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Silver State Classic Challenge, IS-F 2nd Place Finish!!!

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Old 09-16-13 | 02:53 PM
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Default Silver State Classic Challenge, IS-F 2nd Place Finish!!!

Over the past year my navigator and I and I have been prepping for the Silver State Classic Challenge. The race was finally on Sunday in Ely, Nevada and we took 2nd Place in our division. Our time was .53 of a second from our target time, which is basically a blink of an eye! The winner had a time of .33 of a second, which meant we missed 1st place by 2 tenths of a second, lol. Our tech speed was 124 mph and our target time was 51:24:27 over 90 miles. Of course I had the only F out there and it was also the only Lexus. There were around 150 cars, including Corvettes, Mustangs, Ferraris, Vipers, Lambos, Porsches, an NSX, a Ford GT, and bunch of other exotic race cars. Even with all those other cars the F caught everyone's attention at the car show and parade and we got a lot of compliments and praise for the car.

Really quick as well, thanks to the guys who have helped me on the forum get the suspension dialed in and other prep work as well. Also Tommy at Music Box has been a great help over the past year with little things here and there. JoeZ if you read this, everyone there loved your exhaust and how it sounded, we got tons of compliments on the "awesome" sound of the car.

I will post more GoPro videos later but here are a few pics for now.

GoPro in cab footage on YouTube from the start line...

My navigator and I at the finish line


Getting rid of the start line jitters


Getting our trophies


Me and my girlfriend at he car show

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Old 09-16-13 | 03:13 PM
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good job and congrats!!!
Old 09-16-13 | 03:20 PM
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hell yeah congrats man
Old 09-16-13 | 03:21 PM
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great job Gil boy , time to go to coffee shop to celebrate lolz
Old 09-16-13 | 03:29 PM
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way to rep !
Old 09-16-13 | 03:33 PM
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awesome man
Old 09-16-13 | 03:51 PM
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Looks like a lot of fun - congrats!
Old 09-16-13 | 04:48 PM
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Damn she is really hot in white... Oh and so does ur F
Old 09-16-13 | 05:00 PM
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Great job rep IS-F people may start looking at ISF differently now.
Old 09-16-13 | 05:41 PM
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Awesome outcome and no surprise to me. I have taken out LOTS of super exotics. The F is still top of my list. With a great driver, Anything is possible.

Congratulations!
Old 09-16-13 | 05:57 PM
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Good job representing! Always nice to see a car used to its full potential
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Congrats on the 2nd place finish Gil...!!

Originally Posted by 2ndGF
Really quick as well, thanks to the guys who have helped me on the forum get the suspension dialed in and other prep work as well. Also Tommy at Music Box has been a great help over the past year with little things here and there. JoeZ if you read this, everyone there loved your exhaust and how it sounded, we got tons of compliments on the "awesome" sound of the car.

I will post the GoPro videos later but here are a few pics for now.
Truly honored to hear how other car enthusiats appreciated the sound of a quality system..

But most off all, I am happy to know it delivers everything you expected..

Thank You,

Joe Z
Old 09-16-13 | 08:42 PM
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Congratulations! To be the only Lexus and to place as high as you did is a testament to how great the car truly is. Way to represent the IS F community!
Old 09-16-13 | 08:50 PM
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This makes me so happy , great job :-)
Old 09-16-13 | 08:56 PM
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Congrats! You guys did well, representing Lexus


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