Expect a new-look Camry in Cup series for 2013

Expect a new-look Camry in Cup series for 2013


DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Toyota will race a Camry in the Sprint Cup Series in 2013, but it won’t be the same Camry you see on the track today, Toyota Racing Development president Lee White told Sporting News on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway.
Expect Toyota to unveil a new-look Camry for the 2012 model year, one that will be incorporated into Cup racing for 2013, when all four manufacturers will introduce their new cars.
“We’re right there, pushing ahead,” White said. “There’s potentially a new car coming, a new Camry—it’s still going to be a Camry—but at some point that look will be put into the new vehicle, and certainly for the ’13 car.
“I think it’s a ’12 model that you’ll see in the showrooms this fall, but the new car (for NASCAR) isn’t coming ’til ’13, so it’s really how we deal with that—if we do it with a decal package on the current car for ’12 and then the whole new car which everyone’s looking out for ’13.”
All four manufacturers have been working on their designs for the 2013 cars in consultation with NASCAR. As is the case with the other carmakers, White expects the 2013 Camry to display more brand identity as well as a new look.
It’s pretty sporty looking, I’ll give you that—in my opinion,” White said.
By Reid Spencer

Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service
(February 13, 2011)