HISTORY HERE: Since Toyota's inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCTS) season in 2004, Tundra drivers have won two NCTS poles as well as two NCTS races at PIR. Last year, Johnny Benson won from the pole position in his No. 23 Bill Davis Racing Tundra despite spinning on the first lap. In 2005, Todd Bodine claimed the checkered flag after fellow Tundra driver Brandon Whitt started from the NCTS pole.

SIX-PACK ATTACK: Last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway (Nov. 4), six Toyota Camrys competed in a NNCS event for the sixth time this season. Camry drivers AJ Allmendinger, Mike Skinner, Brian Vickers, Jarrett, Blaney and Reutimann competed in the 500-mile event. Other races where six Toyota-powered drivers took the green flag include both road courses -- Infineon Raceway (June) and Watkins Glen (Aug.), as well as at Pocono (Aug.), California (Sept.) and Talladega (Oct.).

PHOENIX FINALE: Sunday's event at Phoenix will be Jarrett's 23rd and final NNCS race at the desert oval. The driver of the No. 44 UPS Toyota Camry visited victory lane in 1997 and has led 175 laps at the track. He is one of only three drivers to compete in every Cup race (22) at the one-mile oval and will have the most Cup starts after Sunday's race.

IMPORTANCE OF TOP-35: The No. 22 Caterpillar Camry has flirted with the top-35 owner points for the majority of the season and now sits 35th in the standings with two races remaining. Blaney's Camry is 127 points ahead of the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing entry and 23 points behind the 34th position currently held by the No. 45 Petty Enterprises car.

"We're trying to get good finishes to help stay in the top-35 in points," says Blaney. "Still, when you have trouble in these last two races, you lose it all. It's still wide open to stay in the top-35. We have to finish races and when we run badly, we have to just finish. Hopefully, we can have a solid run at Phoenix and if we can run a top-10 that would be great -- we just have to get a finish."

BENSON A SUNDAY RACER: Benson will make his second NNCS start of the season this weekend, when he takes over driving duties for the No. 36 360 OTC Camry for Bill Davis Racing. "Richmond was the last Cup race I ran," says Benson. "It was a COT (Car of Tomorrow) race and we were fortunate enough to make the race. I'm going to run the last two Cup races and it's going to be interesting. We didn't test and we didn't do anything extra to prepare -- we're just going to go and see what happens. I would have liked to have had a little track time before the race, but we'll be fine. I'm happy to have the opportunity to go run." Benson will also drive the No. 36 Camry in the season-finale in Homestead-Miami.

SCORE FOUR: Toyota picked up its fourth Busch Series pole of the year last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway when Reutimann posted the fastest qualifying time in the No. 99 Aaron's Dream Machine Camry. Poles have also been won by Blaney at California (Feb.), and Leffler at Daytona (July) and Bristol (Aug.).

LEFFLER'S BUSY: In six NBS races at Phoenix, Leffler has two poles (2000 and 2006) and a runner-up finish in the 2000 race. He has an average finishing position of 12th and has led 121 laps at the desert track. "This team has had success on short tracks this season, so any time we go to a place like Phoenix we know we have a real opportunity to win," says Leffler. "This is our kind of track and we have had a lot of success at there over the last couple of years. Our goal is to repeat those performances and get back into victory lane. It is going to be a busy weekend for me, running four races in three days with the USAC Midget and Silver Crown races on Thursday, the Truck race on Friday and the Busch race on Saturday, but I'm looking forward to it. As a racer, you wish you could race every day of the week so to have back to back races like this is great."

HAPPY HOMECOMING: Michael McDowell, who finished 20th last weekend at Texas in his NBS debut, will head to his hometown of Phoenix, Ariz., for this weekend's 200-mile race. "My family is there and I was born and raised there," says McDowell. "Before moving to North Carolina, I lived there for 18 years. I did a lot of go-kart racing at the north Phoenix track. Although I don't have a whole lot of experience at PIR, I've done one race there - a Star Mazda race in 2004 where we sat on the pole and won the race. Hopefully, we'll have similar results in the Busch car. I'll have a lot of friends and family there and we'd like to have a good showing."

SKINNER'S RECORD: Skinner picked up his record-setting, series-high 10th pole position of the season at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend. It ties a record he established in 1995. This year, he also led the NCTS field to the green flag at Atlanta, Martinsville, Kansas, Charlotte, Mansfield, Dover, Milwaukee, Nashville and St. Louis.

