HolyCoast: Toyota Coming to Nextel Cup/Busch Series
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Toyota Coming to Nextel Cup/Busch Series

A little Nascar news for all you gearheads out there: Toyota will be entering Camry's in the 2007 Nextel Cup and Busch Series. The car looks pretty cool:


My company car is a Camry - I may have to get it repainted.

Though no owners have been announced, prevailing wisdom has Michael Waltrip's team becoming one of the first to switch to Toyota. Mikey's brother Darrell Waltrip already has a Toyota truck team, so there's a good fit there. I would expect to see a Camry in Napa Auto Parts livery pretty soon.

Some of the blue-oval crowd don't think Toyota will have much success in big-time stock car racing:

"They don't stand a chance," [Ford Driver Greg] Biffle said. "The Toyota teams are going to be tough guys, but I am telling you what, this sport is so hard, so tough, there isn't anyone that can come in and be competitive right off."

I've got three words for you Greg:

Tora, Tora, Tora.

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