Toyota Racing Unveiled Their 2025 Driver Development Lineup

“Everyone at Toyota and TRD continues to see the value in investing in young drivers and helping them have incredible opportunities to showcase their talent with our partner teams across many different racing disciplines,” said Trent Rodriguez, Manager, Driver Development, TRD. “We are exceptionally proud of the current group of drivers we are supporting through the TD2 program and are very confident they will continue to deliver on track this season.”

Heim returns to the program, driving for TRICON Garage in the Truck Series alongside fellow TD2 drivers Brent Crews, Gio Ruggiero and William Sawalich. Sawalich will compete full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Joe Gibbs Racing alongside another TD2 driver, Taylor Gray.

Isabella Robusto, meanwhile, will compete in her first full-time ARCA Menards Series season with Venturini Motorsports. Robusto tied the best finish by a female driver in ARCA National competition at the Illinois State Fairgrounds last year.

She followed up with her first career pole position at Kansas Speedway before contact on the opening lap ended her race. Robusto appeared on her way to victory at Irwindale Speedway until her car cut a tire with about 20 laps to go.

TD2’s stock car racing line-up is completed by Jade Avedisian, who became the first female national dirt midget champion. Avedisian has been transitioning from dirt competition to pavement racing in recent years. She earned her first Late Model win at Hickory Motor Speedway in her second career start last year.

McIntosh also returns to the program in 2025 alongside his Keith Kunz Motorsports teammate, another TD2 driver, Jacob Denny. Denny is a new driver for the Toyota program. Buddy Kofoid completes the TD2 grassroots dirt racing lineup.

In sports car racing Tyler Gonzalez, the inaugural winner of the Toyota GR Cup Series two years ago, returns to GT4 competition. After winning his class at Indianapolis Motor Speedway last year, Gonzalez will compete for RAFA Racing Club (RAFA) in SRO competition. Gresham Wagner, yet another TD2 driver, will serve as his co-driver. Wagner earned 10 wins and the Toyota GR Cup championship last year.

Brazilian driver Kiko Porto will also drive for RAFA in IMSA GT4 competition. Porto’s previous racing experience came in open racing including Indy NXT.

The final driver of the 2025 TD2 program is Westin Workman. He returns to Toyota’s development program in GR Cup with BSI Racing.