Toyota at Texas

Brian Vickers was the highest finishing Toyota driver at the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
He was 14th and led two laps.
“I know we had a good car," said Vickers, driver of the No. 83 Toyota for Team Red Bull. "We could have done better than we did, but we had some problems with the clutch going out and that cost us a lot on the last pit stop. The car wasn’t that good on new tires, but it was really good on old tires.”
Vickers led laps 101 and 102 at Texas. It was the third time this season a Toyota has led a Cup race.
“It feels good, but we still have a ways to go," Vickers said about leading the race. "I think we missed our top-35 spot (in the point standings). I thought we were going to have a chance to get that (Sunday) and we missed it. We definitely needed this. Every time we get in a race we get a good run. The guys did a good job in the pits all day. It’s always good to be running good for Toyota, we are proud to be a partner to them.”
Dave Blaney finished 21st and starting the race at Texas 40th.
“We just never handled very good," said Blaney, driver of the No. 22 Toyota for Bill Davis Racing. "We couldn’t make it any good. When you don’t handle good and you have long green flag runs -- you’re going to get laps down. That’s what happened -- we lost two. We couldn’t do much from there except to beat all those guys that are two down."
Dale Jarrett, the third and final Toyota driver to make the Cup race at Texas, was 30th in his car for Michael Waltrip Racing.