TOM'S

is an automotive aftermarket parts manufacturer and tuner of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, as well as a factory-backed racing team. The TOM'S head office is located in Tokyo, Japan.

TOM'S most prominently produces aftermarket parts for current Toyota vehicles, and has also created its own special edition of certain current Lexus models.

In motorsport, the company is currently heavily involved with Super GT, Super Formula and Super Formula Lights. TOM'S Racing has won the Japanese Formula 3 Championship 21 times, the Super GT series 11 times, the Super Formula Championship six times, and the Super Formula Lights series four times.

History The name stands for Tachi Oiwa Motor Sport, as the company was established in 1974 by Nobuhide Tachi and Kiyoshi Oiwa. Despite an oil crisis at the time, the two were able to show productive results and a healthy development of motorsports for Toyota. With the support of Toyota, TOM'S went into business in 1974.

In 1975 the Toyota Motor Corporation officially recognized TOM'S as an authorized tuning shop. In 1978, the firm opened a garage in the Tama area of Tokyo. TOM'S entered the Japanese Formula 3 as an engine tuner in 1981.

In 1987, TOM'S expanded to Hingham in Norfolk, England, setting up as TOM'S GB LIMITED. The factory initially housed the TOM'S engine shops and Glenn Waters's Formula 3 team before expanding to running the Sportscar World Championship and BTCC programs. in 1992 TOM'S attempted to lure Toyota into F1 by embarking on a Formula 1 feasibility study which included the establishment of a 40,000 sq. ft. R&D center. The design of the R&D center was overseen by John Barnard and a TOM'S F1 car was designed (dubbed the 011F) but never built . After Toyota rejected the idea of a Formula 1 entry, TOM'S sold the Norfolk factory to Volkswagen in 1998 and left the European market .

In 1993, TOM'S produced vehicles for the Japanese Formula 3000. In 1994, the firm marked its 20th anniversary with "TOM'S Angel T01", a commemorative model. 1995 saw the lightweight sports car series T101, T082, and T020. In 2003, TOM'S modified vehicles entered the All Japan F3 Championship group of the All Japan GT Championship.

List of complete cars

Z20 Soarer 'C5' A70 Supra 'C5' F070M Celsior (Lexus LS 400/430) F070 Celsior (Lexus LS 400/430) Z382 Soarer (Lexus SC) S741 Majesta S630 Aristo S740 Athlete S970 Athlete Toyota Blade S972 Estate X540 Chaser E910 Altezza (Lexus IS 300) Toyota Altezza RS200 Land Cruiser RX330/Harrier Prius H125 Alphard Isis W123 (MR-S) Angel T01 T020 (MR-2) T111 (Corolla AE111 Trueno) T101 T091 T082 P050 Vitz EP82 Starlet GT Turbo Lexus LC (URZ100/GWZ100) Century GR Supra Supra Tourer (J29/DB) Lexus LC500 Convertible Lexus GS-F prod.Kazuki Nakajima Lexus IS300 GR Yaris GR86 Wide Body Also the aero work done to the number 36 Castrol TOM'S SUPRA (1997 GTC 500 Champion with Michael Krumm and Pedro de la Rosa).

Motorsport

In addition to aftermarket tuning and parts, TOM'S Racing has a long history in motorsport. Since its founding in 1974, TOM'S has continuously stayed involved in automotive racing, as a tuning partner, engine supplier, or racing team, especially with Toyota factory-backed racing teams.

Super Formula Lights (aka Japanese F3) Championship TOM'S Racing had a large involvement and repeated success in the Super Formula Lights (originally Japanese Formula 3 Championship; name changed after FIA nomenclature regulations and the promoters changed to Euroformula Open Championship standards).

They won the championship a record 25 times: in 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, and after the FIA-mandated rebranding, in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024.

Super GT/JGTC TOM'S Racing has been consistently involved in the Super GT racing series, the top level of Japanese sports car racing, since 1995 when it was called the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC). The team has raced both Toyota and Lexus silhouette cars.

