Toyota Team Australia was the name of two allied Australian motor racing teams. One competed in the

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between

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and

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. The other was a rally team in the Australian Rally Championship that competed from 1988 and continues today the identity of Neal Bates Motorsport as a historic rally team.

History

Toyota Team Australia was founded in 1985 as the factory team of

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. The team competed in the under two litre category of the

with Sprinters and Corollas winning the category in most years. In 1989 the team commenced competing in the outright class with a

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, however because of the weight regulations of the time was not competitive. The team closed at the end of

, although much of the team's personnel and equipment were reassembled by lead driver John Smith for the

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and

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References

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