TOYOTA TIDBITS THREE TOP-FIVES FOR MWR: In Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Tennessee's Bristol Motor Speedway, three Camry drivers finished together in the top-five for the ninth time since Toyota entered the series in 2007.
When Carl Edwards tied in points (losing the tiebreaker) for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship he and the No. 99 team were reminded how important every point is throughout the season.
EXPRESS NOTES: Bristol Recap: Denny Hamlin finished 20th in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, fighting track position in the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry throughout the 500-lap event won by Brad Keselowski.
Some say there is no more difficult feat than winning a race at the NASCAR level. The weekend of February 24-26, 2004, Roush Fenway accomplished one of the rarest feats in NASCAR history, sweeping all three major series at the two-mile quad oval of California Speedway.
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates driver Juan Pablo Montoya graces the cover of the ESPN Deportes La Revista (the Spanish version of ESPN the Magazine) this month.
DODGE QUOTES: ”Fontana seems like one of the widest places to me. Having the track width is great because it gives you a lot of opportunities. The more track width that you run the more seams you’re running across, basically. The seams are just slick.” -- Sam Hornish, Jr.
TEAM CHEVY IN THE GARAGE AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY – ALBA COLON, PROGRAM MANAGER, NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES, GM RACING: “After an eventful weekend in Bristol, Team Chevy is looking forward to this weekend's race at Auto Club Speedway. This has been a good track to us especially coming away with wins in the last four NASCAR Sprint Cup races celebrated here.
Toyota NCWTS drivers John King, Timothy Peters and Johnny Sauter visited the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville, Va. on Tuesday. The drivers got a preview of a new exhibit at the museum, 'From Rocks to Racing,' which will open to the public on Saturday, March 24.
Northern California INDYCAR hopeful and open wheel standout TJ Fischer will be advancing his career and showcasing his skill in the Formula Mazda Series for 2012.
John King has known since he was a toddler that Martinsville was the home of a world-famous race track. Until Tuesday the 23-year-old NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver didn’t know the town also held a world-class museum.
The 27-year-old Jones from Atlanta, Georgia, will rejoin Joe Gibbs Racing to pilot a Toyota Supra entry on a multiyear basis following a two-year campaign at JR Motorsports.
