Toyota readying Ivan "Ironman" Stewart Signature Series Tundra

[dascrow]

Toyota and Baja racing have become synonomous thanks to one man, Ivan "Ironman" Stewart, who has won the Baja 500 a record 17 times in Toyota's trucks. Despite Ford's obvious interest in wrestling away some of the dune jumping glory with its upcoming F-150 "Raptor", Toyota still dominates in the desert. The Japanese automaker is apparently celebrating that fact and the man who made it all possible with an Ivan "Ironman" Stewart Signature Series Tundra that will be available sometime this Spring. While not a whole lot of details are available from Motive Club where we found the story, we can tell you the truck gets big tires with deep treads, new alloy wheels, a tuned exhaust, lots of limited edition numbered badges and, get this, a shifter made from billet and carbon fiber that's modeled after Ivan Stewart's own grip. Very cool, and a little creepy, too. The truck also features a number of other upgraded components that are being supplied by Stewart's own sponsors, though they weren't listed in detail. It doesn't appear that power from the 5.7L i-Force V8 will be much improved, which means it should be no match for the "Raptor", whenever that truck arrives. But Toyota's got the backing of Iron Stewart himself behind its trucks, which is worth something in this game of one upsmanship.
by John Neff
Toyota readying Ivan "Ironman" Stewart Signature Series Tundra - Autoblog

[Mickey]

Very interesting. Good article. Glad to see they would honor someone with a special truck.

[jpnca]

Ivan is the man! He makes his money how I wish I could!

[Deznutjob]

He Is Ironman !!!!!!!!!

[zmoto]

Anyone know what kind of wheels those are? I really like!

[thomasz]

It's an amazing article. The car looks cool also.

[Ironman02]

Sweet truck!! I guess it is time to update my 2002 Ivan Steward truck to this one.

[DocWard]

I would love to have a white Tacoma, or maybe an older Toyota, with the yellow, orange, and red stripes that Ivan's old Toyotas wore. Don't think they would translate as well on a Tundra, though.

[Tundraddict]

Originally Posted by dascrow

Toyota and Baja racing have become synonomous thanks to one man, Ivan "Ironman" Stewart, who has won the Baja 500 a record 17 times in Toyota's trucks. Despite Ford's obvious interest in wrestling away some of the dune jumping glory with its upcoming F-150 "Raptor", Toyota still dominates in the desert. The Japanese automaker is apparently celebrating that fact and the man who made it all possible with an Ivan "Ironman" Stewart Signature Series Tundra that will be available sometime this Spring. While not a whole lot of details are available from Motive Club where we found the story, we can tell you the truck gets big tires with deep treads, new alloy wheels, a tuned exhaust, lots of limited edition numbered badges and, get this, a shifter made from billet and carbon fiber that's modeled after Ivan Stewart's own grip. Very cool, and a little creepy, too. The truck also features a number of other upgraded components that are being supplied by Stewart's own sponsors, though they weren't listed in detail. It doesn't appear that power from the 5.7L i-Force V8 will be much improved, which means it should be no match for the "Raptor", whenever that truck arrives. But Toyota's got the backing of Iron Stewart himself behind its trucks, which is worth something in this game of one upsmanship.
by John Neff
Toyota readying Ivan "Ironman" Stewart Signature Series Tundra - Autoblog

Sounds like It's going to be a nice truck, I have a question though you refered to the grip as being Very cool and a little creepy why is that? i must be missing something. As far as the raptor goes i dont care if it has 800hp and gets better fuel mileage than a prius rolling downhill with a strong tailwind i wouldent buy one, as far as i am concerned ford's reputation is shot and will never recover.