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Dusty Davis - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR

Race: Kroger 250
Date: April 2, 2011
Location: Martinsville Speedway

Vision Aviation Racing (VAR) NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) Notes

Toyota Motorsports Day: VAR drivers, Justin Johnson and Dusty Davis, headed west last week to attend Toyota Motorsports Day at Toyota corporate headquarters in Torrance, CA. Alongside Toyota drivers from a variety of motorsports series, Johnson and Davis were there representing the NCWTS. After meeting with Toyota employees and their families both VAR drivers enjoyed lunch and took a tour of the Toyota museum.

Gresham Test: Justin Johnson, Dusty Davis, and the VAR crew also went to Georgia last week for a test session on the half mile Gresham Motorsports Park. After two days of testing the crew felt they learned a lot. Davis commented, “This test has really allowed me to learn some things that I know will help me during my Martinsville debut next week.”

Meet the VAR Drivers: Be sure to stop by the NCWTS autograph session on April 2nd at Martinsville Speedway where Justin Johnson and Dusty Davis will be signing from 9:00-10:00AM.

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Air Time: Catch all the action Live on SPEED starting at 1:30PM/ET on April 2nd, 2011. The race will also be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM Satellite Radio starting at 2:00PM/ET.

Dusty Davis
No. 15 Vision Airlines / Emerald Coast Resorts Toyota Tundra
Race Notes and Quotes

Last Race: Davis qualified his Toyota Tundra a career high 15th at Darlington Raceway and finished a hard fought 21st.

This Week’s Chassis: Davis is familiar with this week’s chassis, No. 034, which he raced to a 26th place finish in his NCWTS debut at Phoenix International Raceway in February.

NASCAR Lounge: Check out this week’s NASCAR Lounge podcast on iTunes where Dusty Davis checks in to talk about his upcoming debut on the Martinsville paperclip.

Driven to Read: Davis will visit Rich Acres Elementary School this week in Martinsville, VA on his mission to encourage children to read. As a spokesperson for Driven to Read, a merit based program designed to encourage youngsters to increase their reading proficiency through the power of NASCAR, Davis will visit with students to talk about the importance of reading. Driven to Read plans to visit more area schools around the Camping World Truck Series circuit where Davis and his Vision Aviation Racing team will be competing in 2011.

Davis Quotes:

We had a few weeks off, how have you spent the time?

The Vision Airlines Toyota Tundra did some testing in the off week at Gresham Motorsports Park and we were also able to attend Toyota Motorsports Day in California. We got to meet a lot of Toyota employees as well as tour the Toyota museum, so that was really cool to get to see.

What are going to be your biggest challenges racing Martinsville?

Well number one is never racing there before. Being there for the first time is of course going to be a big handicap. Martinsville is a unique short track, so getting to learn the tricks of the trade for that track is really going to be important. Every track has its tricks and the faster I can learn some of them the faster I will be.

Martinsville is a two day show unlike Darlington that packed practice, qualifying and the race all into one day. Which do you prefer and why?

As a driver personally I don’t mind either. I kind of like getting it all done in one day but that makes for a long day for the crew. Usually when it’s a one day show they cram everything in and there isn’t much time to catch your breath. There are positives and negatives to both.

- Vision Aviation Racing Press Release