Goulds Pumps ITT Industries 200 - Raybestos® Rookie Notes

· David Stremme was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the Charter Pipeline 250 at Gateway International Raceway. Stremme finished 14th and took top rookie honors for the second consecutive Busch Series race and third time in the past four events. He joins Coy Gibbs as the only first year driver to take top rookie honors in consecutive events.

· Chad Blount leads the Raybestos® Rookie standings by four points (123-119) over Gibbs entering the Goulds Pumps 200 at Nazareth Speedway. He is the only Raybestos® Rookie to score a top-five finish this season, a fifth place effort in the O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.

· Blount and Gibbs each have two top-10 finishes, more than any other Raybestos® Rookie.

· Raybestos® Rookie Joey Clanton had a good day at Gateway International Raceway, coming away with a solid 19th place finish. Clanton had a good run in his first career Busch Series start at Richmond, grabbing a 22nd place finish.

· Blount led the Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway once for 56 laps (74.48 miles) and is the only Raybestos® Rookie driver to lead at least one lap this season.

· DID YOU KNOW? There has been a different driver leading the Raybestos® Rookie standings in five of the last six races, dating back to the O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.

· Gibbs is 18th in Busch Series points, best of any Raybestos® Rookie. He is just one point behind 17th place Kevin Grubb and 15 behind 16th place Stacy Compton.

· Blount also owns the best qualifying run by a Raybestos® Rookie this season, a seventh place effort at California Speedway.

· 2002 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year Scott Riggs was the top rookie in last year's Nazareth 200. He finished second, 1.735 seconds behind race winner and teammate Jason Keller. Riggs led the race once for three laps and was the highest qualifying rookie, taking the fourth starting position. He was the only first year driver to lead a lap in the race.

· Johnny Sauter had a good run at Nazareth. He finished 11th on the lead lap after starting 18th. Sauter and Riggs were the only two Raybestos® Rookies to finish on the lead lap.

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER                      POINTS
Chad Blount         123
Coy Gibbs           119
Regan Smith               79
Chris Bingham         70
Chase Montgomery          60
Damon Lusk                        41
David Stremme         41     
Joey Clanton              22     
 
HIGHEST FINISHING RAYBESTOS®  ROOKIE BY RACE

EVENT                           HIGHEST FINISHING ROOKIE
Koolerz 300                 Chad Blount, 11th  
Rockingham 200          Coy Gibbs, 14th 
Sam's Town 300          Coy Gibbs, 14th 
darlingtonraceway.com 200       Coy Gibbs, 14th 
Channellock 250         Chase Montgomery, 22nd 
O'Reilly 300                Chad Blount, fifth
Aaron's 312             Coy Gibbs, ninth
Pepsi 300               David Stremme, seventh
californiaspeedway.com 300      Coy Gibbs, 13th 
Hardee's 250                David Stremme, 14th 
Charter Pipeline 250            David Stremme, 14th   

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