Toyota Supra in motorsport#JGTC/Super GT

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The Supra has a history of professional drag racing, mainly in Japan and the United States. The HKS team have used both the Mk III and Mk IV to showcase its products, known as the HKS Drag Supra. This Supra was driven by Charlie Goncalves Catanho. It was mainly built on a custom chassis with a carbon fiber body, the Mk III version housed a de-stroked 2.89-liter twin-turbo 7M-GTE, good for {{cvt|800|bhp|kW|-1|order=flip}} at over 9000 rpm, giving a best quarter mile time of 8.09 seconds.{{Cite web|url=http://cjsupra.kendra.com/MkIIIRace.html |title=Racing MkIII Photo Album |publisher=Cjsupra.kendra.com |accessdate=2011-08-11}} The HKS Drag 70 Supra later set a 7-second {{cvt|1/4|mile|m|0}} in 1991.{{Cite web |title=HKS HISTORY |url=https://www.hks-global.com/en/history/index.html |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=www.hks-global.com}}{{Cite web |title=Toyota GR Supra Drift by HKS {{!}} EVENT/CAMPAIGN {{!}} HKS |url=https://www.hks-power.co.jp/en/event/toyota_grsupra_drift/index.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=www.hks-power.co.jp}}{{Citation |title=HKS Drag Supra (MKIII MA70 7MGTE) - Japanese Promo Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzH6uy0rjgU |access-date=2023-02-10 |language=en}}

One of the first Pro Mod drivers in import drag racing, Vinny Ten used a Supra to hold national records for drag racing in the United States between 1997 and 2000 as well as being the first in the US to build a {{cvt|1000|bhp|kW|-2|order=flip}} Japanese engine without the need of nitrous or alcohol fuel. Ten also achieved the first for the Supra to break into the 12 to 8 second barriers as well as achieving a speed of over 120 to {{cvt|160|mph|km/h|-1|order=flip}}. Ten has since taken his Supra into the six second barrier.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2005/drivers/v_ten.html |title=NHRA Sport Compact Drag Racing Team Profile: Vinny Ten |publisher=National Hot Rod Association |location=US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319205228/http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2005/drivers/v_ten.html |archive-date=2006-03-19}}

Craig Paisley, another pioneer of sport compact drag racing, also used a nitrous-assisted Supra, his first sport compact, to compete in the same category. He achieved a best of 8.2-second e.t.s at more than {{cvt|160|mph|km/h|-1|order=flip}} and would switch to the factory supported Tacoma by 2002.{{cite web |url=http://ndra.nopi.com/2006/kd_dsp_art_detail.cfm?vaid=173 |title=Craig Paisley still has his sights on the 2004 NDRA Championship |website=Nopi Drag Racing Association |location=US |date=2006-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060424093727/http://ndra.nopi.com/2006/kd_dsp_art_detail.cfm?vaid=173 |archive-date=2006-04-24}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2001/news/050301.html |title=Modified winner Paisley has big plans |first=Phil |last=Burgess |publisher=National Hot Rod Association |location=US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060320001730/http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2001/news/050301.html |archive-date=2006-03-20}} Paisley was also the first sport compact racer to receive factory sponsorship and support. Toyota became the first Japanese car company to get involved with drag racing.

After years of competing in other cars, in 2002, HKS returned with the Mk IV version of the HKS Drag Supra, driven by Tetsuya "Dryhopp" Kawasaki,{{Cite web |author=HKS USA Powered by iRPM.net |url=http://www.hksusa.com/press/news_display.asp?id=2811 |title=HKS Drag Supra Delivers Multiple 6 Second Passes in Englishtown, NJ |publisher=Hks Usa |accessdate=2011-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720235227/http://www.hksusa.com/press/news_display.asp?id=2811 |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead }} its 4.0 liter 1UZ-FE V-8, equipped with two prototype HKS GT3540 turbos, HKS rods and billet crank and stock valves, producing in total of {{cvt|1479|bhp|kW|0|order=flip}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mkiv.com/mkivregistry/of_interest/hks_drag_supra/index.html |title=Mkiv.Com |publisher=Mkiv.Com |accessdate=2011-08-11}}{{Cite web|url=http://mkiv.supras.org.nz/articles/hpi15_2.htm |title=High Performance Imports #15:HKS Drag Supra |publisher=Mkiv.supras.org.nz |date=2002-01-10 |accessdate=2011-08-11}} The HKS Drag 80 Supra set a sub-7 second {{frac|1|4}} mile in 2001.{{Cite web |date=2003-07-01 |title=HKS Drag Race 2001 Toyota Supra - Super Street Magazine |url=https://www.motortrend.com/features/sstp-0307-hks-drag-race-2001-toyota-supra/ |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=MotorTrend |language=en}}

In 2003, the Supra was to compete in the NHRA Sport Compact Series, but the car became ineligible when the category it was to enter in, Pro V8, was axed at the beginning of the year, therefore it was permitted to perform demonstration runs throughout the season, where at a round at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, the Supra took the car's record time of 6.893 ET at {{cvt|193.13|mph|km/h|2|order=flip}}, eclipsing its best in Japan of 7.277 posted at Sendai Hi-Land Raceway.

