Race 2 Win: Allstate 400 at the Brickyard

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Allstate 400 at the Brickyard - Raybestos® Rookie Notes

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

Mike Garvey was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the July 24 Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway, the first time this season he has been the top-finishing rookie. Garvey is the only driver other than Kyle Busch or Travis Kvapil to capture Raybestos® Rookie of the Race honors in 2005. Garvey finished 34th in his seventh career NEXTEL Cup Series start.

Busch maintains a 49-point lead over Kvapil (259-210) in the Raybestos® Rookie standings entering the August 7 Allstate 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Busch is the only Raybestos® Rookie to score a top-five finish this season – placing second at Las Vegas and Dover (Del.) and fourth at Richmond (Va.) and Pocono.

Busch is the only Raybestos® Rookie to post three consecutive top-10 finishes this season: Michigan, Pocono and Dover.

Busch is the only Raybestos® Rookie to lead in back-to-back races this season. He led twice for 55 laps at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on May 29 and twice for 90 laps at Dover on June 5.

Busch is also the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position this year. He took the top starting spot for the Feb. 27 Auto Club 500 at California Speedway. He is the youngest pole winner in NEXTEL Cup history.

Busch has led more miles (184.50) than any other Raybestos® Rookie in 2005 (seven times in four races for 155 laps). Kvapil has led four times in two races for 32 laps (48 miles).

Busch is the most recent Raybestos® Rookie to lead a lap. He led twice for 90 circuits June 5 at Dover (race number 13).

The Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe’s Motor Speedway is the only race this season where TWO or more Raybestos® Rookies led a lap in the same event. Busch held the top spot twice for 55 laps while Kvapil led twice for 23.

Raybestos® Rookies at Allstate 400:

DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has finished in the top-five in each of the last FOUR Allstate 400 races: Kurt Busch (fifth in 2001), Ryan Newman (fourth in 2002), Jamie McMurray (third in 2003) and Kasey Kahne (fourth in 2004). No other Raybestos® Rookie driver has scored a top-five finish at Indianapolis. Kurt Busch was the first Raybestos® Rookie to score a top-five finish at the historic 2.5-mile speedway.

McMurray’s third-place finish in 2003 is the best ever by a Raybestos® Rookie in 11 previous Allstate 400 races.

Johnny Benson holds the record for most laps led by a Raybestos® Rookie in the Allstate 400 and is also the only Raybestos® Rookie to lead the most laps in the race. Benson led three times for 70 laps in 1996.

Raybestos® Rookies that have led a lap in the Allstate 400 at Indy:
1996: Benson (three times for 70 laps)
1997: Mike Skinner, (once for eight laps)
2000: Stacy Compton (once for one lap)
2001: Kurt Busch (once for one lap)
2001: Kevin Harvick (once for 18 laps)
2003: McMurray (twice for 22 laps)

Top-five finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Indy:
2001: Kurt Busch, fifth
2002: Newman, fourth
2003: McMurray, third
2004: Kahne, fourth

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at Indy:
1996: Benson, eighth
1997: Skinner, ninth
1999: Tony Stewart, seventh
2000: Scott Pruett, 10th
2001: Kurt Busch, fifth
2002: Newman, fourth
2002: Jimmie Johnson, ninth
2003: McMurray, third
2004: Kahne, fourth

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY

The way to the NASCAR NEXTEL championship is to win Raybestos® Rookie of the Year. Since 1979, SIX Raybestos® Rookie of the Year drivers have gone on to win a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup title: Earnhardt (1979), Rusty Wallace (1984), Alan Kulwicki (1986), Gordon (1993), Stewart (1999) and Matt Kenseth (2000).

At least one Raybestos® Rookie has won a Bud Pole in each of the last 10 years (1996-2005). There has been a first-time Bud Pole winner in each of the last 19 years (1987-2005).

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS
DRIVER POINTS
Kyle Busch 259
Travis Kvapil 210
Stanton Barrett 59
Mike Garvey 31
Eric McClure 25 

HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIES BY RACE
EVENT HIGHEST FINISHING ROOKIE
Daytona 500 Kvapil, 19th 
Auto Club 500 Busch, 23rd 
UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Busch, second
Golden Corral 500 Busch, 12th 
Food City 500 Kvapil, seventh
Advance Auto Parts 500 Kvapil, 27th 
Samsung/RadioShack 500 Busch, 21st 
Subway Fresh 500 Busch, eighth
Aaron’s 499 Kvapil, 18th 
Dodge Charger 500 Busch, 23rd 
Chevy American Revolution 400 Busch, fourth
Coca-Cola 600 Busch, 25th 
MBNA RacePoints 400 Busch, second
Pocono 500 Busch, fourth 
Batman Begins 400 Busch, ninth
Dodge/Save Mart 350 Kvapil, 21st 
Pepsi 400 Kvapil, 23rd 
USG Sheetrock 400 Busch, 14th 
New England 300 Busch, fourth
Pennsylvania 500 Garvey, 34th

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