YEAR
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CATEGORY
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DETAILS
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1957
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Rally
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Toyopet Crown enters the Rally of Australia, finishes 47th out of 102 starters.
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1958
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Rally
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Toyopet Crown wins the Around Japan Rally.
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1962
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TMC
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Toyota Sports 800 prototype is revealed at the Tokyo Motor Show.
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1963
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Sportscar
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Toyota claims three class victories in the first Japan GP at Suzuka with the Crown, Corona and Publica.
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1964
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TMC
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Plans for the Toyota 2000GT are initiated.
Creation of the Toyota Motor Sports Club (TMSC)
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1965
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TMC
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First Toyota 2000GT prototype is presented at the Tokyo Motor Show.
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Sportscar
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Debut of the production Toyota Sports 800, Toyota’s first sportscar
Toyota Sport 800 wins All Japan Car Club Championship.
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1966
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Sportscar
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Toyota 2000GT finishes third on its racing debut at the third Japanese GP.
Toyota 2000GT sets three world and 13 international speed trial records.
Toyota Sport 800 wins the Suzuka 500km and claims a 1-2-3 GT-1 class finish in the Japanese GP
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1967
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Sportscar
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Toyota 2000GT takes first and second in the Fuji 24 hours endurance race with the Sport 800 third in its final competition outing.
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1968
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Sportscar
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First Toyota 7 is unveiled, equipped with a 3.0-litre V8 engine.
Toyota 7 finishes eighth at the Japanese GP.
Toyota 2000GT developed by Carroll Shelby for the SCCA series in the USA and scores victories in its first competition season.
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1969
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Sportscar
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5.0-litre Toyota 7 is unveiled and goes on to finish third in the Japanese GP. Further wins are claimed in the Fuji 1,000km, NETspeed Cup and Japanese Can-Am series.
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1970
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World Rally
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Toyota Corona Mark II GSS enters the Monte Carlo Rally.
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Sportscar
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Turbocharged 5.0-litre Toyota 7 is unveiled.
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1971
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Sportscar
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The first Celica race car is developed.
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1972
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TMC
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Toyota Motor Corporation prepares to enter the international motor sport arena.
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World Rally
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A Celica is entered in the RAC Rally in Great Britain and finishes ninth overall, driven by Ove Andersson.
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1973
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Rally
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Toyota’s first European team, Andersson Motorsport, is established in Uppsala, Sweden.
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Touring Cars
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The Celica 1600 GT finishes sixth at the Nurburgring 6 Hours and ninth at the Spa 24 Hours.
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World Rally
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Canadian Walter Boyce claims Toyota’s first world class rally victory, driving a Corolla in the USA’s Press On Regardless Rally.
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1974
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Formula 3
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Novamotor-prepared Toyota engines begin to make their mark in European Formula 3 competition.
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TMC
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World oil crisis prompts Toyota to halt all motor sport development.
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1975
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TTE
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Backing from European Toyota sales and marketing companies secures the future of Andersson Motorsport, which relocates from Uppsala in Sweden to Brussels and changes its name to Toyota Team Europe (TTE).
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World Rally
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Hannu Mikkola scores TTE’s first victory, winning the 1,000 Lakes Rally in Finland in a 1,600cc Toyota Corolla.
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1978
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Formula 3
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The Toyota-powered Ralt RT-1 carries Nelson Piquet to the British F3 title.
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1979
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TMC
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Toyota Racing Developments (TRD) is established to co-ordinate racing activities in North America.
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TTE
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TTE moves its operations from Brussels to Cologne.
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1981
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IMSA
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Celica makes its debut in the IMSA GTU series.
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1982
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World Rally
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Björn Waldegård scores Toyota’s first win on a Drivers’ World Rally Championship (WRC) event, leading a one-two finish (another first for Toyota) in the New Zealand Rally in a Celica GT.
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1983
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IMSA
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Dan Gurney’s All American Racers (AAR) team enters the Celica in 12 IMSA races and takes two GTU class wins.
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Formula 3
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Ayrton Senna wins the Macau GP in a Toyota-powered Ralt RT3.
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1984
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World Rally
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Björn Waldegård gives the Celica Twincam Turbo its first victory, on the Safari Rally.
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MTEG
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Toyota claims the manufacturer and driver titles in the US MTEG series.
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1985
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Le Mans
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Toyota makes its debut at Le Mans, the Toyota TOMS 85C-L finishing 12th.
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World Rally
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Toyota wins its second Safari Rally.
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1986
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IMSA
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The Celica is entered by AAR for its first full season in IMSA’s GTO class.
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World Rally
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The Celica Twincam Turbo claims its third successive Safari Rally win. Toyota claims a 1-2-3-4 finish on the Ivory Coast Rally (drivers’ championship event).