In 2002, in the NHRA's street tire class, the unibodied Titan Motorsport Supra of Mark Mazurowski broke the all-season dominance of Ari Yallon's Rotary Performance RX-7 to take the title and became the fastest uni-body Supra in the world, with a time of 9.42 second and {{cvt|157.56|mph|km/h|2|order=flip}} at Maple Grove Raceway, Pennsylvania, despite a quicker time at Houston Raceway Park of 9.002 at {{cvt|160.40|mph|km/h|2|order=flip}} which was unofficial.{{Cite web|url=http://www.turbomagazine.com/features/0212tur_titan_motorsport_toyota_supra/index.html |title=Turbo & High-Tech Performance: Dog Soldier - Titan Motorsport Toyota Supra |publisher=Turbomagazine.com |accessdate=2011-08-11}}

The Supra won all but the first round, losing a final to Yallon.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2002/news/121601.html |title=Mark Mazurowski: 2002 NHRA Summit Street Tire champion |first=Phil |last=Burgess |publisher=National Hot Rod Association |location=US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060320003631/http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2002/news/121601.html |archive-date=2006-03-20}} With the cancellation of the Street Tire Class, Titan moved to the Pro RWD class with a 2JZ-GTE-powered Celica {{Cite web|url=http://www.titanmotorsports.com/noname115.html |title=Titan Motorsport: The Story Behind Titan |publisher=Titanmotorsports.com |accessdate=2011-08-11}} The Supra was used by BF Goodrich to advertise its Drag Radials tires which it was equipped with.

Many cars that appeared in the series also appeared in the NDRA (NOPI Drag Racing Association) BF Goodrich Tires Pro Street Tire Series.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}

In the United Kingdom, Steve Whittaker used a {{cvt|900|bhp|kW|0|order=flip}} Mk III built around a pro-style chassis to achieve a best of 8.207 at {{cvt|169.89|mph|km/h|2|order=flip}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.japshow.co.uk/hks_dragseries_2007detail.php?JapID=4 |title=Pro Shootout |work=JapShow |archive-date=2007-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519091602/http://www.japshow.co.uk/hks_dragseries_2007detail.php?JapID=4}}

Sriyantha Weerasuria and Boost Logic were able to achieve a {{cvt|246|mph|km/h|order=flip}} pass at the Texas Mile and a 7.91 seconds at {{cvt|189.9|mph|km/h|1|order=flip}} quarter mile pass with the stock Getrag V160 transmission. Weerasuria also held the record for the fasted quarter mile in a manual transmission vehicle (which was done in a Supra) which held for many years.{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}

The current{{when|reason=What does "current" mean when read in 2030?|date=June 2023}} record for the fastest pass with the stock Getrag V160 transmission is held by Vlad Yevtushenko at 7.88 at {{cvt|183|mph|km/h|0|order=flip}}.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

At TX2K10 (a national racing event that takes place annually in Texas), Boost Logic made a quarter-mile pass with their drag car with a time of 7.59 seconds at {{cvt|189|mph|km/h|0|order=flip}}. The car was driven by Kean Wang.{{Cite web |title=2JZPOWER - Kean Wang's Supra (MKIV) - 7.59 pass |url=http://www.2jzpower.com/timeslips/toyota-supra-mkiv-kean-wang-7-59-pass |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=www.2jzpower.com}}

The record is now held by Ebrahim Kanoo of Bahrain with driver, Gary White. His 10.5 Supra (10.5-inch-wide tire) ran 6.23 seconds at {{cvt|227|mph|km/h|0|order=flip}} in the quarter mile. He also held the Supra IRS (independent rear suspension) record with his IRS Supra that ran 7.18 seconds at {{cvt|200|mph|km/h|0|order=flip}} in the quarter mile. Both cars were built and tuned by Titan Motorsports.{{Cite web |date=2013-04-16 |title=The world’s fastest imported Supra, making 10-second cars obsolete |url=http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/world-fastest-imported-supra-making-10-second-cars-163539942.html |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=autos.yahoo.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2015-05-18 |title=What Does It Take To Build The World's Fastest Supra? {{!}} News {{!}} CarThrottle |url=https://www.carthrottle.com/news/what-does-it-take-build-worlds-fastest-supra |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=www.carthrottle.com |language=en}}

The record for fastest Supra IRS (independent rear suspension) was set during TX2K20 at 6.807 at {{cvt|198|mph|km/h|0|order=flip}}, held by Jack Cuoto.{{Cite web |title=TX2K20 Drag Race 2JZ {{!}} TX2K |url=https://tx2k.com/tx2k20-drag-race-2jz/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=tx2k.com}}

In November 2021, Toyota unveiled the GR Supra body for the NHRA's Funny Car category which it competed in 2022 season.{{Cite press release |last=Vaca |first=Sam |date=2021-11-14 |title=Toyota Unveils the New GR Supra Funny Car in NHRA |url=https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-unveils-the-new-gr-supra-funny-car-in-nhra/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |publisher=Toyota |location=US}}

The record for fastest fifth-generation GR Supra is 7.908 seconds at {{cvt|176|mph|km/h|0|order=flip}} in the quarter mile, set by Mikey Botti in May 2023 at Darlington Dragway. The modified B58 engine is tuned to approximately {{cvt|1300|bhp|kW|0|order=flip}}.{{Cite web |title=Trevor Spec - Mikey with a new WR pass of 7.90@176 "🔥NEW... |url=https://www.facebook.com/Trevor.The.Perculator.Spec/posts/mikey-with-a-new-wr-pass-of-790176-new-world-record-alertthe-new-klmrace-savage-/10159848909800892/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Mikey on Instagram: NEW WORLD RECORD ALERT |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr19M3bN6SM/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Instagram |language=en}}

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During the Group A period, Toyota used the Mk II for Division 3 category touring car racing, especially in the JTCC (Japan), ETCC (Europe), BTCC Britain) and ATCC (Australia) with the AE86 competing in Division 1.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

The Mk II Celica Supras debuted in August 1981, although relatively underpowered to be a serious contender against the Rover SD1 and BMW 635CSI, managed to be competitive despite this, being driven by drivers such as Win Percy winning a BTCC round, at Brands Hatch[http://www.users.myisp.co.uk/~climengs/alls_well/alls_well.htm BRMC: All’s Well That Ends Well?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000054/http://www.users.myisp.co.uk/~climengs/alls_well/alls_well.htm |date=2007-09-28 }}

