David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/17/20 10:27 a.m.
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Back in the day–the “day” being when GTP cars ruled the earth–Toyota ran a dominating IMSA program. Well, they’re back: During the 2021 season, the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge will welcome the Toyota GR Supra GT4. 

Toyota Gazoo Racing, the brand’s Europ…

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Javelin (Forum Supporter)
Javelin (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
12/17/20 11:05 a.m.

All hail the new glory years of sports car racing! Toyota in GT, Audi and Porsche in LMDh, this has been a great week!

350z247
350z247 New Reader
12/17/20 3:03 p.m.

I love to see this; it looks good as a race car. If only GTLM would have some more companies sign on...

bobzilla
bobzilla MegaDork
12/17/20 3:04 p.m.

So..... are they bringing BMW techs? 

 

*runs out of the room laughing histerically*

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/17/20 3:07 p.m.
Javelin (Forum Supporter) said:

All hail the new glory years of sports car racing! Toyota in GT, Audi and Porsche in LMDh, this has been a great week!

It does feel good seeing Toyota back in IMSA. 

350z247
350z247 New Reader
12/17/20 3:19 p.m.

In reply to bobzilla :

*crickets*

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/17/20 9:40 p.m.

In reply to 350z247 :

That would be cool but, yeah, it's a lot easier to bring a GT4 car to market. JG and I were talking about that earlier today. 

wae
wae UberDork
12/17/20 9:50 p.m.

They could have switched out the Pirellis for some Michelins for the promo shoot

Great to see another marque in the series!  Is there any crosspollination between this effort and the Lexus GTD entries?

Javelin (Forum Supporter)
Javelin (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
12/17/20 11:16 p.m.

So IMSA has Mazda, Cadillac, Acura, Toyota, and ?

LeMans has Audi, Porsche, Peugot, and Toyota

Everybody bailed on Formula E and went road racing, this is great!

dxman92
dxman92 Dork
12/17/20 11:38 p.m.

That steering wheel looks like it was lifted from a Star Wars craft.

BenB (Forum Supporter)
BenB (Forum Supporter) Reader
12/18/20 4:45 a.m.

There's some great racing in GT4. Good to see new blood in that series. Hopefully, GTD and GTLM will grow, too. GTLM's shrinking field is concerning.

ultraclyde (Forum Supporter)
ultraclyde (Forum Supporter) UltimaDork
12/18/20 5:18 a.m.
dxman92 said:

That steering wheel looks like it was lifted from a Star Wars craft.

Or a video game console. Which makes a lot of sense I guess

mazdeuce - Seth
mazdeuce - Seth Mod Squad
12/18/20 6:32 a.m.

That interior is fantastic. Something about air jacks poking through the floor makes me swoon. 

79rex
79rex Reader
12/18/20 7:12 a.m.

2nd picture of the interior is poster worthy.  Car looks rad

Aaron_King
Aaron_King PowerDork
12/18/20 8:46 a.m.

I think the Supra looks much better as a race car than a street car.

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