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Mar 18
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Toyota Motorsports, 2012 NSCS Food City 500 Post-Race Recaps

Toyota Motorsports Logo Camry driver Martin Truex Jr. (third) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Brian Vickers led three times for 125 laps (of 500) in his 2012 season debut and claimed a fifth-place finish for Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR). All three MWR drivers -- Truex (third), Clint Bowyer (fourth) and Vickers (fifth) -- claimed top-five finishes at the .533-mile short track. The finishes by MWR marked the first time the team has placed three cars in the top-five overall. Toyota drivers Joey Logano (16th) and Denny Hamlin (20th) also earned top-20 finishes at the Tennessee track. Other Toyota drivers in the field included Travis Kvapil (27th), Bobby Labonte (28th), Landon Cassill (29th), J.J. Yeley (30th), Kyle ... FULL STORY »

Clutch Problems Plague JGR’s Brian Scott at Bristol

No. 11 Dollar General Toyota Camry (Brian Scott) - Photo Credit: Matthew Stockman / Getty Images for NASCAR Post Race Highlights: · The race weekend in Bristol looked to be a good one for Brian Scott and the No. 11 Dollar General team. Faced with bad luck throughout the first few races of the season, Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. ... FULL STORY »

Toyota Motorsports, 2012 NNS Ford EcoBoost 300 Post-Race Recaps

Toyota Motorsports Logo Joey Logano (fourth) was the highest finishing Toyota driver in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Logano started the pole and led 119 laps (of 300). The pole was the first NNS pole for Logano at the ... FULL STORY »

Joey Logano Earns Pole, Leads Most Laps, Finishes Fourth at Bristol

Joey Logano - Photo Credit: Motorsports Images and Archives Post Race Highlights: · Joey Logano earned the pole for Saturday’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Bristol Motor Speedway, his 17th career NNS pole (11th on all time list) · Logano jumped out to the lead early and paced the field, opening ... FULL STORY »

Elliott Sadler Steals The Show In Thunder Valley

Elliott Sadler celebrates in Bristol Motor Speedway Victory Lane on Saturday after winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series Ford EcoBoost 300 in Bristol, Tenn. - Photo Credit: John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR It was looking like in an uncharacteristically clean Ford EcoBoost 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway, where the Roush Fenway Racing duo of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Trevor Bayne would be battling for the trophy. But, a gutsy call by crew ... FULL STORY »

Joey Logano Fends Off Roush Fenway Racing For Nationwide Bristol Pole

Joey Logano celebrates winning the Coors Light Pole Award for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Ford Ecoboost 300 on Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. - Photo Credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Joey Logano in the No. 18 GameStop Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing captured his 17th career NASCAR Nationwide Series pole at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway holding off the Ford Mustangs of Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for the ... FULL STORY »

2012 NNS Ford EcoBoost 300 Starting Lineup

Joey Logano / GameStop - Photo Credit: John Harrelson/Getty Images Joey Logano, with a qualifying lap speed of 124.210 mph, captured the 2012 NNS Ford EcoBoost 300 Coors Light Pole Award at Bristol Motor Speedway. This was Logano's first series pole of the 2012 season, his seventeenth series career pole and his ... FULL STORY »



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Toyota Motorsports, 2012 NSCS Food City 500 Post-Qualifying Recaps
Posted 03.16.12
JOEY LOGANO, No. 20 Home Depot Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Starting Position: 9th How was your qualifying lap? "It was probably a bit tighter than what we had in practice. Went down in (turn) one and just plowed and got tight. The car is still pretty good though. I ...FULL STORY »
Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR)
Darrell Wallace Jr. to Make Joe Gibbs Racing Debut In K&N Pro Series East Race at Bristol Motor Speedway
Posted 03.16.12
"Will Pilot JGR’s No. 18 Coke Toyota Saturday Night" MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 16, 2012) – Darrell Wallace Jr. will make his Joe Gibbs Racing debut this weekend in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday evening. Wallace, 18, signed with Joe Gibbs Racing’s ...FULL STORY »
2012 NSCS Denny Hamlin - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images for NASCAR
2012 NSCS Food City 500 Pre-Race Q&A with Toyota Motorsports Driver, Denny Hamlin
Posted 03.16.12
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing What are your thoughts about the Bristol race? "We come in here with a little bit of optimism -- knowing that it is a short track and what we found last week is kind of our weakness. It's kind ...FULL STORY »
Denny Hamlin in Garage - Photo Credit: Jerry Markland/Getty Images for NASCAR
Denny Hamlin, 2012 NSCS Food City 500 Race Preview
Posted 03.15.12
RACE INFO: Event: Food City 500 Date/Time: March 18/1:00 p.m. ET 2011 winner: Kyle Busch 2011 polesitter: Carl Edwards Distance: 500 laps/266.5 miles Track Length: 0.533 miles Banking: 36 degrees Track Shape: Oval EXPRESS NOTES: Las Vegas Recap: Denny Hamlin’s #11 FedEx Freight Toyota Camry was a handful in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, lacking overall grip and both ...FULL STORY »
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Toyota NASCAR Tidbits – March 12 – 18, 2012
Posted 03.14.12
VISIT TO VEGAS: Toyota newcomer Clint Bowyer posted a sixth-place finish in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, his best result in a Camry. Bowyer, who joined Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) prior to the 2012 season, gained track position with a late-race gamble -- ...FULL STORY »
No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry
Stats Speak for Themselves (Kyle Busch)
Posted 03.13.12
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 13, 2012) - This week team owner and driver of the No. 54 Monster Energy Camry, Kyle Busch, will bring his developing NASCAR Nationwide Series team to the high banks of Bristol Motor Speedway, a track where he is the youngest winner of record in the Series ...FULL STORY »
No 18 Doublemint Toyota Camry of Kyle Busch During a Pit Stop - Photo Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Kyle Busch – Leaving Las Vegas
Posted 03.13.12
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (March 13, 2012) – Kyle Busch may always look forward to making the trip back to his hometown of Las Vegas for a race, but perhaps no driver was more happy to leave Las Vegas Motor Speedway than Busch this past weekend. The driver of the No. 18 Doublemint® ...FULL STORY »
Ryan Truex - Photo Credit: John Harrelson / Getty Images for NASCAR
Grime Boss To Sponsor Ryan Truex In NASCAR Nationwide Series
Posted 03.13.12
"Will Pilot Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota In Seven Races" MOORESVILLE, N.C. (March 13, 2012) – After a successful entry into NASCAR at Daytona, Grime Boss, a new brand from Nice Pak will sponsor the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) No. 20 Toyota driven by Ryan Truex for seven NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) ...FULL STORY »
2012 Joey Logano/Dollar General
Logano Salvages 16th-Place Finish, Remains Top-10 in Points
Posted 03.11.12
Post Race Highlights: · Logano debuted new sponsor Dollar General at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend. It was Dollar General’s first ever primary sponsorship of a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car. · Logano qualified eighth for the event, but actually started fourth after several cars in front of him had to ...FULL STORY »


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