When its star driver, Percy, was tempted away by rival Tom Walkinshaw and his TWR-prepared Jaguar XJS V12, Toyota GB took on Grand Prix motorcycle racing star Barry Sheene, following his retirement from motorcycle racing, for the 1985 BTCC season, but the car was outclassed by the newer turbocharged cars and Sheene's performance was hampered by past motorcycle racing injuries. Nevertheless, he drew in the crowds and retired from professional racing at the end of the season.[http://www.users.myisp.co.uk/~climengs/sheene/sheene.htm BRMC: Barry Sheene - Group A Touring Car Driver] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000039/http://www.users.myisp.co.uk/~climengs/sheene/sheene.htm |date=2007-09-28 }} Later the Toyota Team GB Supra was shipped to a privateer in Australia where it won the first Group A race on the continent.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

The Mk II was replaced by the Mk III Supra (MA70) which, like the Mk II, had varying degrees of success, but both TOM'S and SARD, who represented the factory effort competed in 1987-1990, fared better in Japan with the TOM'S team winning its debut, at the Sugo Track, on September 9, 1987. In all, eleven MA70 Group-A turbos were built by TRD Japan for racing.{{Cite web|url=http://www.turbosupras.com/pages/en/pages/specifications/MA70GA/ma70ga.htm |title=Group A Supra Specifications |publisher=Turbosupras.com |accessdate=2011-08-11}} In 1987 the Turbo MK III was fairly competitive in Japan - it not only won its debut race, but also for the remainder of the race season the Supras outqualified all Nissan Skylines (HR31 and DR30) in Division 3 of the JTCC.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

After January 1988 when FIA increased the weight multiplication factor from 1.4 to 1.7 , the MK III lost competitiveness as the rest of the Division 3 cars were mostly running 2.0 or 2.5 L engines, increasing weight differences. Additionally, unreliable long-stroke engines, homologation delays and poor development caused a further decline of the car as the Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 and the more advanced Nissan Skyline GT-R became the cars to have in top flight Group A racing.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Among all the private teams that competed with the Mk III Group A Supra (RAS-Belgium, MIL-UK, and Bemani-Switzerland), the Swiss team was the most successful. This was largely due to the team founder Beni Bühler, who was very much aware of the  multiplication factor changes as early as July 1987 and thus made the right choice to develop a naturally aspirated 7M-GE-powered MA70 Supra.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

With financial support from Walter Frey (Toyota Switzerland), Bemani entered the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) with two cars, consistently achieving respectable finishes just behind the factory teams . Their efforts peaked at the world’s most prestigious Group A endurance race—the Spa 24 Hours—where Bemani secured 5th place overall and 3rd in their class!{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

In the 1989 and 1990 seasons, Bemani entered the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM). However, competing against the dominance of BMW and Mercedes proved extremely challenging. Despite the Toyota Supra 3.0i’s impressive 330 horsepower, the team struggled to be competitive and non delivery of the promised budget in millions from Toyota Germany did not help. Notable highlights included briefly leading a heat race at Mainz-Finthen and running 2nd at AVUS before the AMG team forced the Toyota out of the race after direct order from their Team Principle.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

Despite the significant aerodynamic advantage and double wishbone suspension - the Gr.A Mk III Supra Factory race effort was largely discontinued at the end of the 1990 season in favour of the Toyota Corolla AE101. For the 1991 and 1992 only a few race cars were kept in competition by privateers including top finishes by Bemani Toyota Team in the Swiss Group A Championship.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

The GR Supra will make its debut in the 2026 Supercars Championship (Australia) with a Hilux Dakar-derived 2UR-GSE V8 engine.{{cite news|url=https://www.supercars.com/news/supercars-news-v8-engine-for-new-toyota-gr-supra |title=V8 engine for new Toyota Supercar |publisher=Supercars Championship |last=Pavey |first=James |date=2024-09-18 |access-date=2024-09-19}}

Peter Fitzgerald won the 1989 Australian Production Car Championship driving a Toyota Supra Turbo.

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Although the Celica and Corolla Levin represented Toyota in rallying, the touring car spec Celica Supra was used occasionally in Group A with modifications to make it drivable. The Celica Supra managed to finish second in category at Circuit of Ireland Ulster Rally, Scottish Rally and the Welsh Rally during the 1983 British Open Rally Championship, driven by Per Eklund and Dave Whittock, allowing them to successfully defend their championship title.

Toyota sold the car off after the 1985 season.

Following the demise of Group B and upon insistence by Toyota management, its rally entrant Toyota Team Europe used the Supra to specialize in African rallies while the lighter Celica took the job for the other rallies.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rallye-info.com/carmodel.asp?car=171 |title=Rallye-info.com |publisher=Rallye-info.com |accessdate=2011-08-11}} The Supra 3.0i made Toyota's Group A debut with the Supra which was capable of producing {{cvt|290|bhp|kW|0|order=flip}}, despite its weight and size being a clear disadvantage, driven by Björn Waldegaard, it led the 1987 Safari Rally until its final day when its engine overheated. The Supra

scored its only win in the Hong Kong - Beijing Rally with the same driver. The NA version was shortly replaced by the {{cvt|400|bhp|kW|-1|order=flip}} turbo version, which on its debut at the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire, the Supra led but the team withdrew when their hired Cessna 340 crashed, killing the team manager, Henry Liddon and his assistant, Nigel Harris, plus a pilot and navigator.{{Cite web|author=The Motorsport Memorial Team|url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=5847 |title=Motorsport Memorial |publisher=Motorsport Memorial |accessdate=2011-08-11}} TTE would return for its African attempt for the following two years but was unable to repeat its performance and was replaced by the Celica which achieved better successes there.

