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1970

Yukio Toda races in Suzuka 12 hour race.
He competes with Honda S800 and wins GT1 class.

1971

Yukio Toda establishes TODA Racing.
Race tuning engines such as Honda N, Honda Z and Honda S1300 (all air cooled).
Design chassis for local FL500 championship.
TODA Racing tuned and used Honda N360 as the power unit.

1977

Using MF318 engine and March chassis, development work and testing begins with an eye towards participating in Suzuka based FJ1300 series.

1978

Employing local driver, Kengo Nakamoto, we race and win Suzuka FJ1300 championship.
FJ1300 championship finished at the end of the year.
A decision is made to move up to Japanese F3 championship.

1979

Maintain F3 Nova Toyota 2TG engine.
Development work begins on Toda Racing's Toyota 2TG engine.

1980

F3 chassis is built to aid development of F3 engine.

1981

Supplied F3 engine to British championship mid season, and TODA Racing's engine takes 2nd in the championship.
(Driver:Thierry Tasan)

1982

F2 BMW-M12 maintenance.

1984

TODA Racing begin work developing Toyota 3SG into a potential race winning F3 engine, to replace the ageing 2TG F3 power unit.

1985

Toyota announces the introduction of F3 3SG engine.

1987

TODA Racing F3 3SG engine takes Japan F3 title. (Driver: Ross Cheever)
With this result, development and maintenance of 3SG F3 is stopped.

1988

Development and maintenance work begins on Mugen MF-204 F3 engine.
SUPER HAKKA F3 Racing team is formed. (Driver: Kouji Sato)

1989

CHERENA Racing team (F3000) is formed. (Driver: Osamu Nakago)
Maintenance of Mugen MF-308 engine starts (F3000)
Shinji Nakano (F1 Driver) is entered in F3 series by TODA Racing.

BMW M12 for F2

1990

SUPER HAKKA F3 driver Kazuaki Takamura.

1991

SUPER HAKKA team takes 3rd place in Fuji International race. (Driver: Kazuaki Takamura, the best placed Japanese driver ever in the international event.)
From 1988 to 1991, SUPER HAKKA racing team consecutively wins F1 support race.
SUPER HAKKA Racing closes its doors.

1992

Fightex Damper department opens.
Product manufacturing department enlarged.
Design and development of F4 and RS gearbox.

1994

Design and development of F4 engine based on B18C begins.

1995

TODA F4 engine is released.
TODA Racing together with ASSO MOTOR SPORTS collaborate to organize F3 team. (Driver: Juichi Wakisaka)

1996

TODA Racing together with ASSO MOTOR SPORTS. (Driver: Shigekazu Wakisaka)

1997

LIAN TODA Racing team
F3 (Drivers: Yuji Tachikawa, Naohiro Kawano)
F4 (Drivers: Yusuke Matsuura , Kota Sasaki)
F3, Mugen FM-204B engine development and maintenance starts.
All Japan F3 runners up. (Driver: Yuji Tachikawa)
F4 Suzuka series champion. (Driver: Yusuke Matsuura)
F4 TI series runners up. (Driver: Kota Sasaki)
TODA's F4 engine powers the champions of Suzuka, TI, and Kanto series. It's the engine to have.
As for TODA Racing's FJ1600 it powers Suzuka, TI, Mine and Tohoku series champions. With runners up position in Tsukuba series.

1998

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) is born. (Driver: Hiroki Katoh)
For the second year running we are F3 all Japan series runners up.
Macao GP 6th place
F4 Suzuka series champion. (Driver: Kota Sasaki)
F4 TI series champion. (Driver: Naoki Yokobayashi)
TODA's F4 engine powers the champions of Suzuka, TI, and Kanto series.
TODA Racing's FJ1600 it powers to TI, Mine and Tohoku series champions. With runners up position in Suzuka series.

1999

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Wagner Ebrahim)
8th in all Japan F3 Championship
TODA Racing maintained engine takes 3rd place at Macao. (Driver: Daisuke Ito)
TODA Racing's F4 engine powers the champions of Super F4, Kansai, and Mine series, as well as most of the other top places.
TODA Racing's FJ1600 supplies the power for the Tsukuba, Suzuka, TI, Mine and Autopolis series champions.

