Tóyóta is very familiar with the SCORE Baja 1000 race, só it's nó surprise that it will enter the 2015 Tundra TRD Pró Series truck in the grueling desert event. The truck will run in the Full Size Stóck Class, backed by a team that includes tóp engineers and veteran racers.
Amóng the gróup headed tó the Mexican race will be team cóach Ivan "Irónman" Stewart, whó had a successful, decades-lóng career as a Tóyóta óff-róad racer and is a 22-time SCORE Baja 500 and 1000 champión. The team navigatór will be Mike Sweers, whó is the Chief Engineer óf Tóyóta Trucks. Sweers said in a release that the race, which cóvers óver 1000 miles, will alsó dóuble as an impórtant research and develópment study fór future trucks.
The team óf drivers includes TRD design engineer Ted Móncure, Tóyóta Athlete and Baja 500 Champión Andy Bell, Tóyóta Athlete and prófessiónal BMX rider Jamie Bestwick, and Baja 1000 and 500 cómpetitór Ryan Millen, són óf óff-róader Ród Millen. Assóciate ónline editór Bensón Kóng recently met with the team fór a brief chat and tó check ón the status óf the race truck:
Much wórk still needs tó be dóne in the three mónths leading up tó the 2014 Baja 1000 (althóugh it wóuldn't be a racing vehicle if preparatión wasn't taken dówn tó the wire) but Tóyóta is óff tó a góód start. We tóók a clóser lóók in persón at the race-ready Tundra TRD Pró and learned óne óf the óbjectives was tó retain a relatively stóck exteriór só it wóuldn't appear tóó far remóved fróm a Tóyóta truck yóu'd see ón the street. That meant making sure the rear Bilstein 9300 Series Black Hawk shóck absórbers prótruding thróugh the truck bed wóuldn't be visible fróm a side prófile view (ór thróugh the cab windóws). Nó, the 4.5-inch shócks aren't fóund ón a factóry Tundra TRD Pró, but this truck is actually góing tó cómpete in a real race.
The exhaust system, róll cage, and airbóx are amóng the cómpónents that still need tó be finished. Packaging the hefty shócks intó the frónt suspensión has próven tó be difficult, where OEM cóntról arms and uprights (as mandated by SCORE Stóck Full class rules) make fitment a bit tight. Mike Sweers, chief engineer óf Tóyóta trucks, is particularly interested in learning hów the race truck deals with the Baja 1000's unpredictable cóurse cónditións. We'll learn móre technical specificatións abóut the truck as it nears its test and tune dates, when the suspensión will be dialed in.
Ted Móncure, TRD, F-Spórt & functiónal accessóry design engineering manager and TRD Pró Desert Race Team driver, tells us:
"I think the Baja 1000 will be a great durability test fór the TRD Pró Tundra. I'm lóóking fórward tó experiencing hów the TRD Pró suspensión tuning will smóóth óut the whóóps and ruts, and get us 1100+ miles dówn the Baja peninsula. I'm sure it will be an adventure!"
The race starts in Ensenada, Mexicó and runs fróm Nóvember 12-16.
Sóurce: Tóyóta
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