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groupb 10-23-2012 07:16 PM

Toyota's Next Celebrity Race Car
 
After the Celica GTS were retired, the Scion TC subbed as Toyota's Celebrity Racer. The 1st gen TC soldiered on, despite the 2nd gen TC.

Now the FRS will take over the role.

ModBargains.com 10-23-2012 07:22 PM

This should be really interesting... Seems like a lot of people were crashing with TC's, which I didn't really mind, but seeing FRS' crash, might be hard on the eyes... Hopefully it goes well, but having a better handling car might not mean less crashes, just might be MORE over-confident drivers that will crash lol.

Turbowned 10-23-2012 07:23 PM

http://www.gplb.com/news/2012-10-15/tickets-on-sale

Finally found a reliable source to confirm this!

Quote:

The 2013 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach will have continuous action from six racing series currently scheduled. On Saturday, April 20, the finest sports cars in North America will take center stage in the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series along with the fan-favorite Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, in which film, television and sports stars will take on pro drivers in all-new, race-prepared Scion FR-S. On Sunday, four races will be on tap including the Indy cars, Firestone Indy Lights, Team Drifting and the Pirelli World Challenge.

DuMa 10-23-2012 07:30 PM

oh god, if this is true, half the field will get into wrecks.

groupb 10-23-2012 07:35 PM

I work for Toysport, and work closely with Toyota on many projects. The 25 cars have been delivered to Motorsport- the specs still being decided.....

Took 4 years for SCION and Toyota to work out the financial details, but it is finally done. Ex-SCION VP Jack Hollis has moved to Toyota Marketing.

Also I am planning a One Spec FRS series, that has been moving along (trying to coordinate as a world wide series).

I have followed closely the development of the ZR for close to 6 years now.

Turbowned 10-23-2012 07:41 PM

Toysport, you say? Well, now I really need to double check that information.


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