A naturally aspirated, privately entered A80 Supra competed in SCCA ProRally series in 1996 to 1998.{{cite magazine |last= O'Neill |first= Orin |date= March 1997 |title= Inside a Winning Supra |magazine= Sport Compact Car |location= Source Interlink Media }}

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The Supra has a long history of professional sports car racing, mainly in Japan and the United States. The Supra has been raced in many different sports car racing championships over the years, most notably in the JGTC, Super GT, IMSA, GT4, and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The Mk III Supra, which replaced the Mk II Celica, competed in the IMSA Camel GT series by Kent Racing and All American Racers in 1983 in the GTU (Grand Touring, under 3.0-liter) category, later in the season, AAR inherited the racing program of Kent Racing, although superior to the AAR cars, the semi-tube frame car Kent Racing used housed a {{cvt|300|hp|kW|-1|order=flip}}, 2030 cc, 16-valve DOHC engine. Feeling that the car needs to be developed, it underwent further redesign by aerodynamicist Hiro Fujimori.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allamericanracers.com/celicas.html |title=The Angriest Celicas by Matthew Hayashibara, Sports Compact Car, September 1999 |publisher=Allamericanracers.com |accessdate=2011-08-11}}

For the 1985 season, AAR specially adapted a 2.1-liter turbocharged 4T-GT engine to one of their GTU car to be used at the GTO category, which scored a win at Laguna Seca, that car would later be used for engine development. Despite heavy competition against the RX-7s, by the time they progressed to the higher GTO category in 1986 with a Celica, they had taken 10 GTU victories.

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The Toyota GR Supra GT4 was designed and produced by Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe GmbH in Cologne, Germany that was designed for the SRO GT4 category.{{Cite web|url=https://sportscar365.com/industry/gradual-customer-rollout-confirmed-for-toyota-supra-gt4|title = Gradual Customer Rollout Confirmed for Toyota Supra GT4 – Sportscar365}} Launched in 2020, the first customers of this car were Classic & Modern Racing, Speedworks Motorsport and Ring Racing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotcars.com/toyota-gr-supra-gt4-ready-race-europe|title = Toyota GR Supra GT4 Ready to Race in Europe|date = March 22, 2020}} It is powered by a 3-liter twin-turbo engine which produces {{cvt|430|hp|kW|order=flip}} and {{cvt|650|Nm}}, using a seven-speed automatic gearbox with rear-wheel drive.{{Cite web|url=https://racing.tgr-europe.com/gr-supra-gt4/technical-specification|title=Technical Specifications – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Europe}} Toyota released the updated GR Supra GT4 in 2022, named the GR Supra GT4 EVO, with upgrades focused on engine performance, handling, and braking. The engine was updated with increased power, an updated torque curve with maximum torque of up to {{cvt|660|Nm|lbft|0}}, and improved cooling.{{Cite press release |title=Upgraded GR Supra GT4 EVO Launched for 2023 |url=https://global.toyota/en/newsroom/toyota/37544126.html |author=|publisher=Toyota |date=2022-10-28 |access-date=2023-08-23}}

As of 2022, more than 50 GR Supra GT4 cars have been used in GT4 class races. They have earned victories in 11 national and international GT4 championships, and over 100 podium finishes. In August 2022, the GR Supra GT4 earned its 50th class win in a major championship, at the GT World Challenge Asia at Sportsland Sugo in Japan.

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Matt Andrews piloted Curtis Chen's Mk IV Supra to a win at the 2008 Super Lap Battle Finals in the Street RWD division with a time of 1:57:711.

Previously his car took home overall street class in 2006.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Matt Andrews and Al Rhee piloted Curtis Chen's Mk IV Supra in the road racing and drag racing tests representing Super Street Magazine for the 2010 Castrol Syntec Top Car Challenge. The Team came in first place followed by a Modified R35 GTR.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

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Since first appearing in 1994, Toyota has raced the JZA80 Supra as a GT500 race car in the JGTC series. Beginning with a four-cylinder 2.1-liter turbocharged 503E (3S-GT) mounted onto a stock bodyshell with wide arch body kit and spoiler.{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Le_Mans-1995-06-18-photo.html |title=Le Mans 24 Hours 1995 (Photo Archive) |publisher=Racing Sports Cars |date=1995-06-18 |accessdate=2011-08-11}} Over the years, as demands for expensive GT1 race specials became common, the JGTC regulation drifted away from FIA rules, as a result, the Supra has progressively underwent numerous changes over the years,{{Cite web|author=Photo by courtesy of: Jeremy Jackson |url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1996/Le_Mans-1996-06-16-057.jpg |title=Photo View |publisher=Racing Sports Cars |date=1996-06-16 |accessdate=2011-08-11}} most noticeable, the numerous body changes and by the late 1990s, the Supra used a developed version of the 3SG,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame.php?file=car.php&carnum=3272 |title=Toyota Tom's Supra GT500 |publisher=Ultimatecarpage.com |date=2007-07-10 |accessdate=2011-08-11}} which was developed from the IMSA engine and similar to the 3SGTE engine found in the Toyota Corolla WRC car.{{Cite web |url=http://www.toysport.com/Technical%20Information/3sgt_tech_notes.htm |title=Toysport.com |publisher=Toysport.com |accessdate=2011-08-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807031603/http://www.toysport.com/Technical%20Information/3sgt_tech_notes.htm |archive-date=2011-08-07 }}

By the early 2000s, for the benefit of torque, the Supra moved on to 3UZ-FE V8 engine.

Altogether, the Supra has taken the drivers' title five times in 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2021, and the teams' title two times in 1997 and 1999. Despite being out of production since 2002, factory teams continued to use JZA80 Supras with continued successes. The car's swansong competitive year was in 2006, when it was used by Toyota Team Tsuchiya and Toyota Team SARD.{{Cite web |url=http://www.supergt.net/supergt/2006/06team/index_en.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603213710/http://supergt.net/supergt/2006/06team/index_en.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-06-03 |title=2006 Team Information |publisher=SUPERGT.net |accessdate=2011-08-11 }} From 2007 till 2019, Toyota was represented in the GT500 by its luxury brand Lexus and its line of GT cars, such as the SC430 and LC500. However, from 2020 onwards, Toyota began using the Supra again in both the GT500 and GT300 series.

In 2000, the Falken team entered the 24 Hours Nürburgring race with the 2-liter turbo version. Modified for the race around the clock the car made it up to the 6th place when an accident ended its race in the early morning.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahynixRDFj4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/ahynixRDFj4| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=24h Nürburgring 2000 archive footage|publisher=DSF |date=2010-03-29 |accessdate=2015-04-20}}{{cbignore}}

In 2020, the Supra returned to the GT500 class in Super GT, replacing the Lexus LC.{{Cite web |url=https://toyotagazooracing.com/gr/supra/gt500/ |title=Toyota GAZOO Racing 'Supra' to Compete in the Super GT GT500 Class |publisher=Toyota Gazoo Racing |location=Japan |date=2019-01-11 |access-date=2019-11-07}} GT300 team Saitama Toyopet GreenBrave also introduced a V8 engined GT300-spec Supra for 2020, replacing the Mark X that the team had fielded since 2017.{{Cite web |title=Toyota reveals Super GT GT300-spec Supra in Tokyo |url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/toyota-supra-gt300-tokyo-auto/4649760/ |first=Rachit |last=Thukral |website=motorsport.com |location=US |date=2020-01-10 |access-date=2020-07-24}} Both GT500 and GT300 iterations took victory in their respective classes at the first race of the 2020 season in Fuji.{{Cite web|title=Fuji Super GT: Cassidy, Hirakawa win on Supra debut|url=https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/toyota-supra-cassidy-hirakawa-fuji/4839669/ |first=Jamie |last=Klein |website=motorsport.com |location=US |date=2020-07-19 |access-date=2020-07-24}}

In the 2021 Super GT Series, the Toyota Supra GT500 raced by TGR Team au Tom's won the 2021 Championship in the GT500 class, driven by Yuhi Sekiguchi and Sho Tsuboi. The team overcame a 16-point deficit in the final round of the season to win the championship.{{Cite web |title=Victory And GT500 Championship Glory For TGR Team au TOM's at Fuji {{!}} dailysportscar.com |url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2021/11/28/victory-and-gt500-championship-glory-for-tgr-team-au-toms-at-fuji.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=www.dailysportscar.com}}{{Cite web |last=CORPORATION |first=TOYOTA MOTOR |title=GR Supra GT500 TGR TEAM au TOM'S #36 {{!}} CAR LINEUP {{!}} 東京オートサロン |url=https://toyotagazooracing.com/jp/eventexhibition/tokyoautosalon/lineup/car010/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=TOYOTA GAZOO Racing |language=ja}}

The 2023 Super GT Series resulted in championship victories for the Toyota GR Supra in both classes. The GR Supra GT500 raced by TGR Team au TOM'S won the championship in the GT500 class, driven by Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata, while the GR Supra GT300 raced by Saitama Green Brave won the championship in the GT300 class, driven by Hiroki Yoshida and Kohta Kawaai.{{Cite web |title=2023 AUTOBACS SUPER GT シリーズチャンピオン会見 {{!}} SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE |url=https://supergt.net/news/single/23096 |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=supergt.net}}

Again in 2024, TGR Team au TOM'S won the championship in the GT500 class for a consecutive year, with drivers Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata.{{Cite web |title=Rd.5 決勝GT500：連覇のau TOM'S GR Supraが苦戦ながらも最終戦をポール・トゥ・ウインで締める！ {{!}} SUPER GT OFFICIAL WEBSITE |url=https://supergt.net/news/single/23873 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=supergt.net}}{{Cite web |title=TOM’S & JLOC Crowned SUPER GT Champions In Suzuka |url=https://www.dailysportscar.com/2024/12/08/toms-jloc-crowned-super-gt-champions-in-suzuka.html |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.dailysportscar.com}}

The JGTC specification Supra by the factory-backed SARD team made its Le Mans debut in 1995 where it finished 14th, the team returned again for the following year which they did not finish.{{Cite web |date=2009-02-18 |title=Retrospective>>toyota Supra Gt Lm At Le Mans |url=http://www.speedhunters.com/2009/02/retrospective_gt_gt_toyota_supra_gt_lm_at_le_mans/ |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=Speedhunters |language=en-US}}

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The Supra HV-R is a hybrid race car based on the Super GT Supra jointly developed by Toyota and Toyota Team SARD. The four-wheel drive HV-R combines a 4.5 L V8 ({{cvt|480|hp|kW|0|order=flip|disp=comma}}) from its Super GT UZ-FE engine, a rear-axle-mounted electric motor ({{cvt|200|hp|kW|round=10|order=flip|disp=semicolon}}), and two front in-wheel electric motors ({{cvt|13|hp|kW PS hp|order=out|disp=semicolon|0}} each) to generate over {{cvt|700|hp|kW|-1|order=flip}}. The car weighs {{cvt|2380|lb|order=flip}}.{{cite news|url=http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=121759 |title=Toyota Wins First Race With a Hybrid |accessdate=2007-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821143304/http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=121759 |archive-date=August 21, 2007 }}

