HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) – Rookies David Reutimann and Robert Huffman gave Toyota a sweep of the front row Friday in qualifying for the inaugural NASCAR Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Four of the top five and six of the first nine in qualifying for the EasyCare 200 were in Toyotas, which made its debut in the series at Daytona last month. Carl Edwards, who won that race in a Ford and qualified third Friday, was a bit incredulous at the outcome.

“To me, that’s a little bit hard to take,” Edwards said. “I’m sure NASCAR is looking at that.”

But Reutimann denied his manufacturer has any advantage on Ford, Chevrolet or Dodge. He pointed to a test for Toyota a couple of weeks ago at Texas Motor Speedway – a track very similar to Atlanta – as the reason for the performance.

Former Nextel Cup star Mike Skinner was fourth, followed by Bill Lester. Matt Crafton put his Chevrolet in sixth, followed by Hank Parker Jr., Dennis Setzer and Travis Kvapil.

Veteran NASCAR competitor Ken Schrader was 10th.

in a Chevrolet.

For Reutimann, who finished ninth at Daytona, the pole came in only his second career start. He drives for a team owned by former NASCAR champion and current Fox analyst Darrell Waltrip, who wasn’t around to see the pole become official. He left for a prior engagement before the session was over.

Did Reutimann get any advice from his boss?

“He just basically told me not to screw up,” Reutimann quipped. “He just tries to keep me upbeat and loose.”

Huffman, who won the NASCAR Dash Series title in 2003 for Toyota, rebounded from a last-place finish at Daytona. He started eighth there.

“I feel like I might have left a little out there qualifying, but we didn’t need to wreck qualifying,” he said. “I came off the gas a little bit in both ends. I don’t know if it was enough to make the truck go any slower or not but it was enough to make me feel better.”