The Toyota GR Supra GT500 is the most recognisable silhouette in the JAF GT500 class, built on the A90 GR Supra production body and reworked to comply with Class 1 regulations. Car No. 39, entered by SARD with title backing from Denso and Kobelco, pairs a veteran Super GT campaigner with one of the most travelled young drivers in international motorsport. Spark Model renders the 2025 specification in resin at 1:43.
Under Class 1 regulations, the GT500 cars from Toyota, Nissan and Honda share a common NRE (Nippon Race Engine) turbocharged unit producing approximately 500 hp, ensuring competition is defined by chassis setup and strategy rather than engine development. Toyota's entry uses the GR Supra (A90) as its homologation base, with bodywork extensively reshaped to meet GT500 aerodynamic and safety requirements. The result is one of the most aerodynamically aggressive silhouettes in current GT racing, recognisably Supra in profile yet far removed from the road car beneath the carbon bodywork.
SARD No. 39: A Long Partnership and a Global Driver Pairing
SARD has been a Toyota partner team in Japanese GT and touring car racing since the early 1990s, giving No. 39 a lineage that extends across three decades of Super GT history. Yuhi Sekiguchi brings multiple Super Formula championship titles and extensive GT500 experience with Toyota-affiliated teams. His co-driver, Sasha Fenestraz, is a French-Argentine racer who built his international profile through Japanese Formula 3, Super Formula and multiple Formula E seasons with the Nissan-affiliated team before joining the Super GT paddock with SARD. The Denso and Kobelco sponsorship colours have defined this car's identity across recent seasons.
Spark Model: The Benchmark for 1:43 Racing Replicas
This 1:43 scale model is produced by Spark Model, the French specialist widely regarded as the leading manufacturer of resin motorsport replicas at this scale. The GT500 body is rendered in resin, Spark's material of choice for capturing the precise aerodynamic surfaces and livery graphics of GT500 cars. Reference SKU 43SGT25039 follows Spark's standard naming convention: scale prefix, series code SGT, year 25 and car number 039. Spark's Super GT line covers the full GT500 grid each season, making this No. 39 a direct companion piece to the other 2025 Toyota, Nissan and Honda entries in the range.
In the Display Cabinet
The No. 39 SARD entry reads well alongside the other 2025 Super GT GT500 entries from Spark, particularly the TOM'S No. 36 and No. 37 Toyota GR Supra GT500 models, which together represent the full Toyota contingent for the season. Collectors focused on Sasha Fenestraz's career can pair this with earlier Spark releases from his Formula E and Super Formula years, tracing a cross-series career that spans three continents. For those building a SARD-specific shelf, the team's three decades of Toyota GT partnership make a chronological SARD livery series a coherent and historically grounded collecting project.
