Say Hello To The New Nascar-Spec Toyota Supra
We have a double dose of Supra news for your today: as well as announcing that the new ‘A90’ version of the sports car will be at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Toyota has also revealed a racing version of the car.
Well, sort of. It’s for the Nascar Xfinity series - one step down from the main Nascar Cup Series - meaning it’s a silhouette racing car that’s been given a Supra-ish body. It replaces the Camry-like vehicle currently used by Toyota in Xfinity. Camry-inspired cars have been used by Toyota since 2007.
The Nascar Supra will be built on a steel space frame and powered by carburetted pushrod V8s, as per the current regulations. It’s built by Californian firm Calty Design Research and Toyota Racing Development, better known as TRD.
Want to see it driven in anger? The Supra in inverted commas will make its racing debut at Daytona International Speedway next February.
It won’t be the only racing car to carry the Supra name. In fact, we’ve already seen another Supra racing car: the Racing Concept revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in March. Chief engineer Tetsuya Tada recently confirmed that the vehicle wasn’t just a show piece, as it had been designed to conform with LM GTE regulations. Yep, the Supra will be taking on Le Mans as well as Nascar. We’d expect an FIA GT3 version to follow too.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Oh no or oh yes ?
And its still in somewhat of a camo. Plus the Supra should not be in any sort of NASCAR. Only the Camry.
V8 swapping from the classic i6?
That sound familiar… (assuming production model will be v8)