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1987
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Rally
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Toyota Land Cruiser wins three classes and finishes fourth overall in the Paris-Dakar Rally.
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IMSA
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Toyota wins the manufacturers’ title and Chris Cord takes the drivers’ championship with the Celica Turbo in the IMSA GTO series.
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Formula 3
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Martin Donnelly and Jan Lammers finish first and second in Toyota-powered Ralt RT31 cars in the Macau GP.
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1988
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Rally
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Toyota Land Cruisers win two categories, three classes with highest finishers in seventh place overall in the Paris-Dakar rally.
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World Rally
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The Celica GT-Four (ST165) makes its debut on the Tour de Corse, finishing sixth.
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Formula 3
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JJ Lehto wins the British Formula 3 Championship, his car powered by a Toyota 3S-G engine.
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MTEG
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Toyota wins manufacturers’ and drivers’ titles in the US MTEG off-road series.
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1989
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IMSA
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The Toyota-powered Eagle Mark II is introduced in the IMSA GTP series.
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World Rally
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The Celica GT-Four (ST165) claims its first victory and the first for a Toyota 4WD car,on the Rally Australia with Juha Kankkunen.
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1990
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Le Mans
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Toyota 90C-V finishes sixth at Le Mans 24 Hours.
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World Rally
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Carlos Sainz wins Toyota’s first WRC drivers’ championship and Toyota is runner-up in the manufacturers’ championship.
Bjorn Waldegard wins his fourth Safari Rally.
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Formula Atlantic
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Toyota begins supplying engines to the North American Formula Atlantic series.
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1991
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World Rally
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Toyota takes the first victory for a Japanese car on the Monte Carlo Rally and follows up with wins on the Portugal, Corsica, New Zealand, Catalunya and Argentina rallies.
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Rally
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Toyota Land Cruiser wins all diesel classes and finishes ninth overall in the Paris-Dakar rally.
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IMSA
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AAR’s Toyota Eagle Mark III makes its GTP debut.
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1992
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World Rally
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Carlos Sainz wins his second WRC driver’s title for Toyota.
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Le Mans
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Masanori Sekiya becomes the first Japanese driver to reach the podium at Le Mans, taking second place with Pierre-Henri Raphanel and Kenny Acheson in the Toyota TS010.
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World Sportscars
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Toyota enters its first full World Endurance Championship season with TS010. Hitoshi Ogawa and Geoff Lees win the opening round of the series, at Monza.
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IMSA
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Toyota wins both manufacturer and driver (Juan Manuel Fangio II ) titles in IMSA GTP.
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Formula 3
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Rickard Rydell wins the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix in a TOMS 032F Toyota.
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1993
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IMSA
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The Toyota Eagle Mark III wins the Daytona 24-hour race. Juan Manuel Fangio and Toyota claim the driver and manufacturer titles for the second successive year. The winning streak includes an unprecedented 17 straight race victories.
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Le Mans
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The Toyota TS010 completes its final Le Mans in fourth place.
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TTE
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TTE becomes Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG), with Ove Andersson as president.
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World Rally
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Toyota wins its first WRC manufacturers’ title, scoring seven wins, with Juha Kankkunen champion driver.
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1994
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CART
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Toyota approves a programme for entry in the American CART (later known as Champ Car) racing series.
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World Rally
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Celica GT-Four (ST205) makes its debut at the Australian Rally
Toyota wins its third consecutive WRC driver’s title with Didier Auriol, the first Frenchman to claim the championship, and its second consecutive manufacturer’s title. Victory on the Safari Rally marks Toyota’s seventh win in eleven years on the same event.
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1995
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Le Mans
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A Toyota Supra GT-LM finishes the Le Mans 24 Hours in 14th place.
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CART
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Shakedown of the Eagle Mark V engine begins in preparation for Toyota’s entry into CART racing.
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1996
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CART
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Toyota begins first season as a CART engine supplier.
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World Rally
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The Corolla is developed as Toyota’s new WRC challenger.
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1997
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Formula 3
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Tom Coronel wins the Marlboro Masters race at Zandvoort in The Netherlands.
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Le Mans
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Toyota prepares a new assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours and develops the TS020 – GT One – one of the world’s most technically advanced sportscars.
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Japanese GT
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Michael Krumm and Pedro de la Rosa win the Japanese GT Championship (JGTC) in a Supra.
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1998
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Le Mans
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The Toyota GT-One completes the Le Mans 24 Hours in ninth place.
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World Rally
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Carlos Sainz gives the WRC Corolla its maiden victory, in the Monte Carlo Rally. Sainz and Toyota finish the season runners-up in the driver and manufacturer championships.
