| ■CORPORATE OUTLINE |
| Company name |
SARD Co., Ltd. |
| Capital |
50 Million yen |
| Established |
September, 1985 |
| Location |
50 Kamisotone Wakabayashi Higashimachi,Aichi-ken JAPAN |
| Phone |
81-565-53-1166 |
| FAX |
81-565-52-5482 |
| President and C.E.O. |
Shin Kato |
| Description of business |
・Research and development, production and sales of motorsports parts
・Production and sales of general parts and tuning parts
・Participate in the car races
・Research, development and sales of marine, engine and related parts |
| Group companies |
SIGMA Automotive Co., Ltd.
SIGMA-Shoji Co., Ltd.
SARD Depelopment Co., Ltd.
LARRY'S Company Co., Ltd. |
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| ■HISTORY |
| 1972 |
Established SIGMA Automotive Co., Ltd. |
| 1973 |
Participated in the Le Mans 24-Hour Race with SIGMA MC73, the first Japanese
machine and Japanese team in the Le Mans |
| 1974 |
Participated in the Le Mans 24-Hour Race with SIGMA MC74, and completed
the race.
Concluded an import agency agreement with KKK Turbo of West Germany. |
| 1985 |
Established SARD Co., Ltd.
Participated in Group A race with SARD SUPRA. |
| 1986 |
Participated in Group C race with SARD MC86X. |
| 1989 |
Started activities as Toyota Team SARD.
Participated in Group C race with TOYOTA 89C-V. |
| 1990 |
Made a comeback to the Le Mans 24-Hour Race for the
first time in 15 years. |
| 1991 |
Concluded an import agency agreement with STACK Ltd
in UK.
Won the championship in Rd.4. International suzuka 1000km with TOYOTA 91C-V. |
| 1993 |
Won the 5th prize for the combined in Le Mans 24-Hour Race with TOYOTA
93C-V, and won the class championship. |
| 1994 |
Won the 2nd prize for the combined in the Le Mans
24-Hour Race with TOYOTA 94C-V.
Began to participate in the JGTC with SARD SUPRA
GT.
Made full-fledged participation in the after parts market (tuning parts
market) as SARD. |
| 1995 |
Completion of SARD original racing machine SARD MC8R and participated in
racing. |
| 1996 |
Participated in racing including the Le Mans 24-Hour Race and JGTC with
SARD MC8R and SARD SUPRA GT. |
| 1997 |
Participated in racing including the Le Mans 24-Hour Race and JGTC with
DENSO SARD SUPRA and SARD MC8R.
Won the 2nd prize for the combined in JGTC. |
| 2003 |
Won the championship for the combined in JGTC Rd.7
Autopolis. |
| 2004 |
JGTC Rd.1 TI (3rd prize) Rd.3. Malaysia (1st prize) Rd.6. Autopolis (2nd
prize).
Won the 2nd prize for the combined in JGTC. |
| 2005 |
Won the championship for the combined in 34th International Pokka 1000km.
Released the new range KRS (King of The Road by
SARD) for high-grade cars. |
| 2006 |
Participated in 13th Tokachi 24-Hour Race with hybrid "LEXUS GS460h"
as LEXUS TEAM SARD. |
| 2007 |
Participated in super GT race with DENSO SARD SC430.
Participated in Tokachi 24-Hour Race with hybrid GT machine as TOYOTA team
SARD, and won the championship. |
