LEXUS SC430 SUCCESS IN SUPER GT CHAMPIONSHIP
Lexus has continued its strong showing in the Japanese Super GT500 Championship, winning round three in Fuji Speedway, Japan.The Lexus Bandai Direzza SC430 pairing of Naoki Hattori and Peter Dumbreck took the chequered flag at the end of lap 110.
This was the first GT500 victory for Hattori since the last round of the 1996 season.
Lexus has four SC430s in the GT500 series out of a field of 15 in the championship.
Three rounds into the Championship, the Team Tom's Lexus SC430 is currently placed in second position.
The Japanese SuperGT series was developed as an evolution of the defunct All-Japan Group C Sports Car Championship and the domestic Japan Group Touring Cars Championship (JGTC) race series.
The new series name and format was announced December 2004 in order to expand this category of racing from a national to an international series.
The first SuperGT race was held in March 2005 at Okayama International Circuit.
The next round of the SuperGT Series will be held at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia on 23 June.