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Benson and his No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicle Tundra won from the pole position at Phoenix a year ago, despite spinning on the first lap. "Last year's race at Phoenix, obviously ended up being a really good race for us," says Benson. "I'm looking forward to going back there this year. This is the third time in a row that we've come out of Texas broke, and then gone to Phoenix and had a good day. Hopefully, we can go to Phoenix and have a good run like we did last year. I don't know if we'll be as strong as last time, but I think we can go there and have another good run."

BACK OUT FRONT: For the fourth time this season, Skinner regained the top spot in the NCTS championship point standings with a third-place finish at Texas last weekend. Despite being part of an accident that involved former pointleader Ron Hornaday with less than 10 laps to go, Skinner was able to recover for his 17th top-five finish of the 2007 season. "We would have liked to have won the race, but if we won the race Ronnie (Hornaday) would have finished second or third," said Skinner, after the race. "Big picture-wise, this worked out better. I don't want to win or lose the championship because we crashed each other. I'd hate that to happen."

SECOND TITLE: Skinner's victory at Martinsville Speedway (Oct. 20) enabled Toyota to clinch its second consecutive NCTS manufacturer's championship. "Winning a second manufacturer's championship is a testament to the outstanding race teams that Toyota has been associated with in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, as well as the extremely talented Tundra drivers," said Jim Aust, vice president - motorsports, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. "We recognize the popularity and value of the Craftsman Truck Series and our commitment to the series has never wavered." TUNDRA TALK: With only Phoenix and Homestead-Miami remaining this season, five Tundra drivers are currently in the top-10 in the NCTS championship point standings. Skinner leads Hornaday in the championship standings by 57 points. Tundra drivers Todd Bodine (fourth), Benson (sixth), Ted Musgrave (seventh) and Jack Sprague (ninth) are chasing the two leaders in the standings.

TOP TUNDRAS IN 2007: Tundras have won 12 races and scored 16 poles this season. Skinner leads the way with a series-high five wins (California, Atlanta, Martinsville, Kentucky and Martinsville-2) and 10 poles (Atlanta, Martinsville, Kansas, Charlotte, Mansfield, Dover, Milwaukee, Nashville, St. Louis and Texas-2). Benson has three wins (Milwaukee, Bristol and St. Louis), while Bodine won from the pole at both Texas-1 and Talladega. Sprague captured the seasonopener at Daytona from the pole, and scored his second pole of the season at the fall Martinsville race. Brad Keselowski (Memphis) and Ryan Mathews (Kentucky) have also started from the pole. Ted Musgrave won last weekend at Texas-2.

100 FOR TUNDRA: The season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway will be the 100th race for the Tundra in NASCAR competition. Dating back to 2004 with Toyota's entry into the NCTS, one driver (Skinner) has piloted a Tundra for each of the 98 races to date. Prior to Reutimann's move to the NNCS and NBS this season, he competed in 75 consecutive NCTS events between 2004 and 2006.

PROVE IT: Four Toyota facilities are located in Arizona, the site of this weekend's NASCAR races. Toyota's Arizona Proving Grounds is located in Whittman, Ariz. Toyota conducts vehicle performance evaluations for the North American market at this site. One of the three Toyota Financial Services (TFS) national customer services centers is located in Chandler, Ariz, a suburb of Phoenix. This is the TFS Western Customer Services Center. Also located in Arizona are the TFS Tech Center Phoenix (TCP) and a Toyota Logistics Services facility, which is responsible for the transportation of vehicles in the region. There are almost 3,000 Toyota and dealer associates in Arizona with more than $450 million invested in the local economy.

HAPPY 50TH: In October, Toyota celebrated its 50th anniversary in the U.S. Toyota and its dealers employ close to 145,000 workers in the U.S. and assemble approximately half the vehicles it sells in America, while operating 10 manufacturing facilities throughout the country. More information on the 50th anniversary of Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., can be found at www.toyota50th.com.

TOYOTA IN AMERICA: Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. was formed October 31, 1957, establishing its headquarters in a former Rambler dealership in Hollywood, Calif. Sales began in 1958 and totaled a modest 288 vehicles that first year -- 287 Toyopet Crown sedans and one Land Cruiser. In nine of the past 10 years, the Toyota Camry has been the bestselling
car in America. Assembled at Toyota's Georgetown, Kentucky plant, more than six million Camry models have been sold in the United States since its debut more than 20 years ago.