Mazda 767
The Mazda 767 was a racing car prototype built for Mazdaspeed for use in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the IMSA GTP class. The 767 replaced the 757 in 1988 and had the improved 4-disc rotary engine , type Mazda 13J, which developed almost 600 bhp (442 kW).
Two 767s were used in the 1988 24-hour race at Le Mans and took 17th and 19th place overall. The single 757 from the previous year, which also started, took 15th place. In the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship , Mazda finished fourth in the constructors' championship this time.
For the 1989 season, Mazda revised the 767 to the Mazda 767B and tested it at the beginning in the Daytona 24-hour race , where it finished 5th in the overall classification. Mazda returned to Le Mans later in the season, reporting two 767Bs and one older 767. The two 767Bs finished 7th and 9th overall, while the individual 767 finished twelfth. In the JSPC, however, the results were disappointing and Mazda only finished fifth.
In 1990 a single 767B was entered together with the two newer 787s for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and was the only Mazda to finish the race, albeit only in 20th place overall.
In 2015 a Mazda 767B from 1989 entered the Goodwood Festival of Speed . This came off the track and hit a bale of straw, where it was badly damaged.