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Goody’s Cool Orange 500 - Rookie Post-Race Quotes
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Where the Raybestos Rookies finished at Martinsville:
Smith 14th
Franchitti 22nd
McDowell 26th
Hornish Jr. 28th
Carpentier 29th
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UNOFFICIAL Raybestos Rookie standings:
Franchitti 60
Smith 60
Hornish Jr. 57
Carpentier 28
McDowell 9
Villeneuve 1
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REGAN SMITH IN THE No. 01 PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
CHEVROLET WAS THE TOP RAYBESTOS ROOKIE IN TODAY’S RACE.
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Notes:
* Smith scored a 14th-place finish, his best in 13 career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. He took Raybestos Rookie of the Race honors for the second consecutive race and for the third time in six races this season. Smith scored the best finish by a Raybestos Rookie in 2008.
* Smith has been running at the finish of every race this season.
* UNOFFICIALLY Smith and Dario Franchitti are tied for the lead in the Raybestos Rookie standings (60-60).
* Franchitti (22nd) also scored his best Sprint Cup Series finish in six starts.
* Michael McDowell finished 26th in his first Sprint Cup Series start.