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Five Tundras in the Top Ten at Dover

* Johnny Benson was fourth in the No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra.
* Mike Skinner finished seventh in the No. 5 Toyota Tundra.
* Terry Cook ended up eighth in the No. 59 Harris Trucking Tundra.
* AJ Allmendinger crossed the finish line ninth in the No. 00 Red Bull Tundra.
* Rookie Aaron Fike was 10th in the No. 1 Red Horse Racing Tundra.
* Tundras have won four of eight NCTS races this season. Earlier this year, Skinner won three-consecutive races at California, Atlanta and Martinsville, and Sprague won the Daytona season-opener.
* Tundra drivers have won 29 NCTS races since the beginning of the 2004 season.
* Tundra drivers who have recorded NCTS wins include Todd Bodine (10), Mike Skinner (six), Johnny Benson (five), Jack Sprague (three), Travis Kvapil (two), David Reutimann (one), David Starr (one) and Brandon Whitt (one).
* After earning the Dover pole, Skinner has now started at the front of the field in six-straight races - beginning at Atlanta (March 16). He also won the pole at Martinsville, Kansas, Charlotte and Mansfield, OH.
* Tundras have started on the pole in seven of the eight races in 2007. Along with Skinner's six poles, Sprague won the pole at Daytona.

4th, JOHNNY BENSON, No. 23 Toyota Certified Used Vehicles Tundra, Bill Davis Racing

How was your race?
"It wasn't bad. The guys built me a great Tundra -- I can tell you that. We were five to eight-tenths faster than anyone else at the end of the race. I had to come from a lap down with no caution. We drove by and got our lap back and came all the way around to fourth. I'm real proud of these guys. We were quick enough to win and we just didn't catch a break that we needed. We got caught a lap down from our pit stop and had to come into the pits under green -- all those guys didn't have to pit under green. We had to come back the old-fashioned way and get our lap back and finish fourth. I was eighth with seven laps to go and we finished fourth."

7th, MIKE SKINNER, No. 5 Toyota Tundra, Bill Davis Racing

How was your race?
"We had an awesome truck. Once again, I felt like it was the truck to beat and we got out of pit sequence there somehow when there was no caution and we stayed out, stayed out and stayed out. Then, we felt like it cycled back around for the No. 33 and a couple others, caution came out and they hit the lottery. We made a little adjustment to work the magic that probably wasn't there. It got too loose and I drove it up there and hit the wall with it, knocking the front all out of alignment and we just had to ride it out from there. The motor did a really good job. It ran 250-degrees, the oil temp. was buried and I just kept waiting for it to blow up. It was loosing power but it never blew up. If this is our bad day, we'll be okay."

8th, TERRY COOK, No. 59 Harris Trucking Tundra, HT Motorsports
How was your race?
"We unloaded our truck this weekend and we had a few gremlins with the truck. We worked on the truck and made it better. That's what I'm really proud of -- the way the guys work to make everything better. We knew we weren't going to come out of the box this year and win the first few races, and we knew this was a building process. We brought a truck that has never raced here before and it was wicked loose at the beginning of the race. Unfortunately, we were that way the whole race. We used pit strategy to stay on the lead lap and ended up with a top-10 finish."

9th, AJ ALLMENDINGER, No. 00 Red Bull Tundra, Darrell Waltrip Motorsports

How do you think you did in tonight's race?
"We keep plugging away at this thing. A top-10 is never a bad thing, although the way it happened is a little disappointing -- we got caught under the yellow. I think we had a top-five truck. The guys are building good trucks now and we're getting some momentum. It takes some luck in these races. You have long green flags and the yellows come out at odd times. Overall, I'm pleased - not thrilled, but pleased."

Will this race help you Sunday?
"I don't know. Put it this way, I run 200 laps at a track I've never been at under race conditions - it's never going to hurt."

10th, AARON FIKE, No. 1RFMS/Red Horse Racing Tundra, Red Horse Racing

11th, TODD BODINE, No. 30 Lumber Liquidators Tundra, Germain Racing

15th, RYAN MATTHEWS, No. 36 Tundra, Bill Davis Racing

20th, TED MUSGRAVE, No. 9 Team ASE/Germain Toyota Tundra, Germain Racing

28th, JACK SPRAGUE, No. 60 Con-way Freight Tundra, Wyler Racing