Target House 300 - Raybestos® Rookie Notes

· Raybestos® Rookie Kyle Busch finished third in the Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch racked up his 11th top-five and 15th top-10 finish of the 2004 finish.

· Busch enters the Target House 300 at California Speedway second in the Busch Series championship standings, 78-points behind leader Martin Truex Jr.

· J.J. Yeley led the race at Bristol once for 17 laps. He was the only Raybestos® Rookie to lead the race.

· Busch is tied with Greg Biffle for most wins by a Raybestos® Rookie in the Busch Series since the program was created in 1989. Biffle won five races for car owner Jack Roush in 2001.

· Busch owns the record for most poles by a Raybestos® Rookie in the Busch Series. Entering the race at California, he has won four poles: Nazareth, Texas, Darlington and Richmond. Kenny Wallace, who won three poles in 1989, held the previous mark.

· Busch scored back-to-back wins for the first time in his career, winning the Kroger 200 at Indianapolis Raceway Park and the Cabela's 250 at Michigan International Speedway.

· The Michigan race was the SIXTH race this season where Busch has led the most laps and the SEVENTH race where a Raybestos® Rookie has led the most laps. The other races where Busch has led the most laps: Nashville-June, Richmond, Texas, Charlotte, and Chicagoland. Raybestos® Rookie Clint Bowyer led the most laps in one race: Nashville-April. Bowyer has led five times in two races for 108 laps (144.63 miles).

· Busch has led 29 times in 15 races for 844 laps (1116.56 miles) this season, the most of any Raybestos® Rookie.

· Busch maintains a commanding lead in the Raybestos® Rookie standings over Paul Menard (311-179) entering the race at California.

· Other Raybestos® Rookies that have led a lap this season are J.J. Yeley and Billy Parker. Yeley has led three times in two races for 42 laps (46.56 miles), while Parker led once in one race for five laps (10.00 miles).

· Busch won the May Funai 250 at Richmond International Raceway from the pole, becoming the first Raybestos® Rookie to win from the Bud Pole since the program was established in 1989.

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE RECORDS

· David Stremme was the 2003 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year. Stremme started just 18 of the 34 races, a record number for fewest starts for a driver to win Raybestos® Rookie of the Year. He was the top rookie finisher in 16 of those starts. He was the only Raybestos® Rookie to score three top-three finishes and had more top-10 finishes (seven) than any other first-year driver. He led six races for a total of 86 laps.

· 2001 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year Greg Biffle holds or shares SEVEN all-time rookie of the year records: most wins (five), most top-fives (16), most top-10s (21), most money won ($1,623,546), most points (4,509), most laps led (948) and most races led (19).

· The best championship finish by a Raybestos® Rookie: third place by Steve Park (1997) and Kevin Harvick (2000).

· Hermie Sadler was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win a race, at Rougemont, North Carolina, in 1993.

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS
DRIVER POINTS
Kyle Busch 311
Paul Menard 179
Clint Bowyer 146
J.J. Yeley 132
Billy Parker 74

HIGHEST FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE
EVENT HIGHEST FINISHING ROOKIE
Hershey's Kisses 300 Kyle Busch, 24th
Goody's Headache Powder 200 Kyle Busch, seventh
Sam's Town 300 Kyle Busch, 15th
Diamond Hill Plywood 200 Kyle Busch, 17th
Sharpie Professional 250 Kyle Busch, third
O'Reilly 300 Kyle Busch, second
Pepsi 300 Clint Bowyer, fourth
Aaron's 312 Kyle Busch, fourth
Stater Bros. 300 Kyle Busch, seventh
Charter 250 Kyle Busch, fifth
Funai 250 Kyle Busch, first
Goulds Pumps 200 Kyle Busch, tenth
Carquest Auto Parts 300 Kyle Busch, first
MBNA America 200 Kyle Busch, fifth
Federated Auto Parts 300 Clint Bowyer, third
Meijer 300 Kyle Busch, first
Alan Kulwicki 250 Clint Bowyer, 10th
Winn-Dixie 250 Kyle Busch, 11th
Tropicana Twister 300 J.J. Yeley, ninth
Siemens 200 Paul Menard, 18th
Goulds Pumps ITT Industries 250 Clint Bowyer, ninth
Kroger 200 Kyle Busch, first
Cabela's 250 Kyle Busch, first
Food City 250 Kyle Busch, third