Team Toyota GB at Britcar24
- Category: Britcar 24 Hours
- Published on Thursday, 02 August 2012 13:31
- Written by Nicholas Smith
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| The Toyota GT86 which will race at Britcar. ©John Mockett. |
A grand old name, or two, will be revived at the Britcar 24 Hours this year, care of Toyota and the new GT86. The first of the grand old names to make a comeback is Team Toyota GB, the old racing name of the Japanese brand in the UK. The other is a bit of a stretch but GT86 is close enough to the old AE86s which ran in the BTCC and BRC, lo these many years ago. Read more: Team Toyota GB at Britcar24
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