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Sumo Power is a Britishcar tuning company based inRye, East Sussex, England. Founded in 2002, Sumo Power specializes in custom tuning Japanese imports, including theNissan Skyline GT-R andMitsubishi Lancer Evolution, as well as the importation and sale of many Japanese performance parts, including being an official British distributor for HKS Europe Ltd.
Sumo Power regularly competes indrag racing anddrifting events with their tuned cars, and has recently expanded their efforts intorallying andsports car racing. In 2009 Sumo Power merged withJR Motorsports Group (JRM), an experienced motorsport development company which already served as the official team forMitsubishi Motors UK in theBritish Rally Championship. Sumo Power and JRM now serve as the official importer of theMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X to Britain.
In 2010, Sumo Power and JRM partnered withNismo to serve as one of two teams representingNissan in the inauguralFIA GT1 World Championship. The team, entered under the Sumo Power GT title, campaigned twoNissan GT-Rs, with a line-up including British driversJamie Campbell-Walter,Peter Dumbreck, andWarren Hughes, as well as Nismo factory driverMichael Krumm.[1] Sumo Power returned for2011 with four Nissans, with JR Motorsports representing the second squad. JR Motorsports won the Driver's Championship with Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr, but failed to win the Team's Championship.
For 2012, the team competed in theFIA World Endurance Championship in LMP1 with anHPD ARX-03a.
As of April 2014, Sumo Power is under new ownership and based in Littleport.
| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  JRM | 22 | HPD ARX-03a-Honda |  David Brabham Karun ChandhokPeter Dumbreck | LMP1 | 357 | 6th | 6th |
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