Anyone in the crowd for the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) National Championships at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex on September 7-10 will have the pleasure of seeing a 2023 Toyota GR Corolla Morizo Edition lead the pack before every race. That’s because the car has been chosen as the event’s official pace car for the second year in a row. Held at Laguna Seca in California in 2022, it will take place at the Wampum, Pennsylvania racetrack this year.
The Toyota GR Corolla Morizo Edition
follows in the footsteps of the GR Supra, which paced for NASA in 2019. Like
that car, buyers who purchase the high-performance package also get one free
year of membership to NASA, as well as one free track day at a NASA High
Performance Driving Event.
The GR Corolla is powered by a
turbocharged, three-cylinder engine that makes 300 hp and 370 Nm of torque. However, the Morizo edition package bumps that torque
figure up to an even more impressive 400 Nm. For its duties as pace
car, the car will feature special roof-mounted lights, and a red, white, and
black livery that is inspired by Toyota’s endurance racing livery. Over the
course of the weekend, the Corolla is expected to lead more than 350 racecars
competing in 25 classes on the 4.47 km, 19-turn circuit.
