Toyota Camry Daytona 500 Pace Car 2012
Toyota Motor Sales, u.s.a., Inc. (TMS) and Daytona International Speedway (DIS) announced the new Toyota Camry 2012 which will serve as the official car for 500 miles of DAYTONA ® next year.
Toyota will present the new car Camry-best-selling in America nine consecutive years-Daytona in “The Great American Race”, 26 February 2012. The annual race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup patadas-temporada.
“We are pleased that the new Camry Daytona presented the greatest race of the season,” said Ed Laukes, TMS corporate marketing manager motorsports. “We believe that the 500 miles of DAYTONA is the ideal place to introduce the new Camry Toyota – which goes on sale this fall.” We knew when the opportunity to collaborate with Daytona would be an extraordinary means to develop our new Camry, as well as to strengthen the commitment of Toyota in NASCAR and their fans. »
Toyota Camry for sale in 1983 and since then has sold more than 9 million in the United States was the best-selling car of us Camry in America by 13 of the past 14 years.
This year marks the 25th anniversary production of Georgetown, Kentucky Toyota Camry began production of the Camry at Georgetown in 1986 and now the car is also built in Lafayette, Indiana
Camry 2012 is also more silent before his debut in a new project with a bold, sophisticated Interior more spacious dynamic enhanced driving and attraction. The new features of the leader class of model on safety, fuel consumption and media technology.
“NASCAR and Daytona International Speedway, which provide a unique platform for the manufacturers of display technology, innovation and excellence in the automotive industry as a whole,” said the President of Daytona International Speedway Joie Chitwood III. “After almost eight years of competition at the highest level of NASCAR, I am glad that 2012 Toyota Camry pace of DAYTONA 500 miles.”
Toyota has already provided the speed of vehicles in various NASCAR tracks, including CaliforniaSM Auto Club Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, ® of Chicagoland Speedway, Dover (…) International Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Infineon Raceway, California, Virginia, Martinsville Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Phoenix International Raceway, Richmond, Virginia International Raceway ®, Wisconsin Road America, Watkins Glen (N.y.) International ®.
In 2004, Toyota began to participate in the competition of NASCAR by fielding tundra in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS). Three years later, in 2007, Toyota started competition in CNS and NASCAR Nationwide Series (NSS) with the Camry.
Toyota won three consecutive titles from the manufacturer in NSS (2008-2010) with the Toyota Camry and runners have won the title of pilot (Kyle Busch in 2009) and recorded 60 WINS in NSS. The competence of the CNS, Camry drivers won the first 36 trophies.
In seven seasons, participate in the NCWTS, Toyota was Championships captured five consecutive manufacturer (2006-2010), and the drivers of the tundra have won titles with Todd Bodine driving (2006-2010) and Johnny Benson (2008) and 88 victories in the race.
At Daytona International Speedway, Toyota drivers are registered eight NASCAR wins three national tour through NASCAR, including a win in the CNS (Kyle Busch in 2008), two WINS NSS (Denny Hamlin Tony Stewart in 2008, and 2008) and five wins NCWTS. In 2008, Hamlin said that Toyota first NSC wins a points do not qualify for determining the partante Daytona 500 event.
