When Mike Skinner’s Tundra crossed the finish line first in Saturday afternoon’s NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway, it enabled Toyota to clinch its second consecutive NCTS manufacturer’s championship. The performance of six teams fielding nine full-time Tundras — Bill Davis Racing, Darrell Waltrip Motorsports, Germain Racing, HT Motorsports, Red Horse Racing and Wyler Racing – all contributed to the second straight Craftsman Truck Series manufacturer’s title. Tundra drivers have combined to produce 11 victories, 51 top-five finishes and 81 top-10 results in the first 21 events of 2007. Skinner, driver of the #5 Bill Davis Racing Tundra, has been Toyota’s top performer in the series this season. The Daytona Beach, Fla. driver has recorded five wins — California, Atlanta, Martinsville-1, Kentucky and Martinsville-2 — and currently sits first in the championship point standings. Skinner, the inaugural Craftsman Truck Series champion in 1995, is the only Tundra driver to have competed in all 96 races that Toyota has entered since 2004.(Toyota Motorsports PR)(10-21-2007)