2000

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Seiji Ara)
3rd in all Japan F3 Championship
TODA Racing's F4 engine powers the champions of Super F4, Kansai, and Mine series, as well as most of the other top places.
TODA Racing's FJ1600 supplies the power for the Tsukuba, Suzuka, TI, Mine and Autopolis series champions.

2001

30th Anniversary since the formation of TODA Racing.
TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Masataka Yanagida)
8th in all Japan F3 Championship
All Japan GT championship series class GT300 winner. TODA powered No.81 Daishin Silvia. TODA Racing's F4 engine powers the champions of Super F4, Kansai, and Mine series, as well as most of the other top places.
TODA Racing's FJ1600 supplies the power for Tsukuba, Suzuka, TI, Mine and Autopolis series champions.

2002

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Hirokazu Nagaya)
9th in all Japan F3 Championship
All Japan GT championship series class GT300 tuners title. TODA power proves to be not only the power to have, but the depth of its ability to both supply and develop N.A. and turbo engines to a small group teams.
TODA Racing's F4 engine powers the champions of Kansai, and Kanto series, as well as most of the other top places.
TODA Racing's FJ1600 supplies the power for TI, and Autopolis series champions.

2003

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Shinya Sato)
7th in all Japan F3 Championship
TODA Racing's F4 engine again powers the champions of East, and west series, as well as most of the other top places.
TODA Racing's FJ1600 supplies the power for Tsukuba, Suzuka, TI, Mine and Autopolis series champions.

2004

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Hideki Mutoh)
9th in all Japan F3 Championship
TODA Racing's F4 engine again powers the champions of East, and west series, as well as most of the other top places.
TODA Racing's FJ1600 supplies the power for the TI series champion.
Japanese Magazine Rev Speed, Tsukuba super battle 2004 competition.
Toda tuned S2000 2.4 liter engine takes FR/NA open class in collaboration with ASM.

2005

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Yasuhiro Takasaki)
Once more the engine to have is tuned by Toda Racing

2006

Honda TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Takuya Izawa)
6th in the all Japan F3 Championship

2007

Honda TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Yuhki Nakayama)
9th in the all Japan F3 Championship

2008

Honda TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Daisuke Nakajima)
9th in the all Japan F3 Championship

2009

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Kei Cozzolino)
4th in the all Japan F3 Championship

2010

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Alexandre Imperatori)
5th in the all Japan F3 Championship

2011

Participated in Macau GP separately (F3) (Driver: Hideki Yamauchi)

2012

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Rafael Suzuki)
6th in the all Japan F3 Championship

2013

Commenced supplying our own engine "TR-F301" to all Japan F3 Championship.
TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Tomoki Nojiri)
4th in the all Japan F3 Championship
B-MAX·F312 with TODA TR-F301 has achieved 1st place at Rd.14 and Rd.15.

2014

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Shota Kiyohara)
6th in the all Japan F3 Championship

2015

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Keishi Ishikawa)
7th in the all Japan F3 Championship
Commenced supplying 6 Speed Sequential Transmission & Paddle Shift System to FIA-F4 Japanese Championship.

2016

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Keishi Ishikawa, Tadasuke Makino)
5th in the all Japan F3 Championship (Tadasuke Makino)
8th in the all Japan F3 Championship (Keishi Ishikawa)

2017

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Hiroki Otsu)
5th in the all Japan F3 Championship

2018

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Sena Sakaguchi, Toshiki Oyu)
4th in the all Japan F3 Championship (Sena Sakaguchi)
6th in the all Japan F3 Championship (Toshiki Oyu)

2019

TODA RACING TEAM (F3) (Driver: Toshiki Oyu)
4th in the all Japan F3 Championship

2020

TODA RACING TEAM (SFL) (Driver: Teppei Natori)
4th in the all Japan SFL Championship

2021

TODA RACING TEAM (SFL) (Driver: Ren Sato)
3rd in the all Japan SFL Championship

2022

TODA RACING TEAM (SFL) (Driver: Kakunoshin Ohta)
2nd in the all Japan SFL Championship

2023

TODA RACING TEAM (SFL) (Driver: Syun Koide)
3rd in the all Japan SFL Championship

2024

TODA RACING TEAM (SFL) (Driver: Souta Arao)
7th in the all Japan SFL Championship