Lexus LF-A won its first race in Adenauer ADAC Rundstrecken-Trophy at Nurburgring

The cars in that race result page is listed in the order of class, and then ranking within the class. Though I'm not sure about its exact postion, the LF-A finishes much higher than 77th overall.

— TataPower (View Profile)

Posted on 5/13/2008 1:24:26 PM | | Votes: 2   

as usual

— ILikeLambo (View Profile)

Posted on 5/14/2008 6:08:41 AM | | Votes: 2   

You guys need to read the details on this one, it won it's group (SP8), not the race:

During the four-hour race, the LF-A covered 23 15.13-mile laps, grabbing 77th place. Its fastest lap was 9:06. While that lap time may sound slow compared to the Nissan GT-R's best 'Ring time of 7:29, the GT-R was clocked on just the 12.9-mile Nordschleife without the additional sprint section. The LF-A drove in group SP8.

— Agent009 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/13/2008 11:11:48 AM | | Votes: 5   

So who won the race?

— silver1 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/13/2008 11:16:55 AM | | Votes: 2   

1st and 2nd place were won by a pair of BMW Z4's with 28 laps completed avg lap time of 4:08:37.817

The LF-A completed 23 laps @ 4:11:23.079

An interesting note was 53rd place was a Ford Fiesta with 24 laps @ 4:13:43.610.

— Agent009 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/13/2008 11:52:20 AM | | Votes: 3   

BTW the link to the results is: http://www.ts-vln.com/valuation/2008-4-place.html

— Agent009 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/13/2008 11:54:10 AM | | Votes: -2   

yeah, it only won it's class but it came much higher than 77th.....
C'mon 009..... get with the program.

Jeez.

— 2JayZee (View Profile)

Posted on 5/13/2008 11:44:42 PM | | Votes: 1   

Toyota explicitly says it themselves in the announcement of the LF-A's race participation. Read it yourself:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toyota.co.jp%2Fjp%2Fnews%2F08%2FApr%2Fnt08_0412.html&sl=ja&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

— TataPower (View Profile)

Posted on 5/13/2008 2:19:26 PM | | Votes: 4   

That may explain why modified VW Golfs and Ford Fiestas beat it by laps. Either those cars are VERY fast or the LF-A has other issues.

— Agent009 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/13/2008 4:36:18 PM | | Votes: 0   

And those Golfs and Fiestas beats a lot of M3's too. Your point? Heavily modified, anything is possible, since they aren't bound to road regulations and production constraints.

— TataPower (View Profile)

Posted on 5/13/2008 6:27:17 PM | | Votes: 1   

modified honda CIVICS beat out corvettes and many other v8s, to say nothing of 6-cylinder poseur cars.

— ChicaneShooter (View Profile)

Posted on 5/14/2008 11:08:23 PM | | Votes: 0   

^^^ above post made before i actually read the results! which verified what i said. and civics completely SWEPT its class; granted, seems no other maker is even represented/competitive in that class!

but again, as mentioned, most cars were heavily modified.

(i had been thinking of SoCal import 'tuner' cars, where tuned civics and integras do indeed beat out many a bigger engined car.)

— ChicaneShooter (View Profile)

Posted on 5/14/2008 11:49:23 PM | | Votes: 0   

a heavily modified civic or integra is a lot to work on. the 4 cyl may have beaten a V8, but the V8 can take a lots of stress and abuse as it is able to keep its power going w/o losing it, lots of supercars have these for a reason, including the lfa.

— Htay7500 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/15/2008 8:06:25 PM | | Votes: 1   

sad if they didnt. lol

— lexusrox123 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/13/2008 6:12:03 PM | | Votes: 2   

It fails to finish. That's the whole point of the endurance race. Not only the car has to be fast, but more importantly, it has to be reliable enough to finish a great number of grueling laps at the Nurburgring.

— TataPower (View Profile)

Posted on 5/13/2008 6:29:46 PM | | Votes: 2   

Thanks for pointing out the obvious. I was just impressed with its speed, especially when you compare it to the LF A's 9:06. I wonder if and how much it was modified.

— golfer38 (View Profile)

Posted on 5/15/2008 2:32:23 PM | | Votes: 1   

why not? that means the lexus RAN ALL OTHER CARS in its class INTO THE GROUND! it was the ONLY survivor at the end of the 4 hour race. ALL of its competitors BROKE.

this included a Lamborghini that lasted all of 28'23", a Porsche 997 turbo that broke after a mere 1:47:25, and an Aston that lasted just 2:35:32. it's closest competitor, which did not even last long enuff for an earned 2nd place, was a corvette which expired after 3:24:27. the Viper only completed 9 laps.

if anything, this is ALL THE MORE IMPRESSIVE for the Lexus. "The last man (car) standing!"

— ChicaneShooter (View Profile)

Posted on 5/15/2008 12:12:56 AM | | Votes: 1   

I boosted you...I'm thankeful for you pointing that out :)

— SHOWTIME (View Profile)

Posted on 5/14/2008 9:17:42 AM | | Votes: 1   

thank you so much, another thing i noticed is that in terms of speed, fastest lap done on this track, the LF-A was only able to do a lap faster than the aston martin. i wish they listed lap times for each lap completed rather than just fastest lap

— NeoReaper (View Profile)

Posted on 5/14/2008 10:57:08 AM | | Votes: -2   

alot of lexus fanboys out there deboosting i guess. look on the brightside, legendary reliability i guess allowed this car to complete this race best in class but definitely not speed.

— NeoReaper (View Profile)

Posted on 5/14/2008 11:57:19 AM | | Votes: -2   

As I mentioned, the LF-A racer was minimally modified only to satisfy the rules and safety regulations of this race, unlike most other competing cars, which were heavily modified to be all-out race cars. Did you honestly think that the BMW Z4 had any chance against the LF-A in stock form, or for that matter, the many M3's and 911's that it also beated in this race?

— TataPower (View Profile)

Posted on 5/14/2008 7:55:29 PM | | Votes: 2