Pics of Solara pace cars & specs

[Solara08861]

The blue one is the one from last week Nascar race


2004 TOYOTA SOLARA PACE CAR SPECIFICATIONS
DRIVE TRAIN
Engine: V6, DOHC 24-Valve with VVTi
Displacement: 3.3 Liters
Power: 225 at 5,600 rpm
Torque: 240 lb-ft. at 3,600 rpm
Bore: 3.62Inches
Stroke: 3.27 Inches
Fuel: 100 Octane Unleaded
Transmission: 4-Automatic ECTI


CHASSIS/BODY
Chassis: Unibody
Body: Toyota Solara
Steering: Power Rack and Pinion
Paint: House of Color
Graphics: Molly Designs


SUSPENSION
Type: Independent
Front: Macpherson Strut
Rear: Macpherson Strut
Shock Absorbers: Bilstein


WHEELS AND TIRES
Wheels: BBS 19” x 8 ½”
Tires: Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Position
Front/Rear: 245/40ZR19


ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Safety: Full Roll Cage, Four-Point Racing Safety Harness, Competition Shock Absorbers, Springs and Safety Fuel Tank, On-Board Fire System


DIMENSIONS
Overall Weight: 3,425 lbs.
Wheel Base: 107.1 Inches
Overall Length: 192.5 Inches
Overall Width: 71.5 Inches
Overall Height: 56.1 Inches
Track Width: Front – 60.9 Inches; Rear – 60.4 Inches
Fuel Capacity: 18.5 Gallons

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Contact:
John Procida
Toyota Motorsports
(323) 651-3300

[Somedude]

nice

[Turbosolara]

from the far view, i thought they look like celica

[2AZ-FE]

Here's a close up from the Glen (not from this past weekend, tho):


Source: http://www.bvdrangs.com/nascar.html

I hear Toyota is the official car of Watkins Glen for the next few years.

Does this mean Toyota's gonna enter a Solara in the Nextel Cup soon? I remember they had a Celica a few years back in one of NASCAR's minor series. Hey, if Ford can do a RWD Taurus. . .

[Solara08861]

Toyota its going to be racing the Camry in Nascar. All the paperwork has been filed and approved by Nascar. The have till the end of month to give Nascar a car for testing to participate in 2006 . But what I read is that they are going to try to participate in 2007 in the Bush series first.

[ThatVietGuy]

Saw the green one at JGTC (at least I think it's the same). Has a really nice rollcage.