RACEBRICK Collector Series: Toyota coming to Nascar

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Double your traffic. Double your traffic. RACEBRICKS MEMORABILIA LLC. Racebricks Collector Series Toyota coming to Nascar Nextel Cup Series 2007 Toyota moving forward The Great American Race in Daytona, NASCAR’s Nextel Cup Series had what, at first blush, must have seemed like a distinctly foreign new flavor. The 2007 Daytona 500 served as the Nextel Cup Series debut of Toyota as some of NASCAR’s established stars such as Michael Waltrip, Dale Jarett, Jeremy Mayfield, and Brian Vickers were be among those driving their Camrys into battle. NASCAR long since gave up their stated goal of racing full-size, two-door American muscle cars when the full-size, two-door American muscle car went the way of the carburetor (which ironically finds its last great refuge in NASCAR), but America’s 5th major sport stalwartly held to it’s assertion that American cars would form the centerpiece of stock car racing. Daytona 500 was Toyota’s coming out party in Nextel Cup, the race marked the third anniversary of the Japanese manufacturer’s participation in NASCAR’s higher profile racing series. Toyota joined NASCAR’s pickup truck schedule, the Craftsman Truck Series, in February of 2004 and won their first race in July of that same year. In 2006 Tundras found their way to Victory Lane in 12 of 25 races and Todd Bodine won the series Championship for Toyota, their second in a NASCAR series following a 2003 win NASCAR’s relatively unknown Dash Series. Of course once you breakdown the cars in the Nextel Cup series you find out that their 2007 version of the “stock car” is far from stock. Any resemblance between Michael Waltrip’s NAPA Auto Parts Camry at Daytona and the Camry in your neighborhood showroom is purely coincidental and less than skin deep. The printed graphics that depict the Camry’s headlights are pretty much where the similarities end. Underneath the basically generic sheet metal of a typical Nextel Cup car, a rolled steel-tube chassis provides a fortress of a roll cage that protects the driver from all angles. In the case of the Toyotas on race day that chassis will also carry the Camry Racing V8, a power plant fed 112-octane Sunoco fuel by an 830-cfm carburetor. The 358-cubic-inch cast iron engine with aluminum heads will generate 850 hp while turning 9,000 rpm for the better part of three and a half hours each Sunday. Its 12:1 compression ratio will help provide 550 lb-ft of torque at 7,500 rpm. Toyota continues to battle for acceptance in the garage amid criticism that they are attempting to buy dominance in the series by out-spending their struggling American competitors and raiding their team talent. But at least the owner of one of NASCAR’s biggest stable of race teams, Jack Roush of Roush Racing, believes that this only the beginning of the march of foreign manufacturers into America’s premier racing series. Uniquely crafted 3- Dimensional Collectibles Laser Etched Inside High Quality Optically Pure Glass The operftect collectible for the home, office or shop Cutom Designs Available for promotions, premiums and Corporate Imaging Adult Collectable Nascar Officially Licensed Light Base is not included and must be purchase separately Dimensions: 5.5" x 3" x 2.5" - (L x D x H) The Collector Series by Racebricks™ is the perfect gift for all of the NASCAR® fans in your life! This Internal Laser Etched Die-Glass™ collectible realistically recreates the image, signature and the racing team’s logo of your favorite NASCAR® driver in optically pure glass. Racebricks™ products are officially licensed by NASCAR®. The Racebricks™ Collectors Series Die-Glass™ collectible is a high quality internally laser etched NASCAR® collectible that realistically re-creates the car's design within a beautiful brick of optically pure glass. Your Racebrick™ comes with its own patented Spectrum Lighting System that highlights the 3-Dimensional craftsmanship of the c... read more

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