Toyota Supra Returns to the Track – WHEELS.ca

Toyota intends to race the Supra in the NASCAR Xfinity Series starting next February at Daytona. Beginning in 2019, the globally recognized iconic sports car will prove its championship mettle in the hotly contested NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS). "Toyota worked with its subsidiaries, TRD, U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development) in Costa Mesa, California, and Calty Design Research, Inc. (Calty) in Newport Beach, California, to develop a Supra for NASCAR competition. To build the Supra for NASCAR, TRD and Calty scaled Supra to fit within NASCAR's specifications for race vehicle entries in the NXS. The groups began work on the NASCAR Supra in 2017.

Toyota will replace the Camry with the Supra in 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series

Toyota will replace the Camry with the Supra in 2019 NASCAR Xfinity SeriesMike Hembree | USA TODAYDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — In at least one form of auto racing, Toyota is dropping the sedan for the sports car. Jared C. Tilton, Getty ImagesToyota officials announced Thursday that the car builder will field its Supra sports car in NASCAR's Xfinity Series in 2019. The Supra will replace the Camry, which will continue to race in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. "For Supra to be racing in NASCAR just speaks to how important this vehicle is to us," said David Wilson, president of Toyota Racing Development. NASCAR ON NBC: Innovating for Daytona Cup Series broadcastXFINITY SERIES: NASCAR reinstates Spencer Gallagher after failed drug testView | 19 Photos2018 NASCAR Cup Series race winners

Don't Expect the Toyota Supra and BMW Z4 to Drive The Same

as mentioned in Apparently, Toyota's 'pure sports car' will offer little in the way of comfort and practicality. Even though Toyota's upcoming Supra and the imminent BMW Z4 may share platforms and engines, don't expect the two sports cars to behave the same once rubber meets the road. While the Supra will use the same powertrain and sit on the same platform as BMW's next roadster, the two cars won't be badge-twins like the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ. More from TheDriveThe Toyota engineer goes on to say that the new Supra "will be a pure sports car—practicality and comfort were almost not considered." The production-ready, Mk5 Toyota Supra is set to debut in early 2019.

Toyota confirms straight-six power for Supra with new teaser

ToyotaToyota confirmed last week that it will debut the new Supra at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but before that happens, it has at least one more teaser up its sleeve. Toyota threw out a new teaser for the Supra, this time showing off its rear end. Before you get too excited about seeing the production Supra, be aware that the production-ready version of the Supra isn't coming to Goodwood. Prototype or not, we're excited to see what Toyota has in store for Goodwood. The Festival of Speed kicks off in southern England later this week, so we don't have much longer to wait.




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