Sakermotorsport.com in the USA entered an SVS in the 25 hour race at Thunderhill in January 2005. This was the first competition for the USA built cars and they were under pressure to make the starting grid on time. They qualified 65th and after 15 laps the Saker was up to 5th. This would have been one busy driver. Everything was going well and running near the front of the field until around half distance when mechanical problems ended their run. This was a steep learning curve and a lot of knowledge and experience was gained for future events of this type.