Toyota Racing will be rebranded to Toyota Gazoo Racing North America beginning in 2025.
All of the Toyota motorsports efforts will compete under the global Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) banner. TRD will continue to provide technical and engineering support for its Toyota entries across all motorsports disciplines.
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“The transition to Toyota Gazoo Racing is an opportunity for our world-class racing program to better align with Toyota’s global motorsports efforts while simultaneously continuing the championship-level results we’ve earned under the previous banner here in the U.S.,” said Paul Doleshal, Group Manager, motorsports, Toyota Motor North America (TMNA).
“Globally, the efforts of GR Company and Toyota Gazoo Racing is a philosophy of utilizing motorsports to build ever-better production vehicles, pushing machinery to the limits on track so the production cars are more capable and reliable.
“We look forward to having our motorsports program continue to be on a global stage and contributing even further to the development and engineering of exciting-to-drive vehicles.”
Toyota’s NHRA teams already compete under the TGR banner, as do its Formula DRIFT drivers competing in the GR Corolla Hatchback, GR Supra, and the GR86. The GT4 drivers in IMSA and SRO compete with the GR Supra GT4 EVO.
There will be no changes to the Toyota NASCAR entries with the Camry nameplate in the Cup Series and the GR Supra in the Xfinity Series. The Craftsman Truck Series teams will continue with the Tundra and TRD Pro badge, and the Toyota Off-Road Racing vehicles will continue with the TRD nameplate.