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Formula 3
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Peter Dumbreck wins the Macau F3 Grand Prix in a Dallara 398 TOMS-Toyota.
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1999
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Formula 1
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Toyota announces its interest in launching a Formula 1 programme.
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Le Mans
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The Toyota GT One claims first, second and third places on the starting grid and finishes in second place in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
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CART
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Toyota claims its first CART pole position courtesy of Scott Pruett at Fontana.
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World Rally
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Toyota wins its third WRC manufacturers’ championship in its final year as an official entrant in the competition.
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Formula 3
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The Macau Formula 3 GP is won by Darren Manning in a Dallara 398 TOMS-Toyota.
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2000
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CART
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Juan-Pablo Montoya gives Toyota its first CART victory – at Milwaukee - the first of five for Toyota-powered cars in the 2000 season.
Jimmy Vasser and Montoya finish first and second for Toyota at Houston.
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Formula 1
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Toyota undertakes its first engine test session.
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NASCAR
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Toyota enters American NASCAR stock car racing with a V6 Celica in the Goody’s Dash series.
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2001
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CART
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Toyota supplies engines to five CART teams. Cristiano da Matta opens the season with a victory in Mexico, the first of six for Toyota-powered cars during the year.
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Formula 1
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Toyota’s first F1 test car is unveiled at the Paul Ricard circuit in France. In December the team, including drivers Allan McNish and Mika Salo, and race car are presented at TTE’s headquarters in Cologne.
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Japanese GT
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Hironori Takeuchi and Yuji Tachikawa win the JGTC in a Supra.
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2002
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Formula 1
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Toyota scores its first world championship point, thanks to Mika Salo finishing sixth at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
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CART
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Crisitiano da Matta of the Newman-Haas team wins the CART series, using a Toyota engine. He wins a record seven races and claims seven pole positions. Bruno Junqueira is runner-up, also in a Toyota-powered car.
Toyota concludes its involvement in CART, with a series-record 21 wins in three years.
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Formula 1
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Cristiano da Matta signs for the Toyota F1 team for 2003.
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British Rally
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Jonny Milner wins the British Rally Championship in a privately-entered WRC Toyota Corolla.
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FIA Rally
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A Toyota Prius becomes the first hybrid power vehicle to complete an FIA-sanctioned rally, finishing the 5,000-mile Midnight Sun to Red Sea Rally in 14th place.
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Japanese GT
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The Supra wins a back-to-back JGTC title courtesy of Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida.
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2003
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Formula 1
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Olivier Panis joins Cristiano da Matta for the 2003 F1 series.
Toyota leads an F1 race for the first time, at the British Grand Prix.
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IndyCar
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Toyota begins its first season as an engine supplier to the US Indy Racing League with a one-two-three finish at Homestead. It also scores a one-two fnish with Gil de Ferran and Helio Castroneves in the Indy 500 on its debut, the first Japanese engine to do so.
Toyota is champion engine manufacturer and powers Scott Dixon to the overall drivers’ title.
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NASCAR
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Robert Huffman wins the Goody’s Dash series drivers’ title in the V6 Celica.
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2004
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Formula 1
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Panis and da Matta continue as Toyota’s F1 drivers. Panis moves to test duties late in the season to make way for new recruit Jarno Trulli.
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NASCAR
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Toyota enters its first season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with a Tundra pick-up. It wins four races and claims five pole positions.
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Grand Am
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Through its Lexus division, Toyota supplies V8 engines to the American Grand Am Racing League. In this first season, Lexus powers Scott Pruett to the driver’s title and his Chip Ganassi Racing Team to the championship.
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2005
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Formula 1
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Ralf Schumacher joins Trulli for the 2005 F1 season.
Toyota reaches the F1 podium for the first time, with Trulli finishing second at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Toyota finishes the season in fourth place in the manufacturers’ championship; Schumacher has 45 points and Trulli 43.
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SUPER GT
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Toranosuke Takagi and Yuji Tachikawa drive a V8 Supra to victory in the Super GT Series (formerly the JGTC).
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IndyCar
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Toyota ends its three-year association with IndyCars.
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Formula Atlantic
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Toyota ends its association with the North American formula Atlantic series.
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2006
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Formula 1
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Schumacher and Trulli continue as Toyota’s drivers for the 2006 season.
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NASCAR
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Toyota announces its will compete in NASCAR’s premier series, the Sprint Cup, supplying Camry models to three teams in 2007. The entry coincides with Toyota’s 50th anniversary in the American market.
Toyota wins the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with Todd Bodine taking the drivers’ title.
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Grand Am
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Lexus powers to its first victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona.
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SUPER GT
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Juichi Wakisaka and Andre Lotterer drive the Lexus SC 430 to the Super GT series title in its first year of competition.
