Raybestos Rookie at Atlanta, the second time this season he has nabbed the honor. Wimmer started fourth in the Aaron's 312, edging Biffle who clocked in with the fifth quickest time. He was also the highest qualifying rookie in the NAPA 300 at Daytona. · Raybestos Rookie Contenders Wimmer and Foyt each led the season opening NAPA 300 at Daytona. Wimmer led once for 24 laps while Foyt held the top spot once for one lap. Wimmer was also the highest qualifying rookie at Daytona, earning the fifth position during time trials. RAYBESTOS ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS DRIVER POINTS Greg Biffle 175 Scott Wimmer 129 Tim Sauter 117 Jamie McMurray 104 Larry Foyt 99 Marty Houston 89 David Donohue 30 HIGHEST FINISHING RAYBESTOS ROOKIE BY RACE EVENT HIGHEST FINISHING ROOKIE NAPA 300 Tim Sauter, 10th ALLTEL 200 Greg Biffle, third Sam's Town 300 Greg Biffle, second Aaron's 312 Greg Biffle, second SunCom 200 Greg Biffle, 11th Cheez-It 250 Tim Sauter, ninth Jani-King 300 Greg Biffle, seventh Pepsi 300 Greg Biffle, first Subway 300 Greg Biffle, ninth Auto Club 300 Greg Biffle, sixth Hardee's 250 Scott Wimmer, seventh CVS Pharmacy 200 Greg Biffle, 11th
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