A first for Toyota

Dave Blaney won the pole for tonight's NASCAR Busch Series race, the first for Toyota in the Busch Series.
Blaney's pole-winning lap was at 180.410 mph.
"These Toyotas have been impressive," Blaney said.
But it's not all good news for Toyota. No driver has won a Busch Series race from the pole at California Speedway.
The second and third qualifiers, however, have two wins apiece in Busch Series races at California Speedway.
Matt Kenseth qualified second in a Ford and Jeff Burton was third in a Chevrolet.
It was Blaney's seventh career Busch Series pole and his best qualifying effort at California Speedway. His previous best start in a Busch Series race at California Speedway was 13th.
"We could see it coming somewhat," Blaney said. "The cars have been really fast and impressive. I think we have a chance to win every week."
As for the race, Blaney said the team isn't making many adjustments.
"In race trim the car is really fast -- we are happy with it and just kind of left it," Blaney said. "It's going to be different conditions. Later tonight it's going to be dark by the time the race ends. It will be a lot different than what we practiced in. We'll see how it goes."
Todd Braun, the owner of Blaney's Busch Series car, said with Toyota's success in the Craftsman Truck Series, he knew it wouldn't take long for Toyota to duplicate it in the Busch Series.
"For what we did last week in Daytona, to sit on the outside pole and then come here and get the pole this week and get second place there in Daytona," Braun said. "We want to keep building upon the program. This is kind of where we hoped this program would go from when we got involved in it."
Blaney finished second in the Busch Series season opener at Daytona International Speedway last week. Jason Leffler qualified his Toyota on the front row, in second position, at Daytona.
"Everybody at Toyota has made this possible," Braun said. "With the hard work of everybody at our shop plus Toyota's hard work -- we are really glad to be at this point already. We think we can go a lot further quicker."