THIS RACE:
The World Financial Group 200 will be the second NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (NCTS) race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.  There will be nine Toyota Tundras in the field.

LAST RACE:
In the most recent NCTS race at California Speedway, Robert Huffman and Johnny Benson were the first Tundra drivers to cross the finish line.  Huffman, started fourth and finished ninth in the No. 12 Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Tundra.  Benson, driver of the No. 23 Bill Davis Racing Tundra, started eighth and led one lap en route to a 12th-place finish.  In qualifying at California, Mike Skinner earned his third NCTS pole driving a Toyota and Toyota's sixth Craftsman Truck Series pole, as well as his 18th career NCTS pole position.

POINTS PACE:
After the first two races of the 2005 season, four Toyota drivers are among the top-15 in the NCTS championship point standings.  Johnny Benson is seventh in the standings with 271 points, 84 behind leader Bobby Hamilton.  Tundra drivers behind Benson in the standings are eighth-place David Reutimann (256 points), 11th-place Robert Huffman (244 points) and 14th-place Todd Bodine (230 points).

LAST YEAR IN ATLANTA:
One year ago, in the debut of the Craftsman Truck Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Toyota driver Mike Skinner crossed the finish line .330 seconds behind race-winner Bobby Hamilton.  Along with Skinner's second-place finish, other Tundra drivers in the top-10 were third-place David Reutimann and fourth-place Travis Kvapil.

POLE NO. 1:
Last year in Atlanta, a Toyota Tundra captured the NCTS pole position for the very first time.  Rookie David Reutimann, driver of the No. 17 NTN Bearings Tundra, recorded a speed of 179.452 MPH (30.894 seconds) around the 1.5-mile oval to earn his first career NCTS pole position.

RECORD RUN FOR REUTIMANN:
In capturing the pole position at Atlanta, Reutimann established a NCTS record by winning a pole position in just his second career series start.  It made the Zephyrhills, FL-native the fastest official NCTS rookie to ever be the quickest qualifier.  The previous record was established by Greg Biffle in 1998 when he earned a pole in his third career NCTS start.

REUTIMANN REMEMBERS:
"There were so many firsts for Toyota last year in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series," says Reutimann.  "Each Toyota driver set out to get the first pole, lead the first lap and get the first win.  To be able to capture Toyota's first pole in the Craftsman Truck Series was really special.  It was a nice surprise because I don't think anyone was expecting it to happen so soon."

ALL-TUNDRA ROW ONE:
Starting alongside Reutimann in Atlanta last season was Robert Huffman, who is now Reutimann's teammate at Darrell Waltrip Motorsports.  Huffman recorded a speed of 179.145 MPH (30.947 seconds) to start on the outside of row one, his best starting position in a NCTS race.  It was the first-time in NCTS history that two rookies started on the front row.

REPEAT OF ROW ONE:
"Now that we are teammates, I think we want to do the same thing again this year that we did last year in Atlanta," says Robert Huffman.  "Except this time I think the No. 12 Tundra will be on the pole and the No. 17 will be on the outside of row one."

TOYOTA'S FIRST TITLE:
Atlanta Motor Speedway is where Robert Huffman clinched the first stock car championship for Toyota in 2003 when he captured the NASCAR Dash Series title.  It was Huffman's fifth Dash Series championship ('90, '98, '99, '00 and '03).  Huffman, who drove a Toyota Celica in the Dash Series for three years (2001-03) before moving to the NCTS last year, is second on the NASCAR Dash Series all-time win list with 42 victories.  Eleven of those wins came while he was behind the wheel of a Toyota Celica.

TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST TITLE:
"Winning the Dash Series championship for Toyota in 2003 was probably one of my greatest accomplishments," says Huffman.  "It was our third year together trying to win a championship and it was an overwhelming feeling to finally accomplish it.  Knowing all the effort and time that everyone at Toyota and TRD put into the program, I was glad to be able to give something back."

HOME RUN:
Although he was born in California and attended college in Berkeley, Bill Lester now makes his home in Atlanta, and he is keeping busy with the upcoming NCTS race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.  "It's a very busy time for me, between family and friends needing race tickets, and the local media wanting to conduct interviews," says Lester, driver of the No. 22 Waste Management Tundra.  "I'm really looking forward to the race and think it represents another excellent chance to get a victory."

FIRST FOR J.B.:
Even though he has raced both Cup and Busch cars at Atlanta, this will be Johnny Benson's first NCTS race at the track.  "My team (Bill Davis Racing) raced in Atlanta last year and I think Greg (Ely, crew chief) has a good feel for the track, along with a pretty good set-up," says Benson.  "It's probably more a matter of me having to adapt my driving style to the truck."

TUNDRA NUMBERS:
In 27 starts in the Craftsman Truck Series, Toyota Tundras have recorded four victories, six pole positions and 26 top-five finishes.  Along with the four wins -- two by Travis Kvapil and two by Todd Bodine --Toyota drivers have had finishes of second (4), third (6), fourth (7) and fifth (5).  Johnny Benson and Todd Bodine have each had five top-five finishes driving Tundras.

ROSTER REVISION:
Toyota's second season in the NCTS features an expanded line-up of nine drivers and five teams.  Three teams that ran Tundras during Toyota's inaugural NCTS season, will again field Tundras in 2005, along with two new teams.  Bill Davis Racing (3), Darrell Waltrip Motorsports (2) and Germain/Arnold Racing (2) are back while Clean Line Motorsports (1) and Fiddle Back Racing (1) have joined the Toyota line-up for 2005.  Six of the nine drivers also are returning for a second season piloting Toyota Tundras.