| It has been reported that Toyota is planning to | | | | through tests that they are at par with the |
| run a hybrid car in the NASCAR endurance race | | | | world's best diesel and petrol cars. There is no |
| soon. The endurance race runs for 24 hours, so | | | | doubt that the world is starting to take hybrid |
| the question is, can the NASCAR's hybrid racer | | | | cars more seriously than ever before, we are |
| finish the race let alone win it? Toyota has been | | | | more focused on what is green now than we |
| developing and making hybrid cars since 2006 and | | | | ever have been. It is important for all aspects of |
| the world's leading seller of hybrids vehicles, | | | | motoring that NASCAR's hybrid racer can |
| Yomiuri Shimbun, wants the Le Mans endurance | | | | perform and outperform other standard cars. It |
| race to be the main showcase for the hybrid | | | | could lead the way for everyone else to take |
| vehicle. There are professionals in all fields working | | | | notice too. Right now, the world over is betting |
| hard on the NASCAR's hybrid racer to get it | | | | that hybrids have lots of good things to offer to |
| ready for 2010. It may seem like a lifetime away, | | | | the riding public. And they are certainly right about |
| but in reality it will come up to them quicker than | | | | that. NASCAR hybrid racers like that of Toyota |
| a starting car. There are dozens of people from | | | | will make big news, as predicted by sports fans, in |
| Toyota in the racing and the hybrid divisions | | | | the upcoming endurance race because of the |
| working round the clock to perfect the car. | | | | increase efforts invested by automakers. Design, |
| Toyota as a company is no stranger to this field | | | | engineering and endurance tests have been |
| as it has had a hybrid racer win an endurance | | | | amazingly doubled by most companies to give the |
| race that lasted 24 hours. It was the Supra HV-R | | | | hybrids especially the NASCAR racers the push |
| hybrid car that Toyota won with. They stopped | | | | they need to further upgrade their reputation and |
| however during 1999 when the car only placed | | | | worldwide acceptance. NASCAR hybrid racers will |
| second. They started to focus on the formula 1 | | | | give avid car racing fans the show they want to |
| racing world. Hybrid cars can stand the test of an | | | | see come the next Daytona or even F1. Hybrid |
| endurance race as Toyota has proved in the past. | | | | cars have really gone a long way and the world |
| Is it only a matter of time before every car in | | | | has indeed realized that the gas guzzling, |
| races such as NASCAR and Formula 1 are hybrid | | | | environment harming vehicles are not going to |
| cars? The green cars still play second best to | | | | save the world any time soon. The eco-drive that |
| diesel or petrol cars; can they ever make it up to | | | | hybrid cars offer has finally found its way to |
| and beyond them? There is no doubt that hybrid | | | | America and they have managed to do it in |
| cars can stand up in style, speed and comfort | | | | amazing style... Not that we expected anything |
| stakes. However, when we are talking about 24 | | | | less of course. |
| hour endurance races and Formula 1 races; will | | | | Alex Baumm, member of a car forum. Join our |
| they ever be able to get anywhere close? Hybrid | | | | Car Forum today and read about Hybrid Cars, |
| cars of NASCAR may be said as not second | | | | Muscle Cars etc. |
| best, however, as these cars have shown | | | | |