1993 Toyota TS010: With the World Sportscar and All Japan Prototype Championships cancelled in 1993, Toyota only had Le Mans on the calendar to race their Group C prototype. The Tony Southgate designed TS010 had done well in 1992 and the British/Japanese TOM's team had finished 2nd at Le Mans that year. Back with three new chassis with improved aerodynamics and suspension for 1993, TOM's employed future F1 racer Eddie Irvine, Toshio Suzuki and Masanori Sekyia to drive this car. They were up against the dominant Peugeot 905 Evo. Irvine put this car second on the pole and set the fastest lap during the race, but the Toyota which once led the race succumbed to a number of setbacks, with a transmission replacement at the three quarters mark costing them a podium finish. 3.5L V10 engined car eventually finished 4th behind the Peugeot 1-2-3 rout. No where else to run, Le Mans was the only race for this car. Model by GRAND PRIX MODELS STUDIO/STARTER 1/43 |
1993 Eagle-Toyota MkIII GTP (SEBRING WINNER): Driven by Juan Manuel Fangio III and Andy Wallace to victory at Sebring in 1993, it was the second consecutive year the pair had driven this car to the winners circle at the twelve hour race. Designed and built by Dan Gurney's All-American Racers, the Mk III's dominated IMSA GTP racing in '92 & '93. They scored 21 of 27 races, including 14 straight earning Toyota the manufacturers title and Fangio II the drivers title both years. A Toyota 2.7L four, turbo producing 700 bhp provided the power to smoke the competition in the IMSA Camel GTP class. Model by TRUE SCALE 1/43 |
1993 Eagle-Toyota MkIII GTP (DAYTONA WINNER): Before the win at Sebring in 1993, Dan Gurney's All American Racers won Daytona, with P.J. Jones, Rocky Moran and Mark Dismore driving this MkIII Eagle to the win. It was the start of a great year in IMSA for AAR and Toyota. Jones and Moran drove this car to a 3rd place at Sebring and second at Mid-Ohio. Between Jones and teammate Juan Manuel Fangio III, they would win 10 of the 11 IMSA GTP races in 1993. The only race they didn't win was at Road America, which they didn't enter. 1993 was the final year of the GTP class in IMSA racing, with factory support and Camel sponsorship ending, it was the end of a great era. Model by TRUE SCALE MODELS 1/43 |
1994 Toyota 94C-V: Toyota Team SARD finished in 2nd place overall (1st in class) at Le Mans in 1994, with Eddie Irvine, Mauro Martini and Jeff Krosnoff at the wheel. The car was powered by the R36V 3.6 L Turbo V8, which produced about 600 bhp. This was the swan song for Toyota's Group C efforts and they moved on to production based cars for racing and ultimately, the GT-One project. Model by ALTAYA/IXO 1/43 |