If you’re expecting big things out of the Toyota Camry in Nextel Cup racing in 2007, don’t hold your breath.
Lee White, senior vice president of Toyota Racing Development, said the Japanese automobile manufacturer is still trying to get its arms around competing in the Feb. 18, 2007, season opener, the all-important Daytona 500, never mind the 35 other events that make up the series schedule.
‘‘We’re moving from a position of comfort to a position of panic every week,” White said Friday at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. ‘‘I see the light at the end of the tunnel, but there’s still a mountain to climb.”
White has modest expectations for Toyota’s three teams next season. He also understands Toyota’s new teams - Michael Waltrip Racing, Team Red Bull and Bill Davis Racing - will have their hands full.
‘‘I think it just demonstrates how difficult (NASCAR) is,” White said. ‘‘This is not an easy sport. I think anyone that assumes that there is magic just because Toyota is behind these teams is absolutely dead wrong.”
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