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Old 12-07-13, 08:57 PM
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Default Anyone following the Lexus cars racing in the 25 hour race at Thunderhill incl IS-F

Lexus Corp has the IS-F CCS-R out there running and there were two other Lexus in the list from N1 Racing including an IS250 and an IS300.

Buddy of mine (Mike Skeen) is racing in it same class as the IS-F, but he's in a Superlite tube frame car). Mike qualified second and is currently in first overall.

The Lexus IS-F CCR is sixth overall right now.

http://www.nasa25hour.com/
http://www.nasa25hour.com/2013/teams/2013teamlist.htm


Live timing
http://www.nasa25hour.com/live-timing-feed.html

Also saw some pics of the IS250 that had a big FIGS sponsor decal

Edit - here's the team https://www.facebook.com/n1racing

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Old 12-07-13, 10:40 PM
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;Thanks for this info. Awesome to see this brand new model out there racing.



IS F currently in 7th and 2014 IS250 in 43rd as of this posting.
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ISF is currently in 4th place in the ES class.
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Yes, I'm very aware of the IS350 and IS300 running this 25hr endurance race. My dealership is sponsoring them (under rear passenger windows)







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Old 12-08-13, 01:35 PM
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That's awesome.
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Even coolor Ken, is that the IS350 and IS300 will be displayed at our dealership for a few days after the race
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So..... does anyone know if footage of the CCSR during the race will be posted? Its a bit annoying to read all the hype before said event but then the footage from after the race is minimal. Seems like Lexus would want to showcase the CCSR alot more during race events like this. The most footage of the CCSR is when it races in Germany.
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dang those are some hot brakes!

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I wonder how a CT200h would do in a race like this lol would the battery pack catch on fire?
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gemini1 was at the race together with lexus people, brought a lot of pictures online. lexus is doing a lot of coverage too. as mentioned ccsr placed 4th in the es class, awesome results

hopefully we will see an article about it
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some pictures from lexus

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...1958533&type=1











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Photo credit: Paul Williamsen, Lexus Corp

Flat right front tire: now we know the tires are good for 5.5 hours, not 6.


IS F CCS-R on the starting grid




1st test of the refueling rig for the IS F CCS-R
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1st pit stop for N1 Racing IS 250 AWD


tinting the headlights. IS F CCS-R


New HIDs for night driving
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That's a very interesting driving light setup lol looks like some sci-fi photon cannon setup. It's so nice seeing Lexus road cars racing like this! Bodes well for upcoming cars.
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