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Toyota Takes Fifth Straight Truck Series Manufacturer’s Title
Press Release“Clinches Second NASCAR Championship of 2010″
Texas Motor Speedway, it enabled Toyota to clinch its fifth consecutive NASCAR Camping
World Truck Series (NCWTS) manufacturer’s championship.
Toyota has won the NCWTS manufacturer’s championship each year since 2006, along with
a pair of driver’s titles for Todd Bodine (2006) and Johnny Benson (2008). Bodine, who currently
leads the NCWTS standings by 230 points, is seeking to capture Toyota’s third series driver’s
title.
Overall, this is the eighth time Toyota has earned a NASCAR manufacturer’s title since the
start of the 2004 season. Toyota recently also captured its third consecutive NASCAR
Nationwide Series manufacturer’s crown.
The performance of five full-time teams fielding Tundras — Billy Ballew Motorsports, Germain
Racing, Kyle Busch Motorsports, Randy Moss Motorsports and Red Horse Racing — all
contributed to the NCWTS manufacturer’s title. In addition, Stringer Motorsports ran a partial
season utilizing Tundras in 2010. This season, Tundra drivers have combined for 14 wins, 10
poles, 54 top-five results and 111 top-10 finishes with two races remaining on the schedule.
“To earn a fifth consecutive manufacturer’s championship is an accomplishment we are very
proud of, and is a testament to the commitment Toyota has — now and in the future — to the
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and to our race teams participating in the series,” said
Ed Laukes, Toyota’s corporate motorsports marketing manager. “We have been fortunate to
partner ourselves with championship-caliber teams and exceptional drivers. Our Tundra teams
continue to prove their excellence on the track.”
Series points leader Bodine (four wins), Busch (seven wins) and Aric Almirola (two wins)
have all won multiple races for Toyota this season. In addition, Timothy Peters earned his
second career victory in a Tundra at Daytona to kick off the 2010 season.
“It’s an honor to be associated with Toyota and to be a part of five straight manufacturer’s
championships,” says Bodine. “Over the last seven years, Toyota and Germain Racing have
formed a great partnership and we constantly work together to improve our on-track
performance each and every year.”
A total of 31 different drivers have participated in the Camping World Truck Series in a
Tundra this year, including five — Almirola, Bodine, Justin Lofton, Peters and Mike Skinner –
who have competed in all 23 events driving Toyotas. Skinner has raced a Tundra in every
NCWTS race since Toyota joined the series in 2004 — a total of 173 starts.
Since joining NCWTS competition in 2004, Toyota has won 79 races and captured 78 poles
in 173 races.
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. is the marketing, sales, distribution and customer
service arm of Toyota, Lexus and Scion. Established in 1957, TMS markets products and
services through a network of more than 1,500 Toyota, Lexus and Scion dealers which sold
more than 1.77 million vehicles in 2009. Toyota directly employs more than 30,000 people in the
U.S. and its investment here is currently valued at more than $18 billion.
For more information about Toyota, visit www.toyota.com, www.lexus.com, www.scion.com or
www.toyotanewsroom.com.
TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development)
Powering all of Toyota’s American racing programs is TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development) in
Costa Mesa, Calif., and Salisbury, N.C. A subsidiary of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., TRD
serves as the North American racing arm for design, development and assembly of Toyota’s factory
racing engines.
- Toyota Motorsports Press Release
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