The Denso SARD Supra HV-R became the first hybrid race car in history to win a race when Toyota Team SARD took first place in the Tokachi 24-hour, a Super Taikyu race, on July 16, 2007. The car completed 616 laps, 19 laps ahead of the second-place finisher.{{cite news |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/16/hybrid-toyota-supra-wins-tokachi-24-hrs/ |title=Toyota Supra Wins Tokachi 24-Hour race |first=Alex |last=Nunez |work=Autoblog |date=2007-07-16 |accessdate=2007-07-21}}

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File:Drifting1.JPG drifting a RS-R Supra at NOPI Nationals 2005]]

Toyota Supra was used for top level drifting events, most notably Manabu Orido, the D1GP judge turned competitor, who, for personal reasons, chose the JZA80 to be his personal car and his own racecar of Super GT series{{Cite web |url=http://driftjapan.com/blog/drivers/manabu-max-orido/ |title=Manabu "Max" Orido |publisher=Drift Japan |date=2007-06-20 |accessdate=2011-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725233507/http://driftjapan.com/blog/drivers/manabu-max-orido/ |archive-date=2011-07-25 |url-status=dead }} and Rhys Millen, who briefly converted his Supra race car for use in drift events before selling it on and switching to the works Pontiac GTO. Fredric Aasbø has been driving Supras in both Norwegian and US drifting events since 2008, Mark Luney has also prepared a high-powered Supra to compete within UK events in 2010. Some of the most notorious Supras built for drifting in Europe belong to the Russian owned team called Evil Empire, with its headquarters in Sankt Petersburg, and Sergey Kabargin as one of the main drivers. [http://www.speedhunters.com/2016/08/inside-evil-empire-drift-team/]

Orido's JZA80 consisted of many parts from his JGTC racer including the tail lights, doors and foot pedals and boasts of over {{cvt|700|bhp|kW|0|order=flip}} outputted from a modified 3.4 liter engine,JDM Option Vol. 15 but is set up to run at {{cvt|600|bhp|kW|0|order=flip}} for reliability. The body work design is designed by fellow D1GP commentator Manabu Suzuki. During the 2005 season, Orido finished 12th overall, managing a second-place finish at Ebisu and two other points finishes. His professional drifting career ended abruptly during a transportation accident, when en route to an Advan Drift Meeting, a sleeping truck driver collided into the back of the truck containing the RS-R Supra, severely damaging the car's front end.JDM Option Vol. 23 When informed, Orido was relieved as he saw it as an opportunity to end his drifting career as it took up a lot of his time.

In 2010, a year after Orido returned to D1GP with his Aristo, he once again switched to the JZA80 Supra as his drift car, driving it for two seasons until 2012, where he moved to his current drift car, the new Toyota 86. During his second run with the Supra, Orido did considerably better compared to his 1st achieving a second-place finish at Okayama and 8th overall in 2010,{{Cite web|url=http://www.d1gp.co.jp/04_rank/rk2010-e.html |title=2010 Series Ranking |website=D1 GRAND PRIX Official Website |accessdate=2015-05-23}} and 13th overall in 2011 where he also scored a half-points victory at Autopolis, his first recorded victory in D1GP, due to Orido finishing 1st in the qualifying stage after the tsuiso battles were halted because of heavy rain.{{Cite web|url=http://www.d1gp.co.jp/04_rank/rk2011-e.html |title=2011 Series Ranking |website=D1 GRAND PRIX Official Website |accessdate=2015-05-23}}

Orido's 2005 RS-R Supra also made appearances outside Japan, with Ken Gushi driving the car during the Formula D Invitational Event at Abu Dhabi in 2011, and Orido driving the car again during the first two rounds of the Formula Drift Asia in 2012, with Fredric Aasbø driving the car for the third and last round.{{Cite web |url=http://www.formuladriftasia.com/standings/2012.php |title=Australia - Standings - 2012 |website=Formula DRIFT Asia |accessdate=2015-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122082215/http://www.formuladriftasia.com/standings/2012.php |archive-date=2016-01-22 |url-status=dead }}

File:Osaka Auto Messe 2020 (271) - No.90 Team TOYO TIRES DRIFT GR Supra.jpg Team Toyo Tires Supra]]

On 13 March 2019, Toyota Gazoo Racing announced that it would be sponsoring the first fifth-generation GR Supra in the D1 Grand Prix production car drifting series, raced by Daigo Saito and Team Fat Five Racing (later rebranded as TMAR) for the 2019 season onwards.{{Cite press release |title=Drift Driver Daigo Saito to Drive the GR Supra in the Monster Energy presents D1GP All Star Shoot-out {{!}} Other {{!}} 2019 |url=https://toyotagazooracing.com/release/2019/other/0313-01/ |website=Toyota Gazoo Racing |date=2019-03-13 |access-date=2023-02-09}}{{Cite web |last=Clifford |first=Joe |date=2019-03-13 |title=Toyota Gazoo Racing sponsors world's first drift GR Supra |url=https://mag.toyota.co.uk/toyota-gazoo-racing-worlds-first-drift-gr-supra/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Toyota UK Magazine |language=en-GB}} Team Toyo Tires also announced that they will be joining in using the GR Supra, driven by Masato Kawabata, from 2019 onwards.{{Cite press release |title=Toyo Tires Announces New Team in the 2019 D1GP Series |url=https://www.toyotires-global.com/press/2019/190318_e.html |publisher=Toyo Tires |date=2019-03-18 |access-date=2023-02-09}}{{Cite press release |title=Toyo Tires Participates in the 2020 D1GP Series |url=https://www.toyotires-global.com/press/2020/200611.html |publisher=Toyo Tires |date=2020-06-11 |access-date=2023-02-09}} Other teams such as Team Yokohama Toyopet, Car Guy Racing, and SPAN Racing also later elected to use the GR Supra platform for their race teams.{{Cite press release |title=Sailun and EVA announce new car unveiling for the 2021 D1GP at Toyota GR Garage |url=https://en.sailungroup.com/public/portal/article/index/id/9052.html |publisher=Sailun Group |date=2021-04-08 |access-date=2023-02-09}}

