Toyota Supra Xfinity
The Toyota GR Supra is powered by a 358 cubic inch (5.8 liter) pushrod V8 putting out 650-700 horsepower. The engine was designed by TRD but is built by Joe Gibbs Racing for Toyota's two NASCAR Xfinity Series teams. Toyota Supra is back at the track! Beginning in 2019, the globally-recognized iconic sports car will prove its championship mettle in the hotly contested NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS).
Supra will make its on-track debut in the NXS race at Daytona on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019. "When you talk Toyota and cool cars, Supra is the first thing that comes to mind for many auto enthusiasts," said Ed.
The NASCAR XFINITY Toyota Supra is the final step on the stock car ladder to the NASCAR Cup Series Chevys, Fords and Toyotas raced in the highest levels of real-world NASCAR and eNASCAR alike. The Supra has been updated with an all-new build reflecting the car and its performance in the 2019 NASCAR XFINITY Series season. Like its NASCAR XFINITY Series counterpart, the Supra is powered by a 358.
The Supra delivered on its promise, with drivers like Ty Gibbs driving the car to a series Championship in 2022, but its impending retirement raises the key question of whether Toyota will revert to a Camry-based model or opt for a completely different car. Ultimately, the prospect of the GR Supra leaving the Xfinity Series has prompted a visible division among fans about NASCAR's automotive. Toyota's latest Nascar Xfinity Series car will be made to look like the new 'A90' Supra.
Justin Bonsignore, a four-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion, will drive the No. 19 Toyota GR Supra in five NASCAR Xfinity Series events. For the Supra, Toyota has taken the headlight shapes and core nose design from the production car and applied it to the Xfinity racer's bodywork.
The designers-based in Toyota's Calty design center, the same folks who worked on the street-legal Supra-did their best to apply the car's deep-draw, curvy face to the upright NASCAR. Once the checkered flag flew in Saturday afternoon's Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, Taylor Gray was the lead Toyota GR Supra in the 11th finishing position. In now 11 Xfinity.
After a seven year run, the Toyota Supra was pulled from U.S. production in 1998, but now the Supra is back for a fifth generation. We've all heard about Toyota's fifth-generation Supra release after the model's 20-year hiatus, but we were lucky enough to see (and hear) the very first pushrod V8-powered Supra at NASCAR's Xfinity Series on Saturday, February 16.
Upon the Supra's. Joe Gibbs Racing announced today that four-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion Justin Bonsignore will drive the team's No. 19 Toyota GR Supra in five NASCAR Xfinity Series races in 2025.
Bonsignore made his Xfinity Series debut for JGR last June at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.