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While the rival V8 championships continue to battle for supremacy on New Zealand racetracks, Toyota are set to play Switzerland. The famous red and white colours could soon be seen on the grid in both the NZV8’s and the V8 Supertourers.
Richards Team Motorsport has announced plans to enter two V8-engined 2012 Toyota Camry race cars for the coming NZV8 season. While Toyota NZ have confirmed to 3News that the Camry panels will also be available for the V8Supertourers.
The key difference will be under the bonnet, with the NZV8 also running a Toyota Racing Development (TRD) 5-litre V8 built for the US Grand-Am series. Any V8Supertourer Camry would be powered by the 7-Litre LS7 V8 sourced from General Motors. The remainder of the drive-train and chassis of both racers will be common to each class.
While there are sure to be questions over parity between the quad-cam/VVT-i TRD engine and the less state of the art pushrod GM engines, the news of another manufacturer lining up is a major boost for the NZV8’s. It will no doubt provide the same kind of buzz that Nissan’s announcement of its new V8 Supercar team did for that series across the Tasman.
Toyota will be making the Camry panels available to both series via their dealer network.
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