Leffler took the lead from Greg Biffle with two laps to go in the Kroger 200 on Saturday night and raced to his first Busch win in three years -- and Toyota's first victory ever in the series.

"This is a lot more exciting to come to the end like that, beating and banging and doing those slide jobs," said Leffler, whose last Busch win came June 12, 2004 in the Federated Auto Parts 300 in Nashville.

He said he expected one of the Toyota drivers, including David Reutimann, Mike Bliss and Dave Blaney, to eventually win. Reutimann finished third and Bliss placed ninth.

"We've all been running good," Leffler said. "When we all run good, we all run good together. I knew it was going to be close who was going to do it, but I knew it was going to come soon."

Leffler had a few run-ins with Reutimann along the way.

"He was kind of pinching me off," Leffler said. "We got together early in the race. He didn't give me all the racetrack, I didn't think, and we slammed doors, and after that, he made it hard for me to pass him."

Leffler decided to be more aggressive with Reutimann as the race progressed.

"It just comes a time where you can sit there and run third or you can win the race," Leffler said. "I just had to rough him up, then he roughed me up, and I was able to get back by him."