The Toyota 90C-V was a racing car built by

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, developed as a

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car. It took part in the

All Japan Sports Prototype Championship The , abbreviated as JSPC, formed by the Japan Automobile Federation, was a domestic championship which took place in Japan for Group C and IMSA GTP prototype cars and also featured cars that were eligible for touring car racing in its earlier y ...

, the

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, and at the

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All Japan Sports Prototype Championship

The 90C-V raced in the 1990

(JSPC). It raced alongside the 89C-V for the first two races at

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. The 90C-V achieved its only victory at its debut race at the Fuji 500 km. The car achieved moderate results for the remainder of the season, finishing in the top 10 in most races. The 90C-V also took part in the first two races of the 1991 season. It finished third and fifth in those races, before it was replaced by the 91C-V for the remainder of the season.

World Sportscar Championship

The 90C-V participated in the

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. It did not produce the same results as it had in the JSPC. Its best finish came at season opener, where it finished fourth at the 480 km of Suzuka. However, it finished outside the top 10 in every other race.

24 Hours of Le Mans

Toyota entered three cars into the

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, with the numbers #36, #37, and #38. The best in qualifying of the three cars was the #36 car driven by Geoff Lees, which qualified 10th for the race. The #37 and #38 cars managed 14th and 16th in qualifying, respectively. The #37 car retired about four hours into the race due to an accident, with Aguri Suzuki driving at the time. Then, during the 18th hour, the #38 car suffered an engine failure, leaving the #36 car the only 90C-V still in the race. It eventually finished in sixth position (both overall, and in class), 12 laps behind the leader.

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