Super GT's GT300 class is a study in contrast: FIA-GT3 machinery from Europe and America sharing a grid with purpose-built JAF-GT300 cars developed under uniquely Japanese regulations. The Toyota GR86 GT sits firmly in that second category, built on the ZN8-generation GR86 platform by Toyota Gazoo Racing in cooperation with customer teams. Team Shade Racing runs car No. 20 in the 2025 campaign, and this Spark Model resin piece captures that entry in 1:43.
The ZN8-Based JAF-GT300 Racer
The GR86 GT is not a modified road car — it is a JAF-GT300 specification racing machine built around the ZN8 GR86 platform. At its heart sits a horizontally-opposed FA24 four-cylinder engine displacing 2,387 cc, tuned to GT300 specification and governed by the series' balance-of-performance framework. The JAF-GT300 class requires cars to be developed from Japanese road car platforms, giving the GR86 GT a technical identity distinct from the GT3-spec machinery it races against.
Team Shade Racing, Car No. 20, and Hiranaka's Enduring Super GT Career
Team Shade Racing is a customer operation competing in the GT300 class, running the GR86 GT as car No. 20 throughout the 2025 Super GT season. Katsuyuki Hiranaka brings one of the longest and most decorated CVs in Japanese motorsport to the cockpit, with victories recorded in both the GT500 and GT300 classes over a career spanning multiple decades. Eijiro Shimizu partners him for the 2025 campaign. Together they represent the kind of experienced driver pairing that characterises established GT300 customer teams.
Spark Model's 1:43 Scale Model in Resin
This is a 1:43 scale model produced in resin by Spark Model, the French specialist best known for its comprehensive coverage of motorsport subjects. Spark's annual Super GT releases document the full grid — GT500 and GT300 alike — and the 2025 run follows the same formula: resin construction, race-accurate livery application, and a catalogue designation that encodes the series, season and car number. These releases are produced in finite quantities, and the GT300 entries in particular move quickly among collectors building a complete grid.
In the Display Cabinet
The No. 20 GR86 GT sits naturally alongside other 2025 Super GT GT300 entries from Spark — Honda NSX GT3, Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3, and fellow JAF-GT300 machinery — to build a representative grid. It also pairs well with Spark's Super GT releases from 2023 and 2024 for collectors tracing the GR86 GT's competitive development season by season. Hiranaka devotees will want to cross-reference earlier entries from his GT500 years for a full career retrospective.
