2023 Toyota GR Corolla named official pace car for National Championships at Laguna Seca

Toyota has announced that the GR Corolla will be the official pace car for the 2022 National Auto Sport Association (NASA) National Championships. The GR Corolla will roll into WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey County, for the NASA National Championships, the organisation's marquee event.

In its pace car role, the GR Corolla will wear red, white, and black graphics inspired by now familiar and winning Toyota motorsports and endurance racing liveries. The 2023 GR Corolla will set the pace and lead more than 350 entrants racing in 25 classes on the iconic circuit overlooking California's Monterey Bay.

As part of a continuing programme put together by Toyota and NASA, every customer who buys a new 2023 Toyota GR Corolla will automatically receive a complimentary one-year NASA membership and one complimentary track day at a NASA High Performance Driving Event. 

This programme started in 2019, as a way to give GR Supra owners performance driving experiences under the tutelage of expert instructors. The programme has expanded to include all GR sports cars with the GR86 and the GR Corolla joining their GR Supra stablemate.

The GR Corolla is available exclusively with a manual gearbox to stay true to its rally racing roots, the GR Corolla will be available in three grades, the performance ready GR Corolla Core Grade, the launch year only Circuit Edition and the aggressive GR Corolla Morizo Edition.