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Talladega: Toyota NASCAR Truck Race Quotes, Recap
• Kyle Busch was victorious in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Talladega Superspeedway. Busch led 10 of 98 laps at the 2.66-mile Alabama oval en route to victory lane.
• The win enabled Toyota to clinch its fourth consecutive NCWTS manufacturer’s title (2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009).
• Aric Almirola (second), Todd Bodine (third), Terry Cook (fourth) and David Starr (fifth) also recorded top-five results in Tundras, the first time since April 2006 (St. Louis) that Toyota has swept the top-five positions in an NCWTS event.
• Tundra drivers Stacy Compton (seventh), Timothy Peters (11th), Mike Skinner (19th), Max Papis (22nd), Brian Scott (23rd), Tayler Malsam (27th) and T.J. Bell (29th) were also in the field.
• Five Tundra drivers are among the top-10 in the unofficial NCWTS point standings -- Skinner (third), Bodine (fourth), Scott (sixth), Peters (seventh) and Starr (ninth) – with three races remaining in the 2009 season.
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TERRY COOK, No. 25 Cajun Industries Toyota Tundra, HT Motorsports Finishing Position: 4th
What happened to your truck early in the race?
"We were losing horsepower so we had to come in and work on it and every we were taping the air box and got it doublenutted so then we were able to fix that. Then we blew up the transmission with about 14 laps to go and it was spitting rear end grease out, smoking inside the truck. We had just about everything go wrong that you could and still come out with a top-five finish. This is a big day for Harris Trucking -- to have two trucks in the top-five – that’s a big weekend. I wish I wouldn’t have had to come from the back because we had a horse."
DAVID STARR, No. 24 Zachry Toyota Tundra, HT Motorsports Finishing Position: 5th
What was your strategy in the closing laps?
"We were trying to do the right thing, I was thinking of which way I should go and who I should go with. Going from second to fifth is a little disappointing, but a top-five for HT Motorsports and Terry Cook did a heck of a job. I should have jumped up to the high side, but you second-guess yourself and if I would have jumped up to the high side then they would have gone to the bottom. Then I would have finished a little further back. It was a great race – our Zachery Toyota Tundra was awesome. All the guys did a heck of a job and I can’t thank them enough."
STACY COMPTON, No. 60 SafeAuto Insurance/Melling Engine Parts Toyota Tundra, Wyler Racing Finishing Position: 7th
TIMOTHY PETERS, No. 1 Strutmasters Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing Finishing Position: 11th
MIKE SKINNER, No. 5 PC Miler Navigator Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports Finishing Position: 19th
MAX PAPIS, No. 13 GEICO Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing Finishing Position: 22nd
BRIAN SCOTT, No. 16 Albertsons Toyota Tundra, Xpress Motorsports Finishing Position: 23rd
TAYLER MALSAM, No. 81 One Eighty Toyota Tundra, Randy Moss Motorsports Finishing Position: 27th
T.J. BELL, No. 11 Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing Finishing Position: 29th
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