Texas II: Toyota Motorsports preview

NEWS, NOTES & NUMBERS: This year, Tundra drivers have combined for 13 wins, 52 top-five results, 107 top-10 finishes and 10 poles after 22 of 25 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) races ... Todd Bodine (first), Aric Almirola (second), Timothy Peters (seventh), Mike Skinner (eighth) and David Starr (ninth) are in the top-10 in the NCWTS point standings with three races remaining ... Bodine leads second-place Almirola in the point standings by 216 points ... Kyle Busch leads the NCWTS owner standings by 42 points over Bodine's Germain Racing No. 30 Tundra ... Almirola is on a string of 10 straight top-10 finishes, dating back to Pocono in July ... Tundra drivers will sign autographs on Friday at 3:00 PM at the Toyota ‘PitPass' display on the vendor midway ... Toyota is currently 13 points ahead of Chevrolet in the NCWTS manufacturer's point standings.

TODD BODINE, No. 30 Valvoline Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing

What has been your key to being successful at Texas? "You have to have a good truck. We've been fortunate to be able to get good trucks that will run fast and run fast for a long period of time. I think the race track suits my style, a little bit of get up on the wheel and drive hard every lap. He who lets off the least goes the fastest and I think we're pretty good at that, getting this thing to roll the center and stay in the throttle good. When you come to somewhere that you've had a lot of success you kind of have a little different attitude. When we go to Texas, we know we have a legitimate opportunity to win because we've done so well here. There is a little bit of swagger in our step so to speak when we go to Texas."

-source: toyota motorsports