TOM'S has won the GT500 Class Championship eleven times: in 1997, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

24 Hours of LeMans From 1985 until 1993, TOM'S competed in the 24 Hours of LeMans, with a best result of 2nd place in 1992 with a Toyota TS010.

All Japan Sports Prototype Championship TOM'S raced in the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship in Group C, winning a championship in 1992.

Macau Grand Prix With the second-most team wins in history, TOM'S has won the Macau Grand Prix five times: in 1992, 1998, 1999, 2007, and 2008.

Japanese Touring Car Championship TOM'S won the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1994 with a Toyota Corona E, and in 1997 with a Toyota Chaser.

Super Formula Championship In the top level of Japanese single-seater racing, the Super Formula Championship, TOM'S has won the championship six times: in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2023, and 2024.

Results

24 Hours of Le Mans Year Entrant Tyres Car Drivers Class Laps 1985 TOM'S36TOM'S 85C Satoru Nakajima Masanori Sekiya Kaoru HoshinoC133012th12th1986 TOM'S Team36TOM'S 86C Satoru Nakajima Masanori Sekiya Geoff LeesC1105DNFDNF1987 Toyota Team TOM'S36Toyota 87C-L Geoff Lees Alan Jones Eje ElghC119DNFDNF37 Masanori Sekiya Kaoru Hoshino Tiff NeedellC139DNFDNF1988 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 Toyota 88C Masanori Sekiya Kaoru Hoshino Geoff Lees C1 351 12th 12th37 Hitoshi Ogawa Paolo Barilla Tiff NeedellC128324th15th 1989 Toyota Team TOM'S 36 Toyota 89C-V Hitoshi Ogawa Paolo Barilla Ross Cheever C145DNFDNF37 Geoff Lees Johnny Dumfries John WatsonC158DNFDNF38Toyota 88C Kaoru Hoshino Didier Artzet Keiichi SuzukiC120DNFDNF1990 Toyota Team TOM'S 36Toyota 90C-V Masanori Sekiya Hitoshi Ogawa Geoff Lees C13476th6th37 Aguri Suzuki Johnny Dumfries Roberto RavagliaC164DNFDNF1992 Toyota Team TOM'S GB7Toyota TS010 Geoff Lees David Brabham Ukyo KatayamaC1192DNFDNF8 Jan Lammers Andy Wallace Teo FabiC13318th5th33 Masanori Sekiya Pierre-Henri Raphanel Kenny AchesonC13462nd2nd1993 Toyota Team TOM'S Japan36Toyota TS010 Masanori Sekiya Toshio Suzuki Eddie IrvineC13644th4th37 Kenny Acheson Andy Wallace Pierre-Henri RaphanelC1212DNFDNF Toyota Team TOM'S GB38 Geoff Lees Jan Lammers Juan Manuel Fangio IIC13538th5th

