COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Located in a quiet Costa Mesa business district -- an hour's drive southwest of this week's NASCAR venue Auto Club Speedway -- sits a non-descript grey brick building identified only by three letters: "TRD." This is the brain trust and engineering headquarters for Toyota Racing Development. It awaits Toyota's first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver's championship. It is a symbol of what has been a unique and fruitful East meets West relationship as Toyota celebrates its 10th year in NASCAR after an unconventional and highly ambitious entrance onto the American stock car scene. As President and General Manager TRD USA David Wilson explains, Toyota was extremely conscientious of manner and appearance. More...