NHMS Raybestos Rookie Report

Max Papis was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the June 21 Toyota/Save
Mart 350 at Infineon (Sonoma, Calif.) Raceway. Papis scored a 12th-place
finish, his best in nine NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races and collected top
rookie honors for the first time this season.

Scott Speed led the Toyota/Save Mart 350 once for two laps and was the
only Raybestos® Rookie to lead at Infineon Raceway.

Joey Logano leads Speed by 20 points (178-158) in the Raybestos® Rookie
standings entering the June 28 LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire
Motor Speedway.

Patrick Carpentier won the pole position for the 2008 June race at New
Hampshire. Carpentier was the only Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole in the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in 2008.

Carpentier and Ryan Newman (2002 fall race) are the only Raybestos®
Rookies to win a pole in 28 previous races at New Hampshire Motor
Speedway.

Regan Smith was the Raybestos® Rookie of the Race in the 2008 LENOX
Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire, scoring a 27th-place finish.

DID YOU KNOW? Only two Raybestos® Rookies have scored top-five finishes in
16 previous June races at New Hampshire:
2002: Ryan Newman, fifth

2005: Kyle Busch, fourth

DID YOU KNOW? A Raybestos® Rookie has posted a top-10 finish in nine of 16
previous June races at New Hampshire, including six of the last eight.

DID YOU KNOW? Tony Stewart is the only Raybestos® Rookie to lead the most
laps in the June race at New Hampshire. Stewart led twice for 118 laps in
the 1999 LENOX Industrial Tools 301.

The most Raybestos® Rookies to lead the June race at New Hampshire are
THREE in 2006:
-Reed Sorenson (once for 31 laps)

-Clint Bowyer (once for 23 laps)

-Denny Hamlin (once for one lap)

DID YOU KNOW? TWO or more Raybestos® Rookies have finished in the top-10
just once 16 June races at New Hampshire. In 1993, Jeff Gordon finished
seventh while Bobby Labonte placed 10th.

Top-10 finishes by Raybestos® Rookies at New Hampshire (June race):
1993: Jeff Gordon, seventh

1993: Bobby Labonte, 10th

1996: Johnny Benson, ninth

1999: Tony Stewart, 10th

2001: Kevin Harvick, eighth

2002: Ryan Newman, fifth

2003: Greg Biffle, 10th

2004: Kasey Kahne, eighth

2005: Kyle Busch, fourth

2006: Denny Hamlin, sixth

Raybestos® Rookies who have led a lap in the July race at New Hampshire:
1993: Jeff Gordon (twice for three laps)

1996: Johnny Benson (once for 17 laps)

1999: Tony Stewart (twice for 118 laps)

2001: Kevin Harvick (once for 13 laps)

2002: Ryan Newman (once for one lap)

2003: Jamie McMurray (once for 13 laps)

2006: Reed Sorenson (once for 31 laps)

2006: Clint Bowyer (once for 23 laps)

2006: Denny Hamlin (once for one lap)

2008: Patrick Carpentier (once for four laps)

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE CONTENDER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER POINTS
Joey Logano 178

Scott Speed 158

Max Papis 68

Dexter Bean 10

HIGHEST-FINISHING RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE BY RACE

EVENT HIGHEST-FINISHING ROOKIE

Daytona 500 Scott Speed, 35th

Auto Club 500 Joey Logano, 26th

Shelby 427 Joey Logano, 13th

Kobalt Tools 500 Joey Logano, 30th

Food City 500 Scott Speed, 28th

Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Joey Logano, 32nd

Samsung 500 Joey Logano, 30th

Subway Fresh Fit 500 Joey Logano, 21st

Aaron's 499 Scott Speed, fifth

Crown Royal 400 Joey Logano, 19th

Southern 500 Joey Logano, ninth

Coca-Cola 600 Joey Logano, ninth

Autism Speaks 400 Joey Logano, 15th

Pocono 500 Joey Logano, 23rd

LifeLock 400 Joey Logano, 25th

Toyota/Save Mart 350 Max Papis, 12th

RAYBESTOS® ROOKIE HISTORY

· Regan Smith won 2008 Raybestos® Rookie of the Year honors in the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series, edging Sam Hornish Jr. by seven points (236-229). Smith
became the first Raybestos® Rookie of the Year in the 52-year history of
the program without a DNF (did not finish). He was running at the finish
in all 34 starts he made during the season.

· DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a Sprint Cup
Series race is Juan Pablo Montoya. Montoya captured the 2007 Toyota/Save
Mart 350 at Infineon (Sonoma, Calif.) Raceway, crossing the finish line
4.097 seconds ahead of second-place Kevin Harvick (71 races).

· DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to win a pole position
in the Sprint Cup Series is Patrick Carpentier. Carpentier captured the
top starting spot for the 2008 LENOX Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire
Motor Speedway (36 races).

DID YOU KNOW? The most recent Raybestos® Rookie to score a top-five finish
is Scott Speed. Speed scored a fifth-place finish in the 2009 Aaron's 499
at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway (eight races).

· The 2008 season marked the first time in NASCAR's modern-era (since
1972) that THREE drivers shared the lead in the Raybestos® Rookie
standings. After the second race of the season, Sam Hornish, Jr., Dario
Franchitti and Regan Smith were all tied at the top of the standings.

Ryan Newman holds the all-time Raybestos® Rookie record for most poles
(6), most top-fives (14) and most top-10s (22).

Denny Hamlin is the only Raybestos® Rookie to qualify for the Chase for
the NASCAR Sprint Cup since the program was created in 2004.

Hamlin holds the record for most earnings by a Raybestos® Rookie ($6.6
million in 2006).

The record for most wins by a Raybestos® Rookie is three, shared by Tony
Stewart (1999) and Jimmie Johnson (2002).

A Raybestos® Rookie has posted multiple victories SEVEN times in NASCAR
Sprint Cup:
1987: Davey Allison, two

1999: Tony Stewart, three

2000: Dale Earnhardt Jr., two

2001: Kevin Harvick, two

2002: Jimmie Johnson, three

2005: Kyle Busch, two

2006: Denny Hamlin, two

More than one Raybestos® Rookie has posted victories in their rookie
season only three times: Morgan Shepherd and Ron Bouchard (one each in
1981), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (two) and Matt Kenseth (2000), Jimmie Johnson
(three) and Ryan Newman (2002).

The way to the NASCAR Sprint Cup 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 Sprint Cup title: Dale Earnhardt (1979), Rusty
Wallace (1984), Alan Kulwicki (1986), Jeff Gordon (1993), Tony Stewart
(1999, 2005) and Matt Kenseth (2000).

The longest streak for a Raybestos® Rookie to be in the top-10 in the
Sprint Cup Series championship standings during the sport's modern-era is
60 races (2001 MBNA Platinum 400 through 2002 Ford 400).