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Winn-Dixie 250 pres. by PepsiCo. - Raybestos® Rookie Notes

NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDERS – NASCAR BUSCH SERIES

Denny Hamlin was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the June 25 SBC 250 at The Milwaukee Mile. Hamlin finished sixth, his fifth top-10 finish in 2005, and took top rookie honors for the second time this season.

DID YOU KNOW? The 2005 Raybestos® Rookie class has FOUR victories this season. The record for most victories by a rookie class is FIVE (2001 and 2004).

Reed Sorenson holds a five-point edge over Carl Edwards in the Raybestos® Rookie standings (235-230) entering the July 1 Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. Sorenson is second in the Busch Series championship standings, seven points behind leader Martin Truex Jr. Edwards is fourth in points, 79 behind Truex.

THREE Raybestos® Rookies rank in the top 10 in Busch Series points: Sorenson, Edwards, and Hamlin, who is sixth in the standings.

STREAK STAYS ALIVE: At least one Raybestos® Rookie has finished in the top 10 in every Busch Series race this season.

THREE or more Raybestos® Rookies have finished in the top 10 in six races this season.

DID YOU KNOW? Two or more Raybestos® Rookies have ranked in the top 10 in Busch Series championship standings after each of the 17 races this year.

Edwards, Sorenson and Jon Wood are the only Raybestos® Rookies to score a top five finish this season.

Five Raybestos® Rookies have started all 17 Busch Series races this season: Edwards, Sorenson, Hamlin, Wood, and Michel Jourdain Jr.

Raybestos® Rookies at Daytona:

Kyle Busch was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2004 Winn-Dixie 250, grabbing an 11th-place finish.

The Raybestos® Rookie of the Race at the July event in Daytona has finished 11th in each of the past two seasons.

Johnny Sauter owns the best finish by a Raybestos® Rookie in two July races at Daytona. Sauter finished sixth in the 2002 event and led the race once for one lap. He is also the only first-year driver to lead a lap in the July race at Daytona.

The best qualifying effort by a Raybestos® Rookie for the July race at Daytona is seventh by Scott Riggs in 2002.

Season Tidbits

This is the first season since 2002 that two or more Raybestos® Rookies have won in the same season.

Sorenson’s 14.417-second margin of victory at Nashville is the largest ever by a Raybestos® Rookie driver in the Busch Series. The previous record: Greg Biffle’s 13.302-second margin of victory in the 2001 GNC Live Well 250 at The Milwaukee Mile.

Raybestos® Rookie Records

Busch was the 2004 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year. In 34 starts, he won five races, five poles and scored 16 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes. His second-place finish in the Busch Series championship standings is a record for a Raybestos® Rookie. Other Raybestos® Rookie records Busch owns or shares: most starts (34), most wins (tied with Biffle), most top fives (tied with Biffle), most top 10s, most money won ($2,027,050), most championship points (4,943), most laps led (1,108) and most races led (21).

David Stremme holds the record for fewest starts by a driver to win Raybestos® Rookie of the Year. In 2003, Stremme started just 18 of the 34 races and 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.

Hermie Sadler was the first Raybestos® Rookie to win a race, at Rougemont N.C., in 1993.

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS
DRIVER POINTS
Reed Sorenson 235
Carl Edwards 230 
Denny Hamlin 173 
Jon Wood 137 
Michel Jourdain Jr. 106
Ketus Davis 76
Brent Sherman 70
Ryan Hemphill 59 
Tyler Walker 56 
Paul Wolfe 47
Brandon Miller 29 
A.J. Fike 23 
Boston Reid 22
Blake Feese 21 
Donnie Neuenberger 10
Kim Crosby 9
Jerry Robertson 0 

HIGHEST FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE
EVENT HIGHEST FINISHING ROOKIE
Hershey’s TAKE 5 300 Sorenson, ninth
Stater Bros. 300 Sorenson, fifth
Telcel/Motorola Mexico 200 Edwards, third
Sam’s Town 300 Sorenson, sixth 
Aaron’s 312 Edwards, first
Pepsi 300 Sorenson, first
Sharpie Professional 250 Sorenson, third
O’Reilly 300 Sorenson, third
Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 Edwards, eighth
Aaron’s 312 Wood, second
Diamond Hill Plywood 200 Hamlin, seventh
Funai 250 Edwards, first
CARQUEST 300 Sorenson, fifth
MBNA RacePoints 200 Sorenson, second
Federated Auto Parts 300 Sorenson, third
Meijer 300 Edwards, first
SBC 250 Hamlin, sixth

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