TRD employs about 250 people in their Costa Mesa engine facility, and another 50+ in their Salisbury chassis facility that have absolutely nothing to do with marketing. If this was just about marketing, we would very much be into throwing crates into these things (
@StandOnIt dream), badging them, and carrying on. The discussion about what engineers gain from racing is an interesting one. Stretching the thinking, etc. makes for similar creativity on the consumer side perhaps? ....Regardless, Toyota makes one hell of a commitment to engineering if the only purpose for racing is marketing....