Japanese Grand Touring Championship (JGTC) (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year CarTyresClassNo.Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 89 Pos Pts1995Toyota SupraGT136 Masanori Sekiya Michael KrummSUZFUJSENFUJSUGMIN5th46 1996Toyota SupraGT50036 Masanori Sekiya Pedro de la Rosa Ukyo KatayamaSUZFUJSENFUJSUGMINNC12nd*68* 1997Toyota SupraGT50036 Michael Krumm Pedro de la Rosa Masanori Sekiya Ukyo KatayamaSUZFUJSENFUJMINSUGNC1NC21st*79*37 Toshio Suzuki Masanori Sekiya Shingo TachiSUZFUJSENFUJMINSUGNC1NC2 1998Toyota SupraGT50036 Masanori Sekiya Norberto FontanaSUZFUJSENFUJMOTMINSUGNC13rd4937 Toshio Suzuki Kelvin BurtSUZFUJSENFUJMOTMINSUGNC1 1999Toyota CelicaGT30020 Masahiro Matsunaga Yasuhisa Fujiwara Kumi SatoSUZFUJSUGMINFUJOKAMOTNC115th6Toyota SupraGT50035 Shinichi Yamaji Pierre-Henri RaphanelSUZFUJSUGMINFUJOKAMOTNC19th2736 Masanori Sekiya Takuya KurosawaSUZFUJSUGMINFUJOKAMOTNC11st9737 Toshio Suzuki Ukyo Katayama Darren ManningSUZFUJSUGMINFUJOKAMOTNC1 2000Toyota MR-SGT30020 Masahiro Matsunaga Kumi SatoMOTFUJSUGNC1FUJOKAMINSUZ11th12Toyota SupraGT50035 Shinichi Yamaji Pierre-Henri RaphanelMOTFUJSUGNC1FUJOKAMINSUZ9th1836 Masanori Sekiya Takeshi TsuchiyaMOTFUJSUGNC1FUJOKAMINSUZ10th1737 Seiji Ara Toshio Suzuki Shinichi YamajiMOTFUJSUGNC1FUJOKAMINSUZ 2001Toyota MR-SGT3000 Masahiro Matsunaga Kumi SatoOKAFUJSUGNC1FUJMOTSUZMIN14th5Toyota SupraGT50036 Takeshi Tsuchiya Takuya Kurosawa Paolo Montin Wayne GardnerOKAFUJSUGNC1FUJMOTSUZMIN5th5537 Wayne Gardner Shinichi YamajiOKAFUJSUGNC1FUJMOTSUZMIN 2002Toyota MR-SGT30017 Masahiro Matsunaga Ken NamekawaOKAFUJSUGSEPFUJMOTMINSUZ-0Toyota SupraGT50036 Takeshi Tsuchiya Wayne GardnerOKAFUJSUGSEPFUJMOTMINSUZ5th6537 Takuya Kurosawa Paolo Montin Hideki NodaOKAFUJSUGSEPFUJMOTMINSUZ 2003Toyota MR-S (Rd. 1-6)Toyota Celica (Rd. 8)GT30017 Masahiro Matsunaga Masaoki NagashimaOKAFUJSUGFUJFUJMOTAUTSUZ17th4Toyota SupraGT50036 Érik Comas Takeshi TsuchiyaOKAFUJSUGFUJFUJMOTAUTSUZ4th6637 Marco Apicella Takuya KurosawaOKAFUJSUGFUJFUJMOTAUTSUZ 2004Toyota CelicaGT30017 Masahiro Matsunaga Masaoki NagashimaOKASUGSEPTOKMOTAUTSUZNC1NC211th15Toyota SupraGT50036 Marco Apicella Takeshi TsuchiyaOKASUGSEPTOKMOTAUTSUZNC1NC23rd6037 James Courtney Tatsuya KataokaOKASUGSEPTOKMOTAUTSUZNC1NC2 Note: in 1996 and 1997 Cerumo and TOM's entered the Team's Championship together under the Toyota Castrol Team banner.

