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Tuesday, 26 May 2020

1987 Mazda 757

I took this photograph at the Old Hairpin during practice for the Group C/GTP Sports Car race at the Vintage Sports Car Club's SeeRed meeting at Donington Park in September 2007.
It's the 1987 Mazda 757 of Jim Loftis, and the programme of the event had this note about the car;

'Highly experienced racer Jim Loftis – from Arlington, Virginia, USA – will be at the wheel of the Mazdaspeed GTP Prototype 757 that was 15th overall and a class winner at the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours. Loftis started racing in 1984 and has competed in the Daytona 24 Hours, Sebring 12 Hours and at Watkins Glen. He also owns a 1991 Ford Cosworth Spice and a 1985 Porsche 944 GTR. Designed by Nigel Stroud, the 757 has a Mazda triple-rotor engine displacing 654cc per rotor and is good for 480bhp at 8500rpm.'



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