Triad Racing Technologies is a body parts and chassis supplier for

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teams that runs under the

Toyota is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...

manufacturer. The company was originally formed as Triad Racing Development before it was merged in late 2008 with

Bill Davis Racing Bill Davis Racing was a racing team that participated in all three of NASCAR's top divisions until 2009. The team had run Toyota-branded stock cars and trucks in the Camping World Truck Series (Toyota Tundra) since 2004 and Sprint Cup Series ( T ...

by Michael Held and Marty Gaunt. Originally, TRT was intended to field a full-time

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and three full-time Camping World Truck Series teams that were originally owned by Davis, but a lack of sponsorship caused the organization to close all of its teams and lay off most of its employees.

MBM Motorsports Motorsports Business Management LLC, operating as MBM Motorsports (and sometimes known as Carl Long Motorsports), is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series. M ...

eventually invested into TRT, acquiring the company's equipment for use in the team's Cup and NASCAR Xfinity Series programs.

Toyota Racing Development alliance

TRT had an exclusive partnership deal with

Toyota Racing Development Toyota Racing Development (also known by its abbreviation TRD) is the in-house tuning shop for all Toyota, Lexus and formerly Scion cars. ''TRD'' is responsible both for improving street cars for more performance and supporting Toyota's racing ...

(TRD) in providing body parts and tuner services to TRD for its NASCAR Cup Series programs. TRT previously provided engines to TRD before TRT sold its engine division. It was also the exclusive parts supplier for all Toyota NASCAR body parts. Triad used to have an exclusive relationship with TRD for NASCAR Cup Series engine development. This partnership with

and TRD dates back to when Toyota had first entered NASCAR officially in 2005.

Manufacturing capabilities

Triad has a various number of capabilities when it came to building engines, bodies, and chassis' to produce dependable parts. These include: * Fully equipped parts department utilizing 100% serialization and parts lifting * Brown and Sharpe Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) * Rockwell Tester * Confirms hardness of porous and non-porous metals (i.e. Steel and Aluminum) * EZ Cam * Checks lobes, Journals, and taper configuration in cams * 99% success rate for race engine durability * Horsepower for all engines is consistent to within +/- one half of one percent

Previous capabilities (relating to engine components)

* Four Dyno cells * Two Spintron cells * Five assembly Laboratories * Full CNC Capabilities up to 5-axis *Measures repeatability to .00008 of an inch (Pistons, Valves, Rings, Blocks, Cams, and Cranks) *Mahr Form Tester *Measures critical features on valves and pistons with accuracy to .00004 of an inch *99% success rate for race engine durability * Horsepower for all engines is consistent to within +/- one half of one percent *Disassembly Area, Block Prep, Grinding, Head/Manifold Department, EFI/Carb Lab, Magnaflux Lab *Metrology lab including Brown and Sharpe coordinate measuring machine and (2) Faro arms *Full engine inventory and spares room

Former clients

* Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. *

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(defunct) *

Bill McAnally Racing McAnally–Hilgemann Racing (MHR) is an American professional stock car racing team that competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team is based in Roseville, California, and is owned by Bill McAnally (in Truck, is co-owned ...

* Chris Fontaine Enterprises * Fortin Racing *

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(defunct) * Gaunt Brothers Racing (JGR/TRD) *

Germain Racing Germain Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Cup Series. It was owned by Bob Germain, whose family owns many car dealerships across the United States as Germain Motor Company. The team last fie ...

(defunct) *

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(TRD) *

Joe Gibbs Racing Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is an American professional stock car racing organization owned and operated by former Washington Redskins (today the Washington Commanders) coach Joe Gibbs, which first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991. His ...

(TRD) *

JTG Daugherty Racing JTG Daugherty Racing (formerly ST Motorsports and JTG Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team is owned by former advertising executive Tad Geschickter and his wife Jodi, ...

(now Chevrolet) *

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(TRD) * Michael Waltrip Racing (defunct) *

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(now Ford) *

Ken Schrader Racing Ken Schrader Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, fielding the No. 52 for Natalie Decker. The team is owned by longtime NASCAR driver Ken Schrader. Over the years, Schr ...

(now Ford) * Swan Racing (defunct) (defunct) *

Rusty Wallace Racing Rusty Wallace Racing, LLC (RWR), formerly known as Rusty Wallace, Inc. (RWI) was a NASCAR racing team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, near Charlotte. Owned by former NASCAR Winston Cup champion and commentator Rusty Wallace, the team compet ...

(defunct) *

RAB Racing RAB Racing with Brack Maggard was an American professional stock car racing team that attempted NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Racing Series. The team was co-owned by Robert A. Benton Sr. and hi ...

(defunct) *

Red Horse Racing Red Horse Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The team was based in Mooresville, North Carolina. It was co-owned by former Mobil 1 marketing executive Tom DeLoa ...

(defunct) *

Win-Tron Racing Win-Tron Racing (formerly known as Country Joe Racing) was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in both the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ARCA Menards Series. The team merged into Truck Series team AM Racing b ...

(now Chevrolet) *

TriStar Motorsports TriStar Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team that used to compete in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series primarily during the early to mid 1990s, suspending racing oper ...

(defunct) *

ThorSport Racing ThorSport Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. The team was founded in 1996 as SealMaster Racing and is based in Sandusky, Ohio. Owned by Duke Thorson and his wife ...

* Diversified Motorsports Enterprises (now Chevrolet) *

Tommy Baldwin Racing Tommy Baldwin Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the modified ranks. The team is based in Mooresville, North Carolina, and is owned by former crew chief Tommy Baldwin Jr., son of the late modified ...

(now Chevrolet) *

Venturini Motorsports Venturini Motorsports is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East, and ARCA Menards Series West. Founded in 1982 by Bill Venturini Sr., Venturini Motorsports is th ...

(TRD)

References

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