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Toyota Announce LMP1 Driver Lineup for 2012

by Neill Motorsport

The big news today is Toyota’s driver lineup for 2012 and their assault on the World Endurance Championship. Headline driver is Alex Wurz, with Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima being the other two. Toyota Motorsport’s press info says:

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Toyota Motorsport Set New EV Lap Record of Nurburgring

by Neill Hybrids

This great video show a lap of the ‘Ring set using Toyota EV power. The full press info is just below, but the new record of 7mins 47 secs smashes the previous record. Full press release info just below the video. COLOGNE (Germany) – Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) has set a new lap record for [...]

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2011 Le Mans Winner to Drive Lexus LFA

by Neill Motorsport

Andre Lotterer, one of the three drivers in that amazing drive to victory by Audi in this years LeMans 24hours, has been named as part of the driver squad in the Gazoo Racing Lexus LFA for this weekend’s Nurburgring 24 hours. In the Japanese Super GT500 series he’s no stranger to the LFA, being

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Toyota & Rebellion Racing Hit Le Mans

by Neill Motorsport

With LeMans this coming weekend, Toyota enthusiasts may be thinking that there’s no real need to pay attention, but you may recall this post last year about Toyota returning to Le Mans with an engine deal for Rebellion Racing. Toyota may not have as illustrious a name at Le Mans as Porsche perhaps, but their [...]

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Toyota MR2 Racing Series, Brands Hatch Crash

by Neill Motorsport

Good to hear that both drivers were OK after what could have been one of those nasty, random accidents that defies the best safety measures. Both cars manage to use the armco as a launch ramp, one clearing the fencing entirely. It just goes to show that even with the best safety measures in a [...]

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It’s Donington and I’m working, dammit..

by Neill Motorsport

Dammit, I’m working again this weekend and it’s Donington BTCC time. Donington’s one of my favourite tracks and I was hoping to get there to see the two private Avensis BTCC crews out there. Last time out at Brands was a typical new race team experience, by the sound of it, with a lot of [...]

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Toyota MR2 Drag Car Pulls a Wheelie

by Neill Motorsport

Just spotted this in an idle Toyota YouTube browsing moment. Toyota MR2 drag car at Santa Pod in the UK pulling a wheelie off the start line. Just hope his front suspension holds up….

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1800Bhp Drag Race Supra – Treat Yourself on Ebay.

by Neill Motorsport

I’ve spotted quite a few Toyota Supras running around locally this last few days including a really clean grey car complete with wild Veilside body kit, so in an idle moment, started browsing eBay only to find Dee Ireland’s 1800 Bhp Supra drag car listed for sale. I’m not a big drag racing fan, in [...]

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Got a Toyota and Want to Race It?

by Neill Motorsport

If you’re a regular visitor, you may well recall my reaction when Toyota announced they were leaving Formula One in November 2009. I was not disappointed. For a company as in-touch with it’s customers as Toyota and Lexus, the arrogance and aloofness of F1 didn’t fit. I was cheered by the quote from Toyota Chairman [...]

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More BTCC Avensis

by Neill Motorsport

Following on from our post about Toyota returning to the BTCC, it’s time for a few more updates. The first privateer team to announce they’re going with the Avensis signed up this month, with Toyota GB confirming that they are also funding the development of the engine for the car. So what started out as [...]

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