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Originally Posted by Jesper OH
Who as a person or team ran the Toyota GB/Hughes of Beaconsfield Toyotas in various BTCC seasons. From what I know HofB was/is a Toyota dealer ship.
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Think we had a Celica Supra thread a while back which might contain the answer. The team could well have been by Hughes themselves, as after the end of the Toyota GB backing in '85, the ex-Sheene Celica Supra made a couple of BTCC appearances as a privateer entry (David Sears and Peter Lovett driving I think) before being written off in a shunt during qualifying for the TT (John Morris/Bob Meacham driving)- AFAIK on each occasion it was entered by HofB
http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jon...lverstone.html
This article on a Toyota owners club website, discussing the restoration of one of the original HofB Group 1 Celicas from 1979/80, which survives in Ireland, mentions that:
'For the 1979 season Toyota decided to become more involved in the Championship but decided to sub-contract the running of their team to enthusiastic Toyota dealers Hughes, based in Beaconsfield'
so it could well have been an 'in-house' job run from the Huges workshops
http://www.toyotaenthusiasts.com/Fea...ld_racecar.htm