In March 2020, the first GR Supra for the Formula Drift drifting series was unveiled by Papadakis Racing in partnership with Toyota Gazoo Racing.{{Cite web |title=Read the Latest on Toyota Formula Drift {{!}} Toyota Racing |url=https://www.toyota.com/racing/formula-drift |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=www.toyota.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite press release |date=2020-11-02 |title=Papadakis Formula D GR Supra Surges Toward SEMA360 Debut |url=https://pressroom.toyota.com/papadakis-formula-d-gr-supra-surges-toward-sema360-debut/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |publisher=Toyota |location=US}} It was powered by a modified B58 engine producing over {{cvt|1000|hp|kW|round=50|order=flip}} and was driven by Fredric Aasbø.{{Cite web |first=Andrew |last=Sluys |title=1000HP Toyota GR Supra unveiled for 2020 Formula Drift season |url=https://www.driven.co.nz/news/1000hp-toyota-gr-supra-unveiled-for-2020-formula-drift-season/ |date=2020-04-03 |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=Driven}} In November 2020, another GR Supra for Formula D was unveiled by GReddy Performance, powered by a modified B58 powerplant producing {{cvt|800|hp|kW|round=10|order=flip}}, and driven by Ken Gushi.{{Cite press release |date=2020-11-02 |title=GReddy Performance GR Supra "Drifts" into Toyota's SEMA360 Showcase |url=https://pressroom.toyota.com/greddy-performance-gr-supra-drifts-into-toyotas-sema360-showcase/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |publisher=Toyota |location=US}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-02 |title=GReddy Transforms Toyota Supra Into A Drift Machine |url=https://carbuzz.com/news/greddy-transforms-toyota-supra-into-a-drift-machine |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=CarBuzz |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |last=Chitulescu |first=Dragos |date=2021-01-01 |title=Pro Drifter Puts His Dad Behind the Wheel of 800 HP GR Supra, Guess What Happens |url=https://www.autoevolution.com/news/pro-drifter-puts-his-dad-behind-the-wheel-of-800-hp-gr-supra-guess-what-happens-153844.html |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=autoevolution |language=en}} Both Formula D GR Supras were featured by Toyota at the 2020 SEMA show, and have competed in Formula D since 2020.{{Cite press release |date=2020-12-18 |title=Imagination and Passion Intersect at SEMA |url=https://pressroom.toyota.com/imagination-and-passion-intersect-at-sema/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |publisher=Toyota |location=US}} Team Huragan Racing's Oleksii Holovnia also began piloting a GR Supra in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Oleksii Holovnia |url=https://www.formulad.com/drivers/oleksii-holovnia |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.formulad.com |language=en}}

Aasbø went on to win the 2021 and 2022 Formula D Championship driving the GR Supra, winning five individual rounds since 2020.{{Cite web |last=FormulaD |date=2021-10-25 |title=SERIES NEWS: AASBO AND BRUTSKIY WIN 2021 FORMULA DRIFT PRO & PROSPEC CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THRILLING IRWINDALE FINALS |url=https://news.formulad.com/2021/fd-news/series-news-aasbo-and-brutskiy-win-2021-formula-drift-pro-prospec-championships-at-thrilling-irwindale-finals/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=Formula DRIFT BLOG |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=FormulaD |date=2022-10-17 |title=AASBO IS CROWNED 2022 FORMULA DRIFT PRO CHAMPION AND WINS IRWINDALE ROUND 8 |url=https://news.formulad.com/2022/fd-news/aasbo-is-crowned-2022-formula-drift-pro-champion-and-wins-irwindale-round-8/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=Formula DRIFT BLOG |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=FormulaD |date=2023-02-23 |title=A GENUINE DRIFTING 'SUPRAHERO'! |url=https://news.formulad.com/2023/fd-news/a-genuine-drifting-suprahero/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=Formula DRIFT BLOG |language=en-US}} Strong performances by the GR Supra in Formula D have also helped Toyota win the overall Formula D Auto Cup in both 2021 and 2022.{{Cite web |last=FormulaD |date=2021-10-25 |title=SERIES NEWS: RESULTS FROM THE 2021 FORMULA DRIFT AUTO CUP |url=https://news.formulad.com/2021/fd-news/series-news-results-from-the-2021-formula-drift-auto-cup/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=Formula DRIFT BLOG |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Toyota driver Fredric Aasbo wins third Formula DRIFT championship |url=https://www.toyota.com/racing/formula-drift/news/2022/toyota-driver-fredric-aasbo-wins-third-formula-drift-championshi |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=www.toyota.com |language=en-US}}

Goran Burmudžija uses a third generation Supra in the Serbian Drift Championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.tuning.rs/?goran-burmudzija-novi-sad-srbija |title=Goran Burmudžija Novi Sad, Srbija |trans-title=Goran Burmudžija Novi Sad, Serbia |language=Serbian |location=Serbia |date=2024 |access-date=2024-06-16}}

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On July 5, 2018, Toyota announced that the fifth generation Supra will replace the Camry in the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series in the US.{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2018/07/05/revival-fittest-toyota-supra-coming-nascar-xfinity-series/ |title=Revival of the Fittest: Toyota Supra Coming to NASCAR Xfinity Series |first=Zack |last=Albert |website=NASCAR |location=US |date=2018-07-05 |accessdate=2018-07-06}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.caranddriver.com/news/heres-the-new-toyota-supra-as-a-nascar-racer |title=Here's the New Toyota Supra as a NASCAR Racer |first=Greg |last=Fink |magazine=Car and Driver |location=US |date=2018-07-05 |accessdate=2018-07-06}}

