New Mazda commercial featuring SM

[Goodspeed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxyreghHgBQ

I like this commercial...and Mazda has got a good point there; building upon their amateur racing base...not a bad idea. They're doing pretty good by me.



wake the f*ck up Toyota WAKE UP.

[Apoc]

Does Toyota even have an amateur racing base?

[Maengelito]

not really a new commercial, but still cool nonetheless.

on a sorta related note, usa today did an article on club racing a couple of days ago:

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[Goodspeed]

Does Toyota even have an amateur racing base?

Pretty much none whatsoever. As far as I can tell there has never been a Spec class sponsored or supported by Toyota in the states. There is Spec MR2 in Britain but I don't know how much involvement Toyota actually has in it, if any.

[.RJ]

As far as I can tell there has never been a Spec class sponsored or supported by Toyota in the states.

[CaptainHenreh]

yeah, formula Atlantic is a pretty big hole in Goodspeed's theory.

Except, oh yeah, toyota stopped sponsoring it in 2005.

[Maengelito]

i have no idea what their support is like but toyota's amateur racing program does exist:

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[Goodspeed]

I'm no authority on all forms of road racing (esp. open wheel stuff), but my point just was that Toyota doesn't have near the interest in amateur motorsports as Mazda. I don't pay much attention to televised motorsport, besides F1 now and then so if anyone knows more about Toyota and road racing I'd love to hear it. All I know of is their F1/JGTC involvement.