TOYOTA TIDBITS -- August 31 - September 6, 2009
Here Are the Headlines:
'Chase' Chances Down to Two Races
Heartbreak North of the Border
Busch Beats Bodine in Chicagoland
Tundras Prep for Maiden Iowa Voyage

CHARTING THE 'CHASE': Just two races remain before the 'Chase for the Sprint Cup' championship begins, and three Toyota
Camry drivers are still vying for one of the 12 coveted spots in the playoffs. Joe Gibbs Racing's (JGR) Denny Hamlin secured his
place in the 10-race playoff with a fifth-place finish two weeks ago at Bristol. Hamlin's JGR teammate, Kyle Busch, is currently
13th in the standings and just 34 points out of the 12th and final 'Chase' spot. Fellow Camry drivers Brian Vickers (14th, -39
points) and David Reutimann (16th, -160 points) have Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Atlanta and next
weekend's race at Richmond (Va.) to make the 'Chase' field.

STREAKING TO 'CHASE' SPOT: A couple of Camry drivers are streaking toward securing a spot in the 'Chase.' In addition
to winning the most recent race on the Sprint Cup schedule at Bristol Motor Speedway (August 23), Busch also finished third in the
road course race at Watkins Glen (August 9). Vickers has seven consecutive top-12 finishes, including a win at Michigan (August
16) and a fifth-place at Indianapolis (July 26), as well as one sixth and a pair of sevenths.

GEORGIA ON MY MIND: Sunday's race at Atlanta Motor Speedway marks the sixth visit to the one-and-a-half-mile oval for the
Toyota Camry, but NASCAR's first Labor Day weekend trip and the Cup Series' first night race at the Georgia track. Earlier this
season, Vickers was the highest-finishing Camry driver at Atlanta with a fifth-place result in the No. 83 Red Bull Racing Team
Camry. Busch recorded Toyota's inaugural Sprint Cup Series victory at Atlanta in March of 2008.

MARCOS JUST MISSES: Marcos Ambrose dominated Sunday's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Montreal's Circuit
Gilles Villeneuve, leading 60 of 76 laps on the Canadian road course. However, a slip in the final turn allowed Carl Edwards to
sneak by for the victory in the caution-filled event. It relegated Ambrose -- who won the season's other road course race at Watkins
Glen -- to a runner-up result. Canadians Andrew Ranger (third) and Jacques Villeneuve (fourth) also scored top-fives for Toyota,
while Busch finished 10th and now leads Edwards by 192 points in the NNS driver standings.

'WINDY CITY' WONDER: Busch was victorious in Friday evening's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at
Chicagoland Speedway -- the series' inaugural visit to the one-and-a-half-mile Illinois oval. The 24-year-old Las Vegas-native led
79 of 150 laps in the Billy Ballew Motorsports No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts Tundra. The victory marked Busch's 56th win across all
three national NASCAR series, moving him into sole possession of ninth-place on the all-time win list. Tundra drivers Aric
Almirola (eighth), Timothy Peters (ninth) and Terry Cook (10th) also posted top-10 finishes at Chicagoland.

IF YOU BUILD IT … : Just one week after making its first-ever trip to Chicagoland Speedway, the NCWTS will make another
inaugural trip to a track -- on Saturday at Iowa Speedway. Brian Ickler, who will drive the No. 51 Tundra this weekend, has one
win (2008) and a runner-up finish (2009) at the 0.875-mile oval in the NASCAR Camping World East Series, as well as a fifth-
place finish earlier this year at Iowa in the ARCA RE/MAX Series.

BACK STORY: Background information on the Toyota NASCAR program is available at www.toyotaracing.com and members of
the media can access Toyota images at www.toyotamotorsportsmedia.com.

TOYOTA 2009 NASCAR STATISTICS:
Series Races Starts (Drivers) Wins Top-5s Top-10s Poles Times Led Laps Led
NSCS 24 292 (20) 8 29 54 9 122 1,834
NNS 25 245 (34) 10 46 87 9 139 2,623
NCWTS 16 201 (24) 8 42 86 4 73 1,301

WEEKEND RACE SCHEDULE:
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series @ Atlanta Motor Speedway, Sunday, September 6 @ 7:30 PM (ET), ESPN -- Race 25 of 36
NASCAR Nationwide Series @ Atlanta Motor Speedway, Saturday, September 5 @ 7:00 PM (ET), ESPN2 -- Race 26 of 35
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series @ Iowa Speedway, Saturday, September 5 @ 8:45 PM (CT), SPEED -- Race 17 of 25