Bill Lester and the No. 22 Waste Management Toyota Tundra team headed to sunny south Florida for the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The team had a strong top-five performance there in 2005 and hoped to repeat that performance Friday night.

The team was happy with the performance of its truck in both of Friday's practice sessions. Lester commented that the truck felt really good in the corners, and he could really stand on the accelerator. He explained that the handling of the truck was a little loose, but he felt like it would tighten when it came time to race. The No. 22 Tundra team held the fastest lap time by the final practice session, and the team was confident it would end the season on a high note.

Lester was the 27th driver to make his qualifying attempt. A successful mock qualifying lap earlier in the day had crew chief Doug Wolcott optimistic about Lester's qualifying run. Lester's time of 30.455 seconds was good enough for the outside of the front row. The time was only .03 seconds slower than the pole time, which was set by Lester's Bill Davis Racing teammate, Mike Skinner.

When the green flag waved over the field for the final time in 2006, Lester was confident his Tundra was good enough to battle for the win. Lester remained in the top five for the first 30 laps of competition. He communicated to his crew that the truck was a little tight coming off the corners. However, the handling condition did not hinder his lap times.

Lester made his first pit stop of the evening under caution on lap 44. The team performed a four-tire stop with an air pressure adjustment and returned Lester to the track in the fourth position.

The caution flag was again displayed to the field on lap 63 after Lester collided with a truck coming out of turn four. Lester spun and lightly tapped the inside retaining wall, which caused damage to the left-front fender.

Lester brought his Tundra to pit road so the team could survey the damage. Wolcott concluded that the truck was not severely damaged. A solid finish was still possible for the No. 22 team.

A solid finish would take some effort on Lester's part, as he restarted in the 28th position. He began passing his competitors on both the high and low sides of the track, all the while running lap times that were as good as those trucks in the top 10. Lester's hard-fought battle was rewarded with an 11th-place finish.

The team had a successful season and is looking forward to the 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway in February.