▁End urance ▁Series ▁with ▁their ▁R 8 , ▁finishing ▁the ▁season ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁championship . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁ 2 4 ▁H ours ▁of ▁Le ▁Mans , ▁G oh ▁drivers ▁Ara ▁and ▁Krist ensen ▁were ▁joined ▁by ▁R inal do ▁Cap ello , ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁race ▁overall , ▁becoming ▁only ▁the ▁second ▁Japanese ▁team ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁overall ▁victory . ▁ ▁The ▁team ▁then ▁focused ▁on ▁a ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁J G TC , ▁which ▁had ▁by ▁then ▁been ▁renamed ▁to ▁Super ▁GT , ▁acqu iring ▁a ▁new ▁GT 1 - spec ▁Mas er ati ▁MC 1 2 ▁with ▁the ▁aim ▁of ▁entering ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁season . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁GT 1 - spec ▁car ▁was ▁well ▁off ▁the ▁pace ▁of ▁its ▁Japanese ▁GT 5 0 0 - class ▁compet itors ▁during ▁pre - season ▁testing , ▁causing ▁the ▁team ▁to ▁withdraw ▁from ▁the ▁championship . ▁ ▁Three ▁years ▁later , ▁the ▁team ▁would ▁return ▁to ▁competition , ▁entering ▁a ▁Por sche ▁R S ▁Sp y der ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁ 2 4 ▁H ours ▁of ▁Le ▁Mans . ▁It ▁was ▁running ▁second ▁in ▁class ▁when ▁driver ▁Se iji ▁Ara ▁suffered ▁a ▁large ▁accident ▁on ▁the ▁M uls anne ▁Stra ight , ▁forcing ▁the ▁car ' s ▁ret irement . ▁It ▁would ▁turn ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁team ' s ▁only ▁out ing ▁with ▁the ▁Por sche , ▁as ▁the ▁car ▁was ▁sold ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁only