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Originally Posted by KA
The Fuji WTC round might have been the debut for the TOM'S cars( not sure if they did any JTCC rounds before that?), but a pair then went on to Macau, for Hoshino and Alan Jones- I think both were DNFs
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Just to set the record straight
The JTCC debut of Supra MA70 turbo was at Sugo on 09-19-1987 with Monolta colours. The interesting fact is that TOMs supra driven by Alan JONES / E. El? took first place in that race ,followed by Auttech M3. The debut win was actually somehow logical ,considering that Trampio Sierra got DNF at lap 24.
http://www.jaf.or.jp/CGI/msports/res...i?race_id=2041
Unfortunately until the end of the 1987 season TOMs Supra could take a single win against the Sierras at either
Fuji ot
Suzuka ,and the next year with the new regulations it was much more difficult regardless ot the TurboA evolution model...
The good news is that with the Debut Win of TOMs supra caught the attention of the Japanees media and they installed onBoard cameras in their cars. For us that means that we can enjoy some very rare Group A Supra action ,this is onBoard from TOMs supra ,driven by Geoff Lees from GB:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j3tO...z4xXEhAm0GS5BI
And here is the Car 36 (driven by Eje Elgh / Mauro Baldi) accident (based on the video I believe to be a steering lock or rear brakes issue):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcImD...layer_embedded