{{Short description|Motor racing championship in Australia}} {{Infobox motorsport championship |name=GR Cup |logo= |imagesize= |category=One-make racing |country=Australia |inaugural=2016 |constructors=Toyota |tyres=Dunlop |champion driver=Oliver Wickham |current_season=2026 GR Cup }}
The '''GR Cup''' (previously known as the '''Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series''') is an Australian one-make motor racing competition for Toyota 86 cars.<ref name=2023_Regs>{{Cite web |url=https://motorsport.org.au/docs/default-source/sporting-technical/national/2023/2023-toyota-gazoo-racing-australia-86-series-sporting-and-technical-regulations---version-1.pdf?sfvrsn=27889dbd_7 |title=2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series Sporting and Technical Regulations, motorsport.org.au, as archived at web.archive.org |access-date=2023-05-08 |archive-date=2023-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230508073501/https://motorsport.org.au/docs/default-source/sporting-technical/national/2023/2023-toyota-gazoo-racing-australia-86-series-sporting-and-technical-regulations---version-1.pdf?sfvrsn=27889dbd_7 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is sanctioned by Motorsport Australia as an Authorised Series with Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd appointed as the Category Manager.<ref name=2023_Regs/>
The series was first contested in 2016.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190324061052/https://www.toyota.com.au/86/racing-series/about Toyota 86 Racing Series - About, www.toyota.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]</ref>
The cars used in the GR Cup was changed from the GT86 to the GR86 in 2024<ref>{{Cite web |last=OBrien |first=Garry |date=2024-06-25 |title=Big entry and talented line-up for new TGRA GR Cup |url=https://speedcafe.com/big-entry-and-talented-line-up-for-new-tgra-gr-cup/ |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Speedcafe.com |language=en-AU}}</ref>
The series has had many notable Supercars names come through, such as Will Brown, Broc Feeney, Cameron Hill, Declan Fraser and Jayden Ojeda.
==Series winners== The series was cancelled in 2020, whilst not enough rounds were held to declare a champion in 2021. {| class="wikitable" <hiddentext>generated with :de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion V1.4<\hiddentext> |- style="font-weight:bold" ! Year ! Winner ! Source |- ! 2016 | William Brown |align=center|<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190327035348/https://www.toyota.com.au/86/racing-series/2016-season Toyota 86 Racing Series - 2016 Season, www.toyota.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]</ref> |- ! 2017 | Jimmy Vernon |align=center|<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171212093714/http://www.toyota.com.au/86/racing-series/2017-season Toyota 86 Racing Series - 2017 Season, www.toyota.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]</ref> |- ! 2018 | Tim Brook |align=center|<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190324071528/http://www.toyota.com.au/86/racing-series/2018-season Toyota 86 Racing Series - 2018 Season, www.toyota.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]</ref> |- ! 2019 | Aaron Borg |align=center|<ref>[https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/toyota-86-australia/2019/ Toyota 86 Racing Series - 2019 Season, Driver Database]</ref> |- ! 2020 |rowspan=2 {{n/a}} |align=center|<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201027034637/https://www.toyota.com.au/news/toyota-gazoo-racing-australia-86-series-to-line-up-at-bathurst Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia 86 Series to Line Up at Bathurst, 25 September 2020, www.toyota.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]</ref> |- ! 2021 |align=center| |- ! 2022 | Lachlan Gibbons |align=center| |- ! 2023 | Ryan Casha |align=center|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.toyota.com.au/news/2023-tgra-86-series |title=Ryan Casha Takes the Title in 2023 TGRA 86 Series After Bathurst Thriller, October 9, 2023, www.toyota.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org |access-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-date=December 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228025650/https://www.toyota.com.au/news/2023-tgra-86-series |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! 2024 | Max Geoghegan |align=center| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/geoghegan-clinches-top-toyota-title/|title=Geoghegan clinches top Toyota title|publisher=V8 Sleuth|date=27 October 2024}}</ref> |- ! 2025 | Oliver Wickham |align=center| |}
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