I'm curious about what a NASCAR Camry would be powered by ?

We all know that NASCAR morphed (bastardized) itslef a LONG time ago to be anything BUT stock car racing. A NASCAR race car is pretty much huge go-cart. There are NO carburetor fueled, push-rod, V-8, real-wheel drive (rigid axel) cars on the road by Ford, Chevy or Chrysler. The chassis are all pretty much the same (go carts with roll cages) and the sheet metal is a "rough" facsimile resembling the actual model... mutated to keep the aerodynamics equal.

The only thing close to stock are the engines. As far as I know, a Chevy has a Chevrolet engine.. a Ford a Ford and a Chrsler a Chrysler.. BUT they are small-block V-8s that more closely resemble the engines in cars from 30 years ago. I don't think Toyota EVER made a 5.9 liter, push-rod, carbureted V-8. So, to me, that part will be interesting.

ANYWAY.. NASCAR is about the Drivers, Sponsors and a little bit of brand loyalty and there are WAY more Camry owners than umm.. you know ?  I don't even know what Ford Chevy and Chrylser are trying to represent on the track these days (they all look alike). The last time I watched, I think it was: T-Bird, Monte Carlo and 300 ?

EDIT:  I just did some research. I guess they're already running in the Craftsman Truck series.. so the engine program is in place. If I were a NASCAR Purist.. I'd be a little upset as, like I said.. Toyota never did put a big, overhead-valve, V8 in a street car.. This is gonna be a special built engine with the potential to WAY outperform the circa 1960 small-blocks.

Can't see a problem really. Takes me back to the good old days of CART. Penske, Lola and Reynard, all with one thing in common...

Made in GB! Home of motor racing...

They have those. They just drive round proper circuits instead of going round in circles for 3 hours

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Be assured.. if it were up to me it would be road courses where the drivers had to actually shift, down-shift, brake and corner (right and left).

You say they have that type of racing ? Where a Monte Carlo can race against  Honda (race prepared versions of the REAL street cars run by factory teams (not some goofy club or class racing (which is pretty much what IMSA and SCCA have become)).. I think you're mistaken.

Things such as the BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) used to do just that (ok, no US manufacturers), although in the last few years it has migrated down in size to what we know as "hot hatches". Back in the day though, that was a really good championship. Volvo even entered an 850 estate for a year or two...

The  OLD IMSA was some of the best racing ever.. I went to a few events at Mid-Ohio..  There were some great battles between Nissan, Jaguar and Toyota and there was no mistaking that the Factories were there, supporting if not outright funding the teams.

Back in the 1970s.. The SCCA was my favorite. Same deal.. Datsun (now Nissan), Toyota, Triumph, Jaguar, Chevrolet, Porsche would put cars on the track that were pretty much the same car you'd buy. GREAT RACING !