Toyota is celebrating its 700th NASCAR national series win today after Brandon Jones crossed the finish line first at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Since first debuting in the NASCAR national series ranks in 2004, Toyota has amassed 221 wins in the NASCAR Cup Series, 222 in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and 257 in the NASCAR Truck Series. Jones also claimed the 500th win for Toyota in NASCAR in March 2020 at Phoenix Raceway.
“The success we have seen in our over two decades in the sport is all about the people,” said Tyler Gibbs, president, TRD (Toyota Racing Development). “From the talented drivers to the incredible owners and leaders of our race teams, the hard-working engineers and technical teams at TRD, this milestone is due to their efforts each day. We are proud of this achievement, but the work is not done. Everyone at Toyota and TRD continues to focus on maintaining this level of success for the rest of the year and into the future.”
Travis Kvapil earned the first victory for Toyota in NASCAR – claiming the win in the NASCAR Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway in July of 2004. Jason Leffler got the winning started for Toyota in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series at Indianapolis Raceway Park in July of 2007, while Kyle Busch won the first NASCAR Cup Series race for the manufacturer at EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta) in March of 2008.
Joe Gibbs Racing is Toyota’s winningest organization, owning 395 race victories in NASCAR Cup Series (179) and NASCAR O’Reilly Series (216) competition since partnering together in 2008.
Eighty-nine (89) drivers in total have won in a Toyota, led by multi-time Toyota champion Kyle Busch with 203 victories. Denny Hamlin (76 wins), Christopher Bell (41 wins), Martin Truex Jr. (33 wins), Corey Heim (28 wins), Todd Bodine (22 wins), Joey Logano (20 wins), Erik Jones (18 wins), Matt Kenseth (18 wins), John Hunter Nemechek (17 wins), Johnny Benson (14 wins), Ty Gibbs (14 wins), Matt Crafton (12 wins), Mike Skinner (12 wins), Tyler Reddick (11 wins) and Timothy Peters (10 wins) and all have taken home 10 or more national-series wins behind the wheel of a Toyota.
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