TOYOTA'S first Group C car | 85C with 500hp Celica 4 cyl. Turbo engine | Le Mans 2022

Engine: Toyota 4T-GT straight 4 Turbo / 2090 cc / 127.5 cu in
Power: 500 bhp / 373 kW @ 7600 rpm
Torque: 491 Nm / 362 ft lbs @ 5500 rpm
Weight: 959 kg / 2,114 lbs

Event: Le Mans classic
Race series: Group C racing
Date: 2022-06-31 - 2022-07-02
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe

Driven by Masanori Sekiya (JPN) and Kazuki Nakajima (JPN) who finished the race in 17th place in this Toyota TOM's 85C.

[quote: www.ultimatecarpage.com]
Toyota's first steps into sports car racing were tentative at best. The Japanese manufacturer started with supplying an engine, originally developed for rallying, to teams that ran in the Japanese sports car championship during the early 1980s. While different teams ran Toyota-powered cars, Dome was the chassis builder of choice.
The works debut came in 1985 when a pair of Dome-built Toyota 85Cs were fielded.

Derived from the Celica road car unit, the 2.1-litre 'four' produced around 500 bhp courtesy of a Toyota CT26R turbocharger. Mated to a Hewland five-speed gearbox and housed in a separate subframe, the engine was bolted to a Dome-built aluminium monocoque. This was tightly wrapped in a full ground-effect body with massive tunnels running on either side of the drivetrain.

At Le Mans, the Dome car was forced to retire with clutch issues but the TOM's Team machine finished a commendable 12th. After Le Mans, the two cars were returned to Japan and raced in the All Japanese Endurance Championship. The best results were a couple of second place finishes but no victory was scored by the Toyota-engined cars.
Toyota would come achingly close to a victory at Le Mans several times but it would take until 2018 for a victory to be scored.[/quote]

Filmed with Canon Legria HF G40 + DM-100 microphone

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