Toyota Team SARD Wins Tokachi
Toyota Team SARD’s specially-prepared Supra HV-R hybrid GT racer has won the Tokachi 24-hour endurance race in Japan! This news from Autoblog, who goes on:
The converted Super GT-spec racing car did so convincingly, too. As the only GT-class car in the field, the Denso SARD Supra HV-R maintained a steady lead of several laps throughout the course of the race, and in the later hours, it essentially dialed things up a notch and ran away from the rest of the field. After starting from the pole position, the Supra completed 616 laps in the ensuing 24 hours — 19 more than the second-place finisher. The victory marks the first of its type for a hybrid-powered vehicle.
After finishing 4th in class and 17th overall last year with the Lexus GS450h, Team Toyota is heading back to the Tokachi 24-hour endurance race in Japan on July 15th, 2007 with a souped up Denso SARD Supra HV-R (pictures below). More info and specs on the Supra HV-R from 
