Toyota to run nearly stock 2010 4Runner in SCORE Baja 1000

[toyotaholic]

Toyota is taking a nearly stock 2010 4Runner to the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 in about ten days, and the immortal Ivan "Ironman" Stewart will be piloting. Toyota hasn't said what changes to the production truck will be made, but the class rules dictate that runners stay pretty close to factory specs, while allowing more serious mods to the suspension and whatever is needed inside for a safety cage.

In addition to the loss of the rear gate and the swapped-out wheels, we imagine a thorough shock overhaul and a minor engine tune. We'll look for more in-depth info on the car as the race gets closer, but for now we'd like to let Toyota know that they need to add this package -- minus the cage and spare -- to the 4Runner's showroom offerings

imo, it looks awesome. best of luck to them. can't wait to see what the aftermarket industry does with it

[84Cressida]

A little off-topic, but Toyota now seems to like marketing new cars as "the XXX generation XXX". They've never really done that before.

[Camread]

are those General Grabber tires available for the general public?

[touringcamry]

They are competition specific so I'm going to guess you can't just walk into Sears and get these becaues they cannot be used on highway.

http://www.conti-online.com/generato...s/logo_gt.html

[RAV4EVR]

Originally Posted by toyotaholic

imo, it looks awesome. best of luck to them. can't wait to see what the aftermarket industry does with it

Awesome ...

[TrailDust]

I really like the performance specs on the 2010 4Runner Trail, and the only thing I don't like is it's dang near a clone of the Pathfinder on the exterior. I'm considering getting the 2010 to replace the Samurai, or maybe just supplement it. Overall, me like!

[Camread]

yes theyre both boxy but i dont see the resemblance

[Toyotaeh]

neither do I.

[got-rice]

Looks like it finished behind a HUMMER.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/24/t...%28Autoblog%29

The 672.85-mile-long Baja 1000 race is over, and 328 starters were boiled down to just a handful of winners in various classes. The premier events were taken by Andy and Scott McMillin in the trophy truck category, in a modded Chevrolet Silverado. Andy won the race three years ago as a year ago as Robby Gordon's co-driver, but this year beat the NASCAR pilot by three places. The motorcycle category went to the three-way team of Kendall Norman, Timmy Weigand, and Quinn Cody, who crossed the line about 45 minutes before the McMillin's did.

Behind them, two legends of the race practically had the Stock Mini class to themselves: 20-time winner Rod Hall, along with Emily Miller, and Mike Winkel in a Hummer H3 took on Robert Ditner, Joe Nolan, Kez Ziesemer, and three-time winner Ivan Stewart in a 2010 Toyota 4Runner. Of three starters in the class, these two vehicles were the only ones to finish, and the issue came down to the last few miles: Hall's Hummer suffered a long repair stop at mile 40 and he only passed Stewart's 4Runner for first place just thirty miles from the finish.

While Stewart settles for second – and Hall gets his record-setting 21st class win – it's a triumph for the truck and drivers to have finished the race at all. Congratulations to all involved!

[Camread]

A Ridgeline won this class last year, so let's not get too juiced on how this really brings out the truck in trucks.

[TrailDust]

Originally Posted by Camread

yes theyre both boxy but i dont see the resemblance

Originally Posted by Toyotaeh

neither do I.

I guess it's like they say, beauty (or ugliness) is in the eye of the beholder. They definitely need less boxy lines....

[JustAnotherAsian]

Originally Posted by TrailDust

I guess it's like they say, beauty (or ugliness) is in the eye of the beholder. They definitely need less boxy lines....

they can stick with boxy and rough. they've got the highlander (and to an extent, venza) otherwise.

[Camread]

Originally Posted by TrailDust

I guess it's like they say, beauty (or ugliness) is in the eye of the beholder. They definitely need less boxy lines....

so you're saying it looks like a pathfinder bc its boxy not bc it actually look like it?

[TrailDust]

Originally Posted by Camread

so you're saying it looks like a pathfinder bc its boxy not bc it actually look like it?

Both.

And I'd add that I'm not saying it looks perfectly, exactly like a Pathfinder, just that it looks similar to it.

[Toyotaeh]

Fugly!