Toyota did great last weekend in New Hampshire!
“Toyota drivers earned six top-five finishes this weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Brian Vickers tied his season-best finish with a fifth-place result in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race and Kyle Busch earned his 30th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) win and his third straight victory at the one-mile New England oval in Saturday afternoon’s NCWTS race. Camry drivers also swept the top-four spots in Friday’s NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (NKNPSE) race at New Hampshire with Brett Moffitt taking the checkered flag and three other Toyotas following him to the finish line.
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In Sunday’s NSCS race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Vickers was the highest finishing Toyota driver with a fifth-place result at the one-mile New England oval in a race where fuel mileage strategy once again set the stage for a dramatic finish eventually won by Tony Stewart.
Vickers started third and led one time for four laps (of 300) to tie his season-best finish of fifth, which he also earned earlier this year at Dover International Speedway. It was the sixth top-10 finish for Vickers this season.
“It was a good run for us,” said Vickers, following the race. “The Red Bull Toyota guys did a good job all day. We were good in the first stint, but not great. We over adjusted and got way too loose in the second or third stint and lost our track position. The last two runs we were awesome. The car was so good, probably one of the better cars on the track. We had to pass 20 cars just to get back to the top-five and ran out of time, but I’m really proud of the effort by everyone.”
Busch fought a tight race car most of the afternoon, but was able to relish an 11th-place result and moved up three spots in the unofficial NSCS point standings to sixth. Busch currently sits 26 points behind first-place Stewart in the Chase for the Sprint Cup playoffs following the second of 10 Chase races.
“We just fought hard all day long with our M&M’s Camry,” said Busch, following the race. “We got the car to where we were fast in the early part of the run, but we fell off a little too much as the run went along. Our car was good entry and center, but it was just so tight in the center all day long that it made it really hard. Track position was important today and I just have to thank the guys for hanging in there with me and fighting hard all day long. We survived and we’ll go on to Dover which is usually a much better place for me.”
Read more about the Toyota wins at http://www.toyotaracing.com/motorsports/nscs/news/2011/09-25-11-02.html
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