A hybrid power Lexus GS 450h is entered in the Super Taikyu Tokachi 24-hour race (Japan) and finishes 17th in a field of 33 cars.
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2007
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TMC
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Toyota celebrates 50 years in world motor sport. As part of the celebrations, it is the lead sponsor of the 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
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Formula 1
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Trulli and Schumacher complete their third season for Panasonic Toyota Racing, supported by team newcomer Franck Montagny as third driver. Schumacher leaves the squad at the end of the season.
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NASCAR
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Mike Skinner loses out on the Craftsman Truck Series title after losing a wheel during the last race of the season. Toyota is the champion manufacturer for the second year running, with 13 race wins.
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Grand Am
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Scott Pruett suffers a collision in his Lexus with Jon Fogarty in the last race of the season, depriving Chip Ganassi Racing of a team championship title. Season highlights include victory at the Daytona 24 Hours and a Lexus 1-2 finish at Iowa.
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2008
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Formula 1
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Timo Glock, the reigning GP2 champion, joins Panasonic Toyota Racing as a race driver for the 2008 season, alongside Jarno Trulli. Japanese graduate of the Toyota Young Drivers Programme, Kamui Kobayashi, is the team’s third driver.
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Grand Am
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Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas take the driver’s championship and Chip Ganassi the team championship to give Lexus its sixth Grand Am title since it entered the competition in 2004. The team claimed six race victories: Daytona 24hr, Homestead, Virginia, Watkins Glen, Daytona Sprint and Birmingham.
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NASCAR
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Toyota claims its maiden victory in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series. Kyle Busch drives the Joe Gibbs Racing Camry to first place at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 9, the first of three Toyota cars in the top 10. He follows this with seven further race wins during the season.
Tundra driver Johnny Benson wins the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, with Joe Gibbs Racing taking the Owner’s Championship for Toyota in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series.
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TMG
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Ove Andersson, the founding father of TTE and first president of Panasonic Toyota Racing, dies following an accident while competing in a classic rally in South Africa.
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2009
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Formula 1
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In November Toyota announces its withdrawal from Formula 1 after eight seasons.
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NASCAR
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Camry drivers amass nine wins during the NASCAR Sprint Series season, including four apiece for Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch.
Kyle Busch wins the Nationwide Series (NNS) drivers’ championship with nine season wins and a record 5,682 points, with Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota claiming the owner’s and manufacturer’s titles for the second year in a row.
Toyota wins its fourth consecutive manufacturer’s championship in the Craftsman Truck Series, with Tundra amassing a record 14 victories during the season.
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SUPER GT
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Lexus achieves a clean sweep of driver and manufacturer titles in both the GT 500 and GT 300 classes with the SC 430 and IS 350.
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2010
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GT
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Gazoo Racing LFA wins SP8 (near-production) class in the Nürburgring 24 Hours.
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BTCC
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James Thompson demonstrates a “”Next Generation Touring Car” based on the Toyota Avensis at the final round of the British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch.
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SUPER GT
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Hasemi Motorsport wins the team championship in the Super GT GT300 class in Japan, campaigning a Lexus IS 350.
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NASCAR
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Toyota claims the manufacturer honours for the third eyar running in the Nationwide Series.
Toyota wins its fifth consecutive manufacturer’s championship in the Camping World Truck Series. Todd Bodine wins four races on his way to taking the champion driver’s title.
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2011
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BTCC
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The NGTC Avensis is entered in the 2011 British Touring Car Championship for independent teams Dynojet Racing and Hughes Motorsport, driven by Frank Wrathall and Tony Hughes respectively.
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2012
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WEC
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Toyota returns to the top level of international sports car racing, entering the FIA World Endurance Championship with the hybrid power TS030. Toyota Racing goes on to win the races at Sao Paulo, Fuji and Shanghai. Toyota’s return to Le Mans ends in disappointment with both cars sidelined from the race.
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BTCC
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Frank Wrathall clinches the Toyota Avensis’s first BTCC victory, winning the final round of the 2012 season at Brands Hatch.
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DAKAR
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The Toyota Imperial SA team celebrates a successful first challenge on the Dakar Rally with its three Hilux entries finishing 3rd, 6th and 11th.
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2013
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DAKAR
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Giniel de Villiers and Dirk von Zitzewitz take second place overall in this year’s Dakar rally in their Toyota Imperial Hilux.
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WEC
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The TS030 equals Toyota’s best result at Le Mans, finishing second and fourth.
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SUPER GT
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Toyota hybrid power wins a top-flight motor race for the first time, with the Prius GT taking victory in the GT 300 class of the Super GT meeting at Fuji in June.
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