Complete Super GT Results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year CarTyres Class No. Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 Pos. Points 2005 Toyota Supra GT500 36 James Courtney Takeshi TsuchiyaOKAFUJSEPSUGMOTFUJAUTSUZ3rd7337 Tatsuya Kataoka Sakon YamamotoOKAFUJSEPSUGMOTFUJAUTSUZ 2006 Lexus SC430 GT500 36 André Lotterer Juichi Wakisaka Adrian SutilSUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ1st75 2007 Lexus SC430 GT500 1 André Lotterer Juichi Wakisaka Oliver JarvisSUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ5th78 2008 Lexus SC430 GT500 36 André Lotterer Juichi Wakisaka Carlo van DamSUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ1st94 2009 Lexus SC430 GT500 36 André Lotterer Juichi WakisakaOKASUZFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT1st112 2010 Lexus SC430 GT500 1 André Lotterer Juichi WakisakaSUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJMOTNC1NC22nd82 2011 Lexus SC430 GT500 36 André Lotterer Kazuki NakajimaOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOTNC1NC28th60 2012 Lexus SC430 GT500 36 Kazuki Nakajima Loïc Duval Richard LyonsOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOTNC1NC28th57 2013 Lexus SC430 GT500 36 Kazuki Nakajima James RossiterOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOTNC1NC23rd8037 Daisuke Ito Andrea CaldarelliOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOTNC1NC28th69 2014 Lexus RC F GT500 36 James Rossiter Kazuki Nakajima Ryo HirakawaOKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOT3rd8837 Daisuke Ito Andrea CaldarelliOKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOT2nd101 2015 Lexus RC F GT500 36 Daisuke Ito James RossiterOKAFUJCHAFUJSUZSUGAUTMOT7th6637 Andrea Caldarelli Ryo HirakawaOKAFUJCHAFUJSUZSUGAUTMOT4th75 2016 Lexus RC F GT500 36 Nick Cassidy Daisuke ItoOKAFUJSUGFUJSUZCHAMOTMOT5th7837 Ryō Hirakawa James RossiterOKAFUJSUGFUJSUZCHAMOTMOT10th53 2017 Lexus LC500 GT500 36 James Rossiter Kazuki Nakajima Daisuke ItoOKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZCHAMOT 5th 7337 Ryō Hirakawa Nick CassidyOKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZCHAMOT1st105 2018 Lexus LC500 GT500 1 Ryō Hirakawa Nick CassidyOKAFUJSUZCHAFUJSUGAUTMOT2nd9736 Yuhi Sekiguchi Kazuki Nakajima James RossiterOKAFUJSUZCHAFUJSUGAUTMOT5th78 2019 Lexus LC500 GT500 36 Yuhi Sekiguchi Kazuki Nakajima Ritomo MiyataOKAFUJSUZBURFUJAUTSUGMOTNC1NC2 8th 5337 Ryō Hirakawa Nick CassidyOKAFUJSUZBURFUJAUTSUGMOTNC1NC21st107 2020 Toyota GR Supra GT500 36 Yuhi Sekiguchi Sacha FenestrazFUJFUJSUZMOTFUJSUZMOTFUJ4th7737 Ryō Hirakawa Nick Cassidy Kenta YamashitaFUJFUJSUZMOTFUJSUZMOTFUJ2nd86 2021 Toyota GR Supra GT500 36 Yuhi Sekiguchi Sho TsuboiOKAFUJMOTSUZSUGAUTMOTFUJ1st5837 Ryō Hirakawa Sena Sakaguchi Sacha FenestrazOKAFUJMOTSUZSUGAUTMOTFUJ7th67 2022 Toyota GR Supra GT500 36 Giuliano Alesi Sho TsuboiOKAFUJSUZFUJSUZSUGAUTMOT9th5137 Sacha Fenestraz Ritomo MiyataOKAFUJSUZFUJSUZSUGAUTMOT6th64.52023Toyota GR SupraGT50036 Sho Tsuboi Ritomo MiyataOKAFUJSUZFUJSUZSUGAUTMOT1st10937 Giuliano Alesi Ukyo SasaharaOKAFUJSUZFUJSUZSUGAUTMOT14th362024Toyota GR SupraGT50036 Sho Tsuboi Kenta YamashitaOKAFUJSUZFUJSUGAUTMOTSUZ1st11437 Giuliano Alesi Ukyo SasaharaOKAFUJSUZFUJSUGAUTMOTSUZ6th682025Toyota GR SupraGT5001 Sho Tsuboi Kenta YamashitaOKAFUJSEPFS1FS2SUZSUGAUTMOT1st102.537 Giuliano Alesi Ukyo SasaharaOKAFUJSEPFS1FS2SUZSUGAUTMOT7th70.5 Note: Non-championship (NC1, NC2) races are major races that do not count towards the championship.

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)