Toyota Racing stokes the fire of young racers to pursue their dream in advance of Daytona 500
‘The Dream’ tells a story of a young, African-American girl looking to achieve her dream of becoming a race car driver. (Toyota)
In the wake of Sunday’s 63rd Daytona 500 (Feb. 14) and in advance of this weekend’s Daytona Road Course Weekend, Toyota Racing released a short film today titled “The Dream.” It is an inspirational message for young enthusiasts to “Keep Calm and Keep Pushing.”
The story highlights a young, African-American girl looking to achieve her dream of becoming a race car driver. She battles back from adversity and overcomes challenges along the way. With inspiration from the historic victory by 19-year-old Gracie Trotter, who became the first female driver to win an ARCA-sanctioned race in September, and the return of Bubba Wallace to the Toyota family, our star realizes that her dream is within reach.
Toyota has a history of diversity in motorsports and continues to support several drivers of various ethnicities across all of its motorsports platforms. J.R. Todd, Antron Brown, and Alexis DeJoria have established many firsts in motorsports as they all compete for Toyota in the NHRA Drag Racing Series. Jhonnattan Castro and Ken Gushi compete in Formula DRIFT Trotter and Kaylee Bryson are working their way through the TRD (Toyota Racing Development) driver development ranks in ARCA , late models, and USAC racing events.
The storied Daytona Road Course will host the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Feb. 19-21, just one week after the 63rd running of the DAYTONA 500.
The complete short film was produced in collaboration with whatnot Films of Charlotte, N.C. — ground-zero for NASCAR — and will reside on the Toyota Racing social channels of Twitter and Facebook along with YouTube. A 60-second condensed version was featured on Fox during the Daytona 500 broadcast.
A link to the full film can be found here
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