Saw the Canguro Facebook page and most questions answered. An FJ runs now and then too I believe. Cheers and good luck in the 1000!
The FJ would be in a different class since it's a smaller vehicle. Canguro races the Stock Fullsize class. At last year's Baja 1000 we raced against the Toyota factory TRD Pro Tundra, Rod Hall racing in their Hummer H1, a Ford F150, and a couple others.
The Cruiser that we race was built by Geiser Brothers Racing and it was one of the Lexus' that was raced by the Lexus factory backed team and driven by Joe Bacal. Geiser Brothers doesn't need much introduction and they have a great reputation in the racing world and built a great truck. When the truck was sold and purchased by Canguro it was "returned" to being a Land Cruiser with just some cosmetic changes. This truck has a lot of races under it's belt now with lots of success and the drivetrain is essentially bone stock which is a testament to the durability with thousands of hard race miles with no real mechanical failures to speak of. The only reason the motor has needed any repairs was from the Mint 400 this year when it took a particularly hard landing off a big jump and part of the steering punched a hole in the block.
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A lot of people questioned the 200 series and if it would hold up the "Land Cruiser" reputation of toughness or whether it was just a soft luxury SUV. Obviously the race truck is a little different, but not much since the changes are mostly just suspension, but having a bit of time with and in a normal 200 series I think they're definitely living up to the high expectations of ruggedness that Cruiser owners have.
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here's a couple shots of the race truck before it was purchased by Canguro.
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and now
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btw, she's a big heavy girl to get in the air.
