This page is to brag on my 1992 Cressida and its success as a Road Racer.
This is not illegal street racing. In Illinois, just 95 in a 55 can cost you your car, a $2,500 fine, 6-month license suspension, a Class A Misdemeanor crime charge and up to a year in the clink! I'm too old for that.
I race in the Open Track Autocross program of the Midwestern Council of Sports Car Clubs. We race at Blackhawk Farms and GingerMan Raceways, dedicated road racing courses.
The car is fitted with a '92 Supra turbo engine and automatic transmission. ARP head studs, an HKS head gasket, and a K&N drop in filter are the only changes from stock. The springs are chopped one coil and new KYB GR-2 shocks and struts are fitted. For racing, the car rides on Borbet 15x7 wheels with 205-50-15 Kumho Victoracer V700 tires. On stock wheels and tires, this car is also my daily driver.
1992 Toyota Cressida Specs:
Front engine, rear drive, automatic transmission 4-door luxury sedan
Visitors since site inception June 22, 2003. Thanks for stopping by.
A History of Cressida Racing...
1996: Tow Car Racing
My Formula Vee race car was not running, but I was determined to race something at the first ever races at GingerMan Raceway. My towcar/winter beater 1986 Cressida wagon was pressed into service. It did reasonably well at that first race and I kept racing it. We finished the season second to
a track-only car in its F/Stock class!
2000: 2-Door Cressida (Twin Turbo) Determined to wean myself off of wheel-to-wheel racing, I bought this twin turbo 6-speed Supra specifically to win the X/Stock Open Track Autocross championship. It did and I sold it. While it was a great race car 6 days a year, its total overqualification for the street and cop baiting nature made it the wrong car for me.
"It's more fun to drive a slow car fast,
than it is to drive a fast car slow."
2001: Luxo-Barge Racing
This mildly modified '89 Cressida won 5 out of 5 races in 2001 and the F/Prepared class championship. It was fun to race, great as a daily driver, and totally invisible in the traffic flow.
2003 Luxo-Barge Plus Racing
This turbocharged Cressida is a great luxury ride on the street. But the turbo puts it in our F/Modified class where most of the cars are track-only race cars, so our daily driver has its work cut out for it. BUT WE DID IT!
2004 Luxo-Barge Plus Racing
North Suburban SCC Champion again and points leader in Midwestern Council, even though we ran a short season.
Racing Toyota Cressidas
On July 24, 2004, at Blackhawk Farms Raceway,
this 1992 Toyota Cressida Beat:
Acura Integra (3)
Audi A4
BMW 325is
BMW M3
Camaro
Corvette
Datsun 240-Z
Eagle Talon
Honda CRX (2)
Mazda Miata (4)
Mazda RX-7 (5)
Mini Cooper S (2)
Mustang (3)
Neon SRT-4
Nissan 240SX
The Cars We Race Against in our Class
(It's really more fun to beat up on the Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros and other suposedly faster cars. But you don't get points for beating them.)
The Blues Brothers Dodge of Chris Steffes. Chris is our closest competition. Good guy, good driver, good to race with.
Race prepared Triumph Spitfire of Joe and Steve Wettengel. They both drive the car.
Another modified Triumph Spitfire. This one belongs to Scott Barr. Scott was chasing electrical gremlins this day.
This mild appearing Karmann Ghia houses a potent 2-carb engine. It belongs to Don Meyer.
