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JZA80 Supra GT500 (1997)

JZA80 4-cyl turbo era · 1994–2000RWD

Toyota's fourth-generation Supra entered the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) GT500 class in 1994, powered by a 2.1-litre turbocharged 503E (3S-GT) four-cylinder derived from Toyota's IMSA program. In 1997 the #36 Castrol TOM'S Supra of Michael Krumm and Pedro de la Rosa defeated the dominant Nissan Skyline GT-R to win the GT500 Drivers' title, decided on a tiebreaker for the only time in series history, while TOM'S also took the Teams' title. TOM'S secured a second Teams' championship in 1999.

486 hpPower

1994-2000Year

Gallery

JZA80 Supra GT500 (1997), every angle

Exterior

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Engineering passport

Specifications

Powertrain

Engineering details

Engine3S-GT (503E) 2.1L inline-4 turbo

Displacement2.1 L

Cylinders4

FuelPetrol

Transmission6-speed Hewland Sequential

DrivetrainRWD

Performance

Numbers that matter

Power486 hp

Torque600 Nm

STORY

The Supra ran in the top division of the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship from the 1994 season, when the class was still labelled GT1, entered by SARD, Blitz and Shift Point on the JZA80 shell; Blitz opened the year with the road car's 2JZ-GTE and moved to a 2.0-litre 3S-GTE turbo four later. Castrol TOM'S won the 1997 title with Michael Krumm and Pedro de la Rosa on a tie-break at 67 points; Cerumo's Hironori Takeuchi and Yuji Tachikawa took 2001 and Team LeMans' Juichi Wakisaka and Akira Iida 2002. For 2003 the turbo four gave way to the 3UZ-FE V8, 5.2 litres that year and 4.5 from 2004, and Tachikawa with Toranosuke Takagi won the 2005 title. Most teams moved to the Lexus SC430 for 2006 while SARD and Tsuchiya Engineering ran Supras through that season. The name returned in 2020 under Class One rules, and Yuhi Sekiguchi and Sho Tsuboi won the 2021 title for TGR Team au TOM'S.

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