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2009 Season Overview

The SUPER GT is the most popular motor sport series in Japan. The Lexus team entered five SC430 cars in the GT500 class. In the second race of the season at Suzuka, the No. 38 CERUMO car and the No. 36 TOM’S car finished 1-2. In the sixth race at Suzuka, a TDP driver combination in the No. 35 KRAFT car accomplished a pole-to-win victory. The No. 36 car continued to threaten a top finish during the season, finally capturing the checkered flag in the 8th race of the season at AUTOPOLIS. Only five points behind the leader going into the final race at Motegi, the No. 36 car finished P2, winning a come-from-behind title in dramatic fashion. The Lexus SC430 has been competing in the SUPER GT since 2006, winning not only its first drivers’ title since its debut year, but also scoring a double victory by helping win the team title as well. In the GT300 class, Toyota was represented by two Lexus IS350 models and two Toyota Corolla Axio models. The No. 19 BANDOH Lexus IS350 won the first race of the season, and continued to finish near the top to bring home the first-ever title for the model. Lexus won both the drivers’ and team titles in the GT300 class, making a clean sweep in all of the 2009 titles that were up for grabs.

SUPER GT DRIVER'S POINTS 2009

POS No. DRIVERS POINT
1 36 Juichi Wakisaka/Andre Lotterer 88
9 35 Hiroaki Ishiura/Kazuya Oshima 44
10 38 Yuji Tachikawa/Richard Lyons 41
12 6 Daisuke Ito/Bjorn Wirdheim 35
14 39 André Couto/Kohei Hirate 27

SUPER GT TEAM POINTS 2009

POS No. DRIVERS POINT
1 36 LEXUS TEAM PETRONAS TOM'S 112
2 8 AUTOBACS RACING TEAM AGURI 102
3 1 NISMO 101
8 35 LEXUS TEAM KRAFT 68
9 38 LEXUS TEAM ZENT CERUMO 63
11 6 LEXUS TEAM LeMans ENEOS 54
13 39 LEXUS TEAM SARD 48


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