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12-01-11 Toyota Honored with 2011 NASCAR Marketing Achievement Award
11-30-11 Toyota NASCAR Notes & Quotes Champions Week Nov 2011
11-20-11 HAMLIN TALLIES THREE TOYOTA TOP-10s IN MIAMI
11-20-11 TOYOTA NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) - Post-Race Notes & Quotes - Homestead-Miami Speedway
11-17-11 Toyota NASCAR Notes & Quotes Homestead November 2011
Toyota NASCAR Notes & Quotes II Indianapolis-ORP July 2010What does it take to be fast at the Brickyard?
“It’s a tough place to get around with really long straightaways and sweeping corners. You have to have a really good car, which you have to have everywhere you go, but you have to have the horsepower as well. The main thing is it’s a flat race track and it’s so fast, you just have to concentrate on making your car turn, but it’s also hard to make your car turn without making it too free. That’s a bit of a struggle sometimes when you’re at Indy. It keeps you on your toes for sure.”
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Where does Indy rank on the list of prestigious wins in the Sprint Cup Series?
“It’s number two. It’s right there. Daytona is one, Indy is two -- they’re both pretty close to each other. Indy is an important race track for a lot of people. The history and of that place, it’s all been Indy cars, but still one of the first big superspeedways in America back in the early 1900s.”
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about Indianapolis?
“Tradition. Every time I go (to Indy), there’s so much tradition at that race track. I love going there. I love racing where you have fans on either side of the speedway and the straightaways are so long there, you have time to look all around and see what’s going on. We’ve been fast, but not successful at that race track. Every time we finish, we finish really well. I’m looking forward to it this year. I think we’re going to go there with a new car and hopefully have something for those guys.”
NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS)
NEWS, NOTES & NUMBERS: This year, Toyota drivers have combined for nine wins, 40 top-five results, 79 top-10 finishes and eight poles after 19 of 35 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) races … Camry drivers Kyle Busch (third), Steve Wallace (seventh), Brendan Gaughan (eighth), Joey Logano (ninth) and Jason Leffler (10th) are in the top-10 in the NNS point standings … Saturday’s race will be Toyota’s 125th Nationwide race since joining the series in 2007 … Busch and Reed Sorenson will travel between IMS and O’Reilly Raceway Park (ORP) this weekend … Busch will compete for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at IMS and the NNS race at ORP, in addition to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event for Kyle Busch Motorsports … Sorenson will drive for the Red Bull Racing Team in the Brickyard 400 and Braun Racing in the NNS race at ORP.
REED SORENSON, No. 32 Dollar General Toyota Camry, Braun Racing
Are you looking forward to competing at ORP again?
“I haven’t been there in a few years. I’ve had good runs there, gotten the pole there and I think the last time I was there, I finished second (2006). The way the schedule works out, I probably won’t get a chance to practice. I might just show up and race, so we’ll see how that ends up. That’s a track where you have to be patient. There’s a lot of beating and banging. It’s really, really small.”
JASON LEFFLER, No. 38 Great Clips Toyota Camry, Braun Racing
Where does ORP rank among your list of favorite race tracks?
“It is my favorite race track. It’s a big week. I’ll run the USAC Midgets Silver Crown race leading up to it. I’m pretty excited about it. Obviously, we won Toyota’s first race in the series at ORP. Eddie Pardue (crew chief), his cars have always been fast there, especially last year, so I’m excited about going there and working with him.”
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS)
NEWS, NOTES & NUMBERS: This year, Tundra drivers have combined for six wins, 26 top-five results, 55 top-10 finishes and three poles after the first 11 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) races … Tundra drivers Todd Bodine (first), Aric Almirola (second), Timothy Peters (fourth), Mike Skinner (fifth) and David Starr (ninth) are among the top-10 in the NCWTS point standings … Bodine has nine top-five finishes in 11 starts in 2010 … Kyle Busch started his first-career NCWTS race at ORP in 2001 at just 16-years-old … Eighteen-year-old Johanna Long, from Pensacola, Fla., will become the youngest female to compete in an NCWTS event when she makes her debut in the No. 15 Billy Ballew Motorsports Tundra this weekend.
ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 51 Graceway Pharmaceuticals Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports
Are you looking forward to racing at ORP?
“I’ve always had a lot of success at ORP. I’ve finished third (2009) and 10th (2005) in the Truck Series, and got a pole (2007) there in the Nationwide Series. I love the race track. It’s a lot of fun to race on. It’s a short track, but it races like a big track. You can race way up the track, against the fence, or you can race on the bottom. It’s under the lights, which is always a plus. It makes for a lot of exciting racing and the fans get an awesome show. You go into ORP knowing that you’re going to have a few donuts on the side of your truck by the end of the night.”
JOHANNA LONG, No. 15 Race for Riley Toyota Tundra, Billy Ballew Motorsports
Are you excited to make your first Truck Series start?
“I’m really excited. It’s my first race in the Camping World Truck Series and I’m ready to step up. I raced at ORP about two years ago in a Late Model, so I’m ready to go back. I’m a little nervous, but ready. I think that when I get in there and I strap my helmet on I’ll be all good.”
Is there any comparison between racing in a Truck versus a Late Model?
“It’s a lot different. The trucks don’t like to do too many things at once and in a Late Model, you can drive it way harder than a truck. This is my 10th year racing. I’ve been racing since I was eight years old. I raced go-karts for four years and then I moved to a Legend car and then I raced Late Models. We’ve come a long way, definitely.”
TOYOTA DRIVER ROSTER -- Indianapolis Motor Speedway/O’Reilly Raceway Park
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
David Reutimann, No. 00 Aaron’s Dream Machine Camry
Robby Gordon, No. 7 Robby Gordon Motorsports Camry
Denny Hamlin, No. 11 FedEx Express Camry
Max Papis, No. 13 GEICO Camry
Kyle Busch, No. 18 M&M’s Camry
Joey Logano, No. 20 Home Depot Camry
Jacques Villeneuve, No. 32 Dollar General Camry
Marcos Ambrose, No. 47 Kroger-Clorox Camry
Michael McDowell, No. 55 PRISM Motorsports Camry
Martin Truex Jr., No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Camry
Todd Bodine, No. 64 Gunselman Motorsports Camry
Dave Blaney, No. 66 PRISM Motorsports Camry
Scott Speed, No. 82 Red Bull Camry
Reed Sorenson, No. 83 Red Bull Camry
Joe Nemechek, No. 87 NEMCO Motorsports Camry
NASCAR Nationwide Series
Derrick Griffin, No. 10 Braun Racing Camry
Brian Scott, No. 11 AccuDoc Solutions Camry
Michael Annett, No. 15 Pilot Travel Centers Camry
Kyle Busch, No. 18 Fleet Locate Centers Camry
Matt DiBenedetto, No. 20 Game Plan for Life Camry
Reed Sorenson, No. 32 Dollar General Camry
Jason Leffler, No. 38 Great Clips Camry
Brendan Gaughan, No. 62 South Point Casino Camry
Steve Wallace, No. 66 5-Hour Energy Camry
Trevor Bayne, No. 99 Out! Pet Care Camry
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Mike Skinner, No. 5 Exide Tundra
Justin Lofton, No. 7 VisitPit.com Tundra
Johanna Long, No. 15 Race for Riley Tundra
Timothy Peters, No. 17 Wiss Tundra
Kyle Busch, No. 18 Kyle Busch Motorsports Tundra
Todd Bodine, No. 30 Germain.com Tundra
Aric Almirola, No. 51 Zyclara/Graceway Pharmaceuticals Tundra
Nick Hoffman, No. 63 Mittler Machine & Tool Tundra
David Starr, No. 81 Randy Moss Motorsports Tundra
Brad Sweet, No. 90 Great Clips Tundra
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