Five Toyotas qualify for Bristol

Jeremy Mayfield and A.J. Allmendinger finally broke through. But Michael Waltrip is still struggling.
Five Toyotas qualified for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series at Bristol. Mayfield and Allmendinger qualified for their first Cup race of the year. Allmendinger qualified for the first Cup race of his career.
Dave Blaney was the highest qualifying Toyota driver. He will start Sunday's race seventh.
"When we came here for the test, we struggled pretty bad," said Blaney, driver of the No. 22 Toyota for Bill Davis Racing. "The guys went home and really got going on both my car and Jeremy’s car. We were both real good in practice today and we were hoping that when we came in here, that we would have made some big improvements.
Mayfield will start the race 23rd. A NASCAR Nextel Cup Series veteran, Mayfield will be making his first start of the season. He did not qualify for the first four races of the year, including the Daytona 500 and the Cup race at California Speedway.
“I feel like we won the race," said Mayfield, driver of the No. 36 Toyota for Bill Davis Racing. "It is just such a relief to know that we are going to get to race on Sunday. We’ve had some time to build some good cars and hopefully now we have turned the corner and things are going to start working our way. I’m just really pumped up. I just can’t wait to get out there and start the race on Sunday.”