Toyota Racing: Reutimann Wins Coca-Cola 600 for First Cup Win

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	David Reutimann, Michael Waltrip and Rodney Childers in Victory Lane	Photo Credit: LAT

Toyota Racing: Reutimann Wins Coca-Cola 600 for First Cup Win

Toyota driver David Reutimann won his first career NASCAR® Sprint Cup Series™ (NSCS) on the same day the Toyota Camry Hybrid Pace-Car made its debut, highlighting a rain-soaked weekend at Lowe's Motor Speedway that saw both the NSCS and NASCAR® Nationwide Series™ (NNS) races shortened due to weather. In Monday's postponed NSCS race, Reutimann benefited from a pit road gamble as crew chief Rodney Childers kept the Michael Waltrip Racing (MWR) No. 00 Aaron's Dream Machine on the track while others pitted, before persistent rain forced NASCAR® to call the race after 227 of 400 laps were complete. "It certainly wasn't the prettiest win, but somebody has to win these things," said Reutimann, following the race. "Rodney (Childers, crew chief) made a great call and told me to stay out. We just stayed out and took a gamble. When you envision yourself winning your first Sprint Cup race, you envision it a little bit different. It’s so hard to win these deals that we’ll just take them any way we can get them." It is MWR's first victory as an organization since joining NSCS competition at the beginning of 2007, and Reutimann's third career NASCAR® victory across all three national series. He won a NASCAR® Nationwide Series™ (NNS) race at Memphis in 2007 and had a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series™ (NCWTS) win at Nashville in 2005. To view the entire story and see how the rest of the Toyota drivers did, please visit Toyota Racing. On Thursday, May 28, be sure to check out Toyota Racing for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes video highlighting the Toyota Camry Hybrid Pace-Car of the 2009 NASCAR® Sprint Cup Series™ race, the Coca-Cola 600, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Toyota Driver Brian Vickers will take you around the track and show you what it's like inside the first hybrid to serve as the offical pace-car for an entire NASCAR® race. Up next: NASCAR® Camping World Series™ -- Dover International Speedway, Friday, May 29 @ 8:00 p.m. (ET) on SPEED NASCAR® Nationwide Series™ -- Dover International Speedway, Saturday, May 30 @ 2:00 p.m. (ET) on ABC NASCAR® Sprint Cup Series™ -- Dover International Speedway, Sunday, May 31 @ 1:30 p.m. (ET) on FOX O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals (Final Eliminations) -- Heartland Park, Topeka, Kansas, Sunday, May 31  @ 4:00 p.m. (ET) on ESPN2   NASCAR® is a registered trademark of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is a trademark owned by NASCAR, Inc., and Sprint. The NASCAR Nationwide Series logo and word mark are used under license by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc., and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is a trademark owned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc., and Camping World, Inc.

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