Former NASCAR Cup champion Darrell Waltrip, left, poses with Jim Aust, vice president of Toyota Motorsports and president and CEO of Toyota Racing Development, USA, center, and NASCAR team owner and driver Michael Waltrip, right, during a news conference in Concord, N.C., Tuesday Jan. 24, 2006. It was not a little jarring several years ago when NASCAR fans began arriving at racetracks in Toyota Tundra trucks and other vehicles built by foreign manufacturers. Now, Japanese automaker Toyota is preparing to leave the parking lot and drive into that bastion of American auto racing and culture _ NASCAR's Nextel Cup series.(AP Photo/Chuck Burton) |
