This 1990 Toyota Eagle HF89 was designed and built by Dan Gurney’s All American Racers in partnership with Toyota to contest the 1990 IMSA GTP series, during which it secured Toyota’s first GTP victory at Heartland Park in Topeka, KS, with Juan Manuel Fangio II at the wheel. Chassis 89T004 was then piloted by Fangio II to additional victories at Sears Point, Del Mar and San Antonio during the 1990 season, as well as a win at Watkins Glen early in 1991 before closing out its career with Rocky Moran at the wheel. The car subsequently spent several years in storage or on static display and received a cosmetic refurbishment replicating its Topeka livery before being showcased at the Museo Fangio in Argentina.
After being purchased by its current owner in 2015, the car underwent a two-year restoration by Canepa at a cost the selling dealer states totaled over $800k to return it to racing condition before its participation in the first of several Rolex Reunions from 2016 onward. Power is provided by a turbocharged 2,140-cc Toyota inline-4 that was overhauled by Advanced Engine Research in Essex, England, and incorporates Nippon Denso fuel injection, a custom Life Racing ECU and dry-sump lubrication. Featuring an aluminum honeycomb monocoque wrapped in carbon-composite body panels, the car is also equipped with a Hewland 5-speed manual transaxle, AP Racing slotted and ventilated disc brakes, coil-over suspension with sway bars adjustable from within the cockpit, staggered-width 18-inch multipiece BBS wheels, and a single racing seat equipped with a six-point harness.
This Eagle HF89 is now offered on dealer consignment in Fairfield, CA, with an FIA Historical Technical Passport, binders from the Canepa restoration, and a bill of sale.
(Introductory description courtesy of Bring a Trailer.)
