The New Lexus GS Pace Car

[flipside909]

August 19, 2006 Monterey, CA

Lexus brought out their newest Pace Car to the field for the 33rd Annual Monterey Historic Automobile Races Presented by Toyota @ the world famous Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, CA. The New GS Pace Car was accompanied by two Hybrid vehicles, a Toyota Camry Hybrid and a Lexus GS450h. All three vehicles lead the pack for the many races throught the weekend. The New GS Pace Car also cleared the track for the 2006 Panasonic Toyota F1 car which broke a record for the fastest lap in Laguna Seca History clocking 1:06.596 averaging 121 mph.



Here are a few preliminary stats on the car.

2006 Lexus GS430
Forged Aluminum 20" BBS RS GT Diamond Black
Bridgestone Potenza SO-3 Tires, 255/35ZR20 Rear, 245/35ZR20
Stop Tech Brakes, 6 Piston Front, 4 Piston Rear
Lowering Springs
Tanabe Medallion Touring Exhaust
Full Roll Cage
Four-Point Racing Harnesses
Safety Fuel Tank
On-Board Fire System
Whelen Safety Strobes

[1SICKLEX]

Sticky, not too many Pace Cars in the world, let alone 4 door hybrids!!!!

Thanks Ryan!

[SanseiGS43]

ryan i will be needing full specs on the engine mods. hehe

[flipside909]

Right now the only engine mods are the deleted cat and the Tanabe exhaust. Everything else is virtually stock.......for now that is.

[jokie]

I would like to get those stop tech brakes on my gs.I checked the web site but no kit for 06 gs 430. any one know when these will be out?

[1SICKLEX]

unstuck........................

[1SICKLEX]

Any more pics?

[MikeFD3S]

Tanabe Medalion Touring exhaust? I must say, the folks at Lexus have good taste

I think Lexus is going to really be pushing the performance of their Hybrids, what with the LS 600h and Hybrid IS on the horizon.

*Crossing my fingers in the hope that Lexus releases "enthusiast" targetted models like a 6sp IS350 Coupe*

[chuckb]

Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX

Any more pics?

yeah, what he said. I want to see the wheels with it sitting still. the paint job is not blowing me away.

[*wishlist*]

from that pic alone, it looks great. i want to see it in person. patiently waiting with the others to see more pictures.

[flipside909]

Originally Posted by MikeFD3S

Tanabe Medalion Touring exhaust? I must say, the folks at Lexus have good taste

They actually didn't have much choice. That is the only exhaust available on the GS right now unless you go custom. The exhaust is too mellow sounding for the V8, even after the fact they're running it without a cat and resonator.

More pics to come. Should have more edited/loaded by this weekend.