On February 23, 2019, Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing scored the Supra's first NASCAR win at Atlanta.{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2019/02/23/results-xfinity-series-atlanta-motor-speedway-rinnai-250/ |title=Christopher Bell surges at Atlanta for Supra's first Xfinity win |first=Reid |last=Spencer |website=NASCAR |location=US |date=2019-02-23 |accessdate=2019-05-27}} The Supra has won two Xfinity Series championships: 2021 with Daniel Hemric and 2022 with Ty Gibbs.{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2021/11/06/daniel-hemric-claims-first-nascar-xfinity-series-championship/ |title=Joe Gibbs Racing's Daniel Hemric claims first Xfinity Series championship |website=NASCAR |location=US |date=2021-11-06 |access-date=2022-05-27}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2022/11/05/ty-gibbs-triumphs-claims-xfinity-series-title-in-rookie-year/ |title=Ty Gibbs triumphs, claims Xfinity Series title in rookie year |first=Cameron |last=Richardson |website=NASCAR |location=US |date=2022-11-05 |access-date=2025-04-09}}

Despite the announcement that this generation of the production model Supra will be discontinued by March 2026, Toyota will continue to field the Supra-bodied stock car in the US based Xfinity Series for the foreseeable future.{{cite news |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/toyota-drops-huge-update-amid-looming-2026-nascar-uncertainty/ar-AA1CmPBn |title=Toyota Drops Huge Update Amid Looming 2026 NASCAR Uncertainty |first=R. |last=Kishore R |publisher=MSN |location=US |date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-04-09}}

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Tuning companies and race teams have often used the Toyota Supra in time attack and speed record motorsport applications, mainly in Japan since the 1980's.

In 1983, HKS developed the HKS M300, a highly tuned second generation Celica XX (XX being the Supra's Japan name) with a twin-turbocharged 5M-GE engine, to set speed records. The M300 became the first ever Japanese automobile to exceed {{cvt|300|km/h|mph|0}} with a speed record of {{cvt|301.25|km/h|mph|2}}) at the Yatabe proving grounds in 1983.{{Cite web |title=First and Forgotten: HKS M300 |url=https://www.carthrottle.com/post/popj35z/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Car Throttle |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Hsu |first=Ben |date=2015-10-23 |title=TBT: HKS M300 Toyota Celica XX |url=https://japanesenostalgiccar.com/tbt-hks-m300-toyota-celica-xx/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Japanese Nostalgic Car |language=en-US}}

In 1993, the HKS T-001, a modified Supra Mk IV, was developed for time attack and speed trials. It produced over {{cvt|730|PS|kW PS hp|order=out|round=5}}, reached {{cvt|344|km/h|mph|0}}, and set a lap time at the Tsukuba Circuit of 1 minute 1.97 seconds.{{Citation |title=HKS T-001 JZ80 MKIV Toyota Supra Development Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjB5KGyqKeE |access-date=2023-02-08 |language=en}}

Since 1994, Smokey Nagata and the Top Secret team have participated in speed trials and speed challenges such as 0–400 km/h (0-249 mph), 0–300 km/h (0-186 mph), 1000m, and top speed challenges using specialized Mk IV Supras. Nagata notoriously performed many illegal speed runs on public roads, including 341 km/h (212 mph) on the Autobahn (Germany), 358 km/h (222 mph) on Nardò (Italy) with a Top Secret V12 Supra,{{Cite web |title=会社概要｜About – TOPSECRET |url=https://topsecret-jpn.com/about/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |language=ja}} and 317 km/h (197 mph) on public roads in the UK with a Top Secret Supra MKIV.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-20 |title=Meet the man who attempted 200mph on a British motorway |url=https://www.topgear.com/car-news/modified/meet-man-who-attempted-200mph-british-motorway |access-date=2023-01-31 |website=Top Gear |language=en}}{{Citation |title=SMOKY NAGATA's MIDNIGHT 200MPH BLAST chapters 1 & 2 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-74-kFWJTm0 |access-date=2022-11-28 |language=en}} In 2008 at the Nardò Ring in Italy, the Top Secret V12 Supra set a top speed of 222.6 mph, powered by a swapped 1GZ-FE with dual HKS GT2835 ball bearing turbochargers and tuned to 930 hp and 745 lb-ft of torque.{{Cite web |last=Stumpf |first=Rob |date=2017-12-13 |title='Top Secret' V12 Toyota Supra Going to Auction, and You Need It |url=https://www.thedrive.com/article/16938/top-secret-v12-supra-is-going-up-for-auction-and-you-need-it |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=The Drive |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-14 |title=Smokey Nagata's Wizardry: The Legendary V12-Powered Top Secret Toyota Supra |url=https://www.hotcars.com/smokey-nagata-v12-powered-top-secret-toyota-supra/ |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=HotCars |language=en}}

In 2023, Masahiro Sasaki set a lap time of 58.038 seconds at the Tsukuba Circuit in the fifth-generation GR Supra tuned by Screen and D2 Racing.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-25 |title=Masahiro Sasaki was also busy jumping in between 5 cars at Attack Tsukuba 2023. |url=https://www.facebook.com/Shuboxinc/posts/pfbid0y37aiXLzzNg9LE7gVCdVFsBhHV9S5G2bSsELdkEDYG2YUL993Pa9kMxeghNRDbrkl |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=ShuBoxInc}}

The Toyota Supra has been used to set lap times at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, by both Toyota as well as aftermarket tuners.

Japanese tuning company BLITZ teamed up with Racelogic of the United Kingdom to take on the non-series/non-road-legal class Nürburgring time in 1997 – they beat it by 4 seconds with a time of 7:49.40 and claimed the title. It was claimed to be capable of 750 PS (552 kW; 740 hp) but ran on 606 bhp (452 kW; 614 PS) when the time was recorded.

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