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Video: "Lexus Racing" Official Testing Last weekend... RC F in Super GT class

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Old 03-21-14, 10:00 AM
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Thumbs up Video: "Lexus Racing" Official Testing Last weekend... RC F in Super GT class

Last weekend ""Lexus Racing"" Officially started testing their 2015 Lexus RC F vehicles slated for the 2014 Super GT series..

Here are some highlights of the event that took place at the Okayama International Circuit in Japan on 3/15 & 3/16.

Only 5 of the 6 racers made it to the session.. (No.19 WedsSport ADVAN did not make it)

The pack of 5 | 2015 @Lexus RC F • Super GT500 Race Cars.
  • #36 PETRONAS TOM'S - Drivers ~ Kazuki Nakajima, James Rossiter & Akira Hirakawa

  • #37 KeePer TOM'S - Drivers ~ Daisuke Ito & Andrea Caldarelli

  • #39 DENSO KOBELCO - Drivers ~ Hiroaki Ishiura & Oliver Jarvis

  • #1 ZENT CERUMO - Drivers ~ Yuji Tachikawa & Kohei Hirate

  • #6 ENEOS SUSTINA - Drivers ~ Kazuya Oshima & Yuji Kunimoto




Enjoy the HD video & pics..


















































Enjoy,

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Grill looks nice on the exotics, really nice.
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Damn that is a crazy and sexy video of some nice fast cars!
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A little bigger and I'd have some new wallpaper !
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
A little bigger and I'd have some new wallpaper !
That is all they posted...

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Originally Posted by Joe Z
That is all they posted...

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Thats ok. Appreciate all the info you provided in this thread
Old 03-21-14, 05:19 PM
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I think the RC-F GT3 will be truly an exciting car since it has a high-revving 5L V8 engine. Cannot wait to hear that car.
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Zent, Petronas and KeePer obviously went with the Performance/Carbon Model as you can tell by Premium LED headlights :P
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
A little bigger and I'd have some new wallpaper !
i think you could make it work... some great pics IMO.... nice front end shots of race car
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Great looking cars!
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Originally Posted by Vladi
Zent, Petronas and KeePer obviously went with the Performance/Carbon Model as you can tell by Premium LED headlights :P
They were just running interim headlights on the others. Heres a pic from testing at Fuji yesterday and today (notice the led lights and wide rear wig)
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at the first glance, totally attracted by the colors
in the second review, just noticed the headlight
It's cool!! good job!!!
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Those all look and sound great, cant wait to see them race
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Today, three Lexus RC-F's broke below the 1:30.barrier at Fuji! The champion #1 Zent Cerumo set the fastest time with a 1:29.699..

1 1 ZENT CERUMO RC F 立川祐路/平手晃平 BS 1'29"699
2 6 ENEOS SUSTINA RC F 大嶋和也/国本雄資 BS 1'29"809
3 37 KeePer TOM'S RC F 伊藤大輔/A.カルダレッリ BS 1'29"888
4 36 PETRONAS TOM'S RC F 中嶋一貴/J.ロシター/平川亮 BS 1'30"254
5 12 カルソニックIMPUL GT-R 安田裕信/J-P・デ・オリベイラ BS 1'30"296
6 23 MOTUL AUTECH GT-R 松田次生/R.クインタレッリ MI 1'30"498
7 39 DENSO KOBELCO RC F 石浦宏明/O.ジャービス BS 1'30"665
8 24 D'station ADVAN GT-R M.クルム/佐々木大樹 YH 1'31"152
9 46 S Road MOLA GT-R 本山哲/柳田真孝 MI 1'31"338
10 17 KEIHIN NSX CONCEPT-GT 塚越広大/金石年弘 BS 1'31"409
11 18 ウイダー モデューロ NSX CONCEPT-GT 山本尚貴/J-K.ベルネイ MI 1'31"558
12 8 ARTA NSX CONCEPT-GT V.リウッツイ/松浦孝亮 BS 1'31"752
13 19 WedsSport ADVAN RC F 脇阪寿一/関口雄飛 YH 1'32"281
14 32 Epson NSX CONCEPT-GT 中嶋大祐/B.バゲット DL 1'32"657


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