March 1st, 2008 — Tags:caitlin johnston, canadian motorsports expo, indycar detroit, ron-fellows, toyota-f1
As I mentioned earlier in the week, the Canadian Motorsports Expo is on this weekend at the Toronto Congress Center. There really is a bit of something for everyone this year, from road racing to rally, stock cars and even a monster truck. For those looking for new performance or safety gear for the upcoming season, there are far more vendors this year than last, with all sorts of goodies. The show runs till the end of tomorrow.
See some of the action at the show after the break
Continue reading →
January 8th, 2008 — Tags:toyota, toyota f-1 tf108, toyota-f1
If you like abusing your internet privileges at work, here’s a great Thursday diversion.
To ensure all media and fans do not miss a minute of the official unveiling of the new Toyota F-1 TF108 car, the event will be shown live on www.toyota-f1.com from 10.30 CET until around 11.10 CET. If my time calculations are accurate, that seems to translate to 3:30pm eastern time.
Continue reading →
January 2nd, 2008 — Tags:Nascar, toyota, toyota-f1
Toyota might be smug in regard to being on the threshold of world dominance in the car wars, but motorsports on the other hand has given many company executives reason to chomp on green tea flavored Tums.
Formula 1 has been a virtual money pit. A lot of investment on Toyota’s part with lackluster results. Ralf Schumacher has been shown the door and GP2 Champion Timo Glock has been put into the hot seat along side Jarno Trulli . But with most of us in North America not content to follow a sport where an occasional pass awakens announcers, and makes them sound like dolphins on helium, we turn our sights on NASCAR and Toyota’s chance of visiting Victory Lane via Joe Gibbs and associates.
Continue reading →
July 27th, 2006 — Tags:cosworth, Formula 1, graham-hill, grand-prix-cars, lotus, michael-schumacher, team-williams, toyota-f1
It’s been close to 40 years since Cosworth started building engines for Grand Prix cars, specifically for Matra and Lotus. Now, British Formula 1 team Williams has confirmed that their cars will no longer be using Cosworth power. Williams have entered a 3 year contract with Toyota to run the same engine as powers the Toyota F1 car. This leaves only the Torro Rosso entry using Cosworth engines.
Cosworth Engines have scored World Championships with Graham Hill and Michael Schumacher, but have not scored a race win since Fisichella wond the Brazilian GP in 2003.
Source Full Throttle
