Mazda 767

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The Mazda 767/767B was a class-winning prototype racing car built for the 24 hours of Le Mans auto race. It replaced the 757 in 1988 and was replaced by the Le Mans-winning 787B in 1990. It used a 4-rotor 13J Wankel engine which produced nearly 600 hp.

Two 767s were entered at Le Mans in 1988, finishing seventeenth and eighteenth, while the sole 757 took the class win in fifteenth. The next year, one of two 767Bs won the GTP class with a seventh place overall, while the other placed ninth. Another 767 placed twelfth. A single 767B placed twentieth in 1990, winning GTP again.

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