Some 35+ years ago, David Wilson, currently group vice president and president of TRD USA, was a considerable expert of feminine hygiene products. It comes off as one of those charming “interesting facts about yourself” that you’d share as an icebreaker — more on this in a moment.
But this conversation was more than just an introduction, even if it was the first time the two of us were able to sit in a room (or rather in the Lexus mobile race center) together. We were here to talk about Wilson’s career before his retirement in December, and his legacy in helping to build the TRD USA (Toyota Racing Development) program, across multiple series, over the last three and a half decades, beautifully bookended here by the IMSA finale at Road Atlanta.
