Toyota/TRD factory backed drag car

Racecraft · 07-06-2008, 05:58 AM

Yesterday at the Winternationals Tony Wedlock and a few other important people unveiled the new Toyota backed Ultimate Motorsports race car

Toyota put on a classy but not showy 5 minute media do.

A few pics

Now while a few will say, it isn't a Toyota blah blah.. Just to point out

Toyota brought a few other race cars, the Bates rally car was one

iirc. They had a marquee set in prime position at the front of the pits paddock. The general manager of Willowbank Raceway introduced the Toyota Motorsport big wig and he delivered a quick blurb on Toyotas' race heritage and their enthusiasm to be part of the Ultimate Raceteam and drag racing in Australia. He also informed us of the commitment of Toyota to push the TRD performance brand name.

The car itself is awesome, but it uses the 2J2 3.2ltr block and

cyl head. Aftermarket rods and pistons etc and can push that beast to a sub 6.5 sec 1/4 mile @ 220+mph. All backed with the trusty Ford 9" diff

The car has something like 1300rwkw and cuts 0-100 in less than 1 second.

Hats off to Toyota, a real marketing winner to advertise the TRD performance branding to 40 000 people