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For the 2nd year in a row Lexus is planning to enter it’s Lexus LF-A prototype 2 seater supercar in the 24 hour Nurburgring Endurance Race (Officially called the 37th ADAC Zurich 24h-Race 2009) during May 21-24, 2009. Naturally this contender is race equipped with roll cage and special crash/fire friendly gas tank as well as a GT size race wing and other aerodynamic tweaks that you can see from these photos. For those of you new to Gazoo Racing, they are the experts responsible for running the Lexus teams in Japan’s SUPER GT series of races.

This version of the LF-A will run the Division 2 SP8 class, which means that this version of the LF-A is close to the production version which is expected to be officially unveiled at the 2009 Tokyo Auto Show.

The Lexus LF-A sports a 4.8L V10 engine delivering 500+hp and a paddle-shift sequential manual gearbox. Data recorded from the races are used by Engineers to further fine tune and tweak the LF-A’s performance.

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[Source Photos: WhipDaddy @ Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 ]
[Story Source: AutoGuide.com]