Toda Racing
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| Founded | 1971 |
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| Base | Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture |
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| Website | www |
TODA RACING Co., Ltd. is a Japanese automotive parts supplier and racing engine constructor. It also operates its own racing team.
History[edit]
Founded in 1971 by Yukio Toda. Since it was founded, the company has been tuning Honda engines, so it has a deep relationship with Honda, but it also tunes engines for Toyota, BMW, and other manufacturers. The company also actively sells aftermarket parts to general users.[1] Since its founding, the company has supplied its own engines and chassis for junior formula races such as FJ1300 and FL500.
Since it began competing in the All-Japan F3 Championship with its own team in 1988, it has continued to compete intermittently to the present day, and has been competing for many years with TOM'S, DOME, INGING Motorsport, and others as a major user of the Mugen MF204 engine. In particular, since M-TEC the developer of the MF204 engine withdrew from All Japan F3 in 2007, the company has developed its own engines and participated in the race since 2008.[1] Since 2013, it has participated in the Japanese F3 with its completely in-house engine, the TR-F301. But due to issues such as engine development costs, it has stopped participating with the TR-F301 at the end of 2020. In Super Formula Lights, TODA has used Siegfried Spiess Motorenbau GmbH engines before the series change into one-make engine from TOM'S.[2][3]
During their Formula 3 & Super Formula Lights period, they have not won a single constructor title.[1] But they have won many races from Tadasuke Makino, Toshiki Oyu, Ren Sato, Kakunoshin Ohta, and Syun Koide as their drivers.[4][5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "history". toda-racing.co.jp.
- ^ "Super Formula Lights to become a spec-engine series in 2024". formulascout.com. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- ^ Muschlien, Finjo (16 May 2024). "Super Formula Lights: 2024 season guide". Feeder Series. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ Wood, Ida (15 January 2021). "Honda junior Ren Sato gets Super Formula Lights and Super GT seats". Formula Scout.
- ^ "Honda outlines Super Formula driver roster for 2022". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Honda 2023 Motorsports Program Overview". Honda Racing. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.