2009 Toyota Land Cruiser photos
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007We now have photos of the 2009 Toyota Land Cruiser at toyoland.
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We now have photos of the 2009 Toyota Land Cruiser at toyoland.
The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California in Pomona, CA, will display six historic Toyota racing vehicles reflecting the company’s success and performance on Champ Car, SCCA, IMSA, NASCAR, Off-Road racing and Bonneville circuits over the past three decades.
The exhibition, “Toyota: 50 Years in America – Motorsports Milestones,” opened on August 1, 2007, and will be on display through January, 2008.
Included among the vehicles are Toyota Eagle MKIII built and raced by Dan Gurney’s All-American Racers, the landmark SCORE Toyota Trophy Truck driven by Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, the Chip Ganassi #1 CART Target Champ Car, the NASCAR Goody’s Dash Celica driven by 2003 champion, Robert Huffman, Duane Davis’s Celica, winner of eight national SCCA championships, more than any car in SCCA history, and the Prius Greensport Bonneville land-speed record holder, which ran 130.794 mph on the salt in August, 2004.
These six competition vehicles augment another record-breaking Toyota on permanent display in the NHRA Museum, the Turbonetics drag racing Celica, the first NHRA Sport Compact series vehicle to top 200 mph.
“From the Brickyard to Baja, Toyota has been winning races in America for three decades and it’s a great honor for the Parks Museum to be able to pay tribute with this exhibit to the cars, teams and drivers of Toyota Motorsports.”
“We are honored to support the NHRA museum and provide these six historical racing vehicles to showcase in the exhibition,” comments Les Unger, Toyota Motorsports national manager. “Toyota is celebrating 50 years in America and an integral part of that heritage consists of the many racing accomplishments we’ve garnered over the past 25 years in American motorsports.”
Gurney’s Eagle, arguably the most dominant racer in the history of the IMSA GTP series, won 21 of 27 races, including two Sebring 12-hour events and the 24 Hours of Daytona. Debuting in July, 1991, the turbocharged, 950-hp Toyota carried Juan Manuel Fangio II to the 1992 and 1993 GTP Driver’s Championships as well as a pair of IMSA GTP Manufacturer titles for Toyota.
Probably no individual is more closely associated with desert racing championships than Ivan “Ironman” Stewart of San Diego, CA. Over a 20 year history driving in the toughest of off-road races, the Ironman notched 34 SCORE and HDRA victories in Toyota trucks.
The Toyota Trophy Truck on display at the NHRA Museum was built by Cal Wells III’s Precision Preparation Inc. for off-road competition in the SCORE desert series in the 80s and 90s. Powered by a TRD, U.S.A., (Toyota Racing Development) built 3.5 liter V6, the 350 hp truck rides on a highly modified steel tube frame with custom suspension allowing 22 inches of wheel travel.
The Toyota Champ Car, campaigned by Target Chip Ganassi Racing (TCGR), competed on a mixture of oval tracks, along with road and street courses on the CART circuit from 2000 ˆ 2002. Powered by 2.65-liter turbocharged TRD-buit Toyota V8 producing more than 800-hp, the 250 mph TCGR #1 racer registered Toyota’s first-ever CART win with Juan Montoya behind-the-wheel at the Milwaukee Mile in June, 2000. The Ganassi team moved to the Indy Racing League (IRL) in 2003, where driver Scott Dixon won the 2003 Driver’s Championship.
Toyota’s first foray into the world of NASCAR racing began in 2000 with a series of specially-prepared high performance Celica coupes set-up for the Goody’s Dash Series. In 2003, Robert Huffman of Claremont, NC, who eventually moved to NASCAR’s Craftsman Truck Series, won the Goody’s Dash championship in the displayed Celica. It was powered by a TRD-tuned Toyota 5VZ 4.1-liter V6 engine producing 300-hp. In four seasons Toyota Celicas earned 11 victories.
Developed initially in 1987 at Don Preston Racing in Wichita, KS, Duane Davis’s SCCA Toyota GT2 Celica has been one of the most consistent winners in SCCA history. The red Celica helped Davis win more championships (13) than any other active SCCA competitor. Powered by a 2.1-liter Toyota 3SGE fuel-injected 16 valve four cylinder engine producing 305-hp, the Celica is built around a steel tube frame, aluminum suspension system and removable composite body.
The aerodynamic 2004 Prius Greensport Bonneville car was driven by Car and Driver magazine writer Aaron Robinson, Toyota executive chief engineer Shigeyuki Hori and Toyota vice president Fumiaki Kobayashi. Featuring a slippery 0.26 coefficient of drag (cd), the Prius was powered by a production gasoline-electric engine. Other minor changes included altering the final drive ratios, addition of special shock absorbers, slight lowering of the body and addition of aerodynamic wheel caps.
The vehicle initiated a hybrid competition class at Bonneville. These six race vehicles augment a permanent display of the Turbonetics Celica, first Sport Compact series drag racing vehicle to top 200 mph in NHRA competition. The 1600 hp coupe set the 200 mph milestone mark with a blistering 202.55 mph in 7.15 seconds at Englishtown, NJ, in May, 2001, with veteran racer Matt Scranton behind-the-wheel.
Toyota’s current motorsports involvement is focused on NASCAR’s NEXTEL CUP, Busch and Craftsman Truck Series, the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series, Championship Off Road Racing (CORR Lucas Oil Series), NHRA Xplod Sport Compact drag racing, USAC National Midget Car Series and the grassroots initiatives of the ARCA RE/MAX Series. The manufacturer is also the long-standing title sponsor of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach featuring the internationally renowned Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race.
Named for the founder of the National Hot Rod Association, the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California houses the very roots of hot rodding. Scores a famous vehicles spanning American motorsports history are on display, including winning cars representing 50 years of drag racing, dry lakes and salt-flat racers, oval track challengers and exhibits describing their colorful backgrounds.
The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., PST. Current NHRA members are admitted free. Admission for non-members is $6 for adults, $4 for seniors 60 and older, $4 for juniors six through 15, and free for children under the age of five. The Museum is also available for private parties, meetings, corporate events, weddings and special group tours. The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is located at Fairplex Gate 1, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., in Pomona, Calif. For further information on special exhibits, museum events or directions, call (909)622-2133 or visit
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