Toyota Proud to show off 2012 Camry Pace Car for Daytona 500
Published Monday, 28 November, 2011 by Blog Admin. Categories: News.
Toyota is prepared to make history by being the first non-American automaker to supply the pace car for the Daytona 500. The track-taming vehicle in question is a Toyota Camry SE, with a powerful 268-hpV6 engine under the hood.
While the Camry itself is impressive and has been bestowed with some impressive enhancements, some question whether or not Toyota has truly earned the right to be featured in the "Great American Race,". This question has sparked Toyota Of Wallingford to go over the contributions that Toyota has made to the NASCAR community, since first becoming involved on the track.
- 2004, the Tundra began racing in the NASCAR
Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS),
- 2007, the automaker officially entered into the Camry into the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) and NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS)
Since, then, they've managed to win 3 manufacturer's titles in a row in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (2008-2010) while registering 60 individual race victories along the way. Meanwhile, in the NASCAR Spring Cup Series, Toyota has managed to pick up 36 victories.
We think that Toyota has, without question, earned the right to pace the Dayton 500 with the victory-hungry Camry. After all, both the Camry and Tundra have managed to snag 8 NASCAR wins at the infamous track, including 3 national touring series wins, and 5 NCWTS wins.
For any automaker to tame the legendary track in such a short period of time is truly a feat to be admired, and Toyota Of Wallingford, located at 859 North Colony Rd, Wallingford, CT 06492, is looking forward to catching all the Daytona action on February 25th.