Akio Toyoda at Nurburgring

Akio Toyoda, Toyota's president, in race-day gear

Gazoo Racing team rolls out the Lexus LFA

Akio Toyoda with Aston Martin CEO Ulrich Bez

Akio Toyoda, Aston Martin CEO Ulrich Bez, and the Gazoo Ladies

Akio Toyoda takes his own pictures of the Gazoo Ladies

Akio Toyoda chats with race fans

Lexus LFA on the track

Akio Toyoda meets with German drivers Armin Hahne (left) and Jochen Krumbach

Akio Toyoda's driving mentor, Hiromu Naruse

Lexus LFA goes airborne

Gazoo Racing's logo, with a caricature of Morizo, Akio Toyoda's racing alter-ego

The logo and Morizo on the side of transport truck

A 24-hour race demands, of course, nighttime skills

A banged-up LFA car No. 51 gets repair work in the team's tent

Akio Toyoda leads the racing team in a "Banzai" cheer after the LFA car No. 50 finishes 18th out of a field of nearly 200 entries

Akio Toyoda, racing team leader Hiromu Naruse and members of the team celebrate

Akio Toyoda (third from left) celebrates with the Lexus team drivers

A celebratory beer shower for Akio Toyoda

And one for Hiromu Naruse, courtesy of Akio Toyoda

Akio Toyoda takes aim

The heir to the Toyota family fortune, soaked