NEWS: 2013 Toyota Sprint Series Dates

Yay, the Toyota Sprint Series – one of the most affordable, fun, well organised events of its kind in the UK – is back for 20123, with some great venues and dates and the usual huge class mixture, making almost everyone a winner! 

They say: "Following on from a from a very successful 2012 championship, the series continues to provide some of the best value for money motor sport in the country for like minded Toyota enthusiasts." And we can expect to see brand new GT86's – including the mighty Fensport demo car – on the track against Supras, MR2's, Corollas, Celicas and more this year. The provisional 2013 dates and venues are:

Round 1, 28th April: Blyton Park
Round 2, 19th May: Woodbridge
Round 3, 9th June: Barkston Heath
Round 4, 18th August Blyton (different course to R1)
Round 5, 15th September: Croft Circuit
Round 6, 19th October: Snetterton 100 Circuit

The TSS add: "The Toyota Sprint Series is designed to be an affordable first step into motor sport for Toyota enthusiasts. It will be designed to be as safe as possible, whilst providing excitement and challenge for drivers of all levels, from complete novices to professional teams, everyone is made welcome. Venues are chosen for their safety and track layouts are designed to test the driver/car ability. All runs are against the clock only. With thirteen classes covering a wide range of machinery from completely standard cars to highly modified, there is something for everyone, from cars in excess of twenty five years old being joined by the latest GT86's. Also on offer is our "Class X" specially designed to allow drivers of non Toyota cars to compete alongside and get a feel of TSS. The dedicated and friendly team at TSS look forward to yet another year of quality motorsport at a very affordable price and we invite you to get out there and give it a try!"

Entry costs are a very reasonable £125 per round and entries are limited to a first come first served basis, so get entering via www.ToyotaSprint.com. It's a whole lot of Toyota fun! 

VIDEO: Fensport Toyota GT86 VS Croft

Here is the wicked Fensport GT86 taking 1st in class and 3rd overall at the brilliant Toyota Sprint Series Round IV at the fabulously fast Croft circuit. The car is only a couple of month's into its development into a perfect sprint car, ready for a title assault in 2013 and you can see the full story in the latest issue of Road Magazine, FREE at: http://issuu.com/roadonlinemagazine/docs/road_30_small/1

And keep up to date with Fensport's Project GT86 at: http://www.fensport.co.uk/FensportCars/GT86.aspx

VIDEO: Fensport Celica GT4 X @ Goodwood Festival of Speed

Want to know what Toyota tuners Fensport are capable of? Check out their 818bhp Celica GT4X blasting the Goodwood Festival of Speed hill climb course in 2011, taking 4th overall. Monster!
Check out their rapidly-developing sprint GT86 in the latest FREE issue of Road Magazine at: http://issuu.com/roadonlinemagazine/docs/road_30_small/1
Expect more for 2013...

MAGAZINE: Road 30: Toyota GT86 & Subaru BRZ Special: Standard & Tuned

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This month's Road Magazine is all about the cult car cachet of the instantly iconic Toyota GT86 & Subaru BRZ. Travis drummer and Road race ace, Neil Primrose drives the standard Subaru BRZ across the South Lakes and gives his expert verdict. Road Editor, Phil Royle takes the Toyota GT86 on an early morning road trip on some of the UK's quietest roads, to discover its charms. And we take a look at three of the best tuned versions of the cars that are rapidly becoming tuning icons too – with Sumo Power & JRM Racing's GT86 kit in R&D at Snetterton, the developing Litchfield Motors BRZ Performance Pack and Fensport's sprinting GT86. We hope you enjoy this issue of Road, 100% FREE...? Please do share it with your friends and family on social network sites and forums. Enjoy! Team Road, out! Also, check out our 30+ back issues of Road Magazine on our new look website: www.roadmagazine.co.ukAnd see some extra behind the scenes images here on our jam-packed Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/roadmagblogLike it?! LIKE it...!!

NEWS: Toyota GT86 Scores First Motorsport Victory

Toyota’s exciting new GT86 sport coupe has claimed its first UK motorsport victory – winning the third round of the Toyota Sprint Series at Barkston Heath on Sunday 12 August. Driven and prepared by Adrian Smith of Fensport (http://www.fensport.co.uk) in conjunction with Autocar magazine, the car was competing in the Toyota-sponsored event for the first time and duly won both its class and the event overall. It was also a first win for a rear wheel drive car with a normally aspirated engine since the series began in 2007. Fensport boss, Adrian Smith posted the quickest time of 54.55 seconds around the 0.75-mile Lincolnshire course, six hundredths of a second quicker than the second placed, heavily modified Celica GT-Four ST205 of Iain Gard. Third place went to Autocar’s Steve Sutcliffe who co-drove the GT86 with Smith.
The GT86 used a standard 2.0-litre “boxer” engine and unmodified six-speed gearbox. The only changes made to the road car specification were the suspension, wheels and track tyres.  To save weight the interior was stripped out and fitted with a racing seat.
The GT86 was lined up against a range of standard and modified Toyotas, and its winning time demonstrates the rewards drivers can enjoy from the car’s essential qualities of light weight, agility and strong grip – elements that Toyota made priorities in its development programme.
A great deal of preparation took place very quickly by Smith and his team at Fensport to prepare for the event as the GT86 only went on sale this month in the UK.
Smith said: "Driving the GT86 for the first time on track was an absolute joy, the car has responded so well to our modifications and has proved to be a very capable and extremely well handling package. I am really looking forward to further development of the car and hope to repeat our initial success."
With further development planned for the car, Smith hopes to maintain this winning streak at Croft on 16 September and Snetterton on 20 October.  The Toyota Sprint Series is open to all Toyota vehicles, from standard road-going models to highly modified cars, each competing in their own class against the clock on a series of timed runs. For more details visit www.toyotasprint.com.
This win celebrates the start of GT86 participation in motorsport with Toyota (GB) entering a car in this year’s Britcar 24 hour race at Silverstone from the 21 to the 23 September.  The GT86 is available to buy now from Toyota Centres and is priced from £24,995 on the road.
Find out more about the GT86 racer at: http://www.facebook.com/Fensport & look forward to our road test of the GT86 in www.roadmagazine.co.uk Toyota and Lexus special this Autumn.