Editing Lexus SC (section)

== Motorsport ==
[[File:Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS SC 430.jpg|thumb|SC 430 [[ENEOS]] Super GT racer]]

In 2006 the SC 430 was entered in the ([[Super GT]]) race series in the GT500 class (cars with approximately 500 [[horsepower]]). Extensively modified from the factory car, the engine used is a modified version of the SC 430's ''[[Toyota UZ engine#3UZ-FE|3UZ-FE]]'' V8 that was also used in the [[Toyota Supra]] racing car from previous years.

The new SC 430 based race cars were immediately competitive with former [[All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship#GT500|GT500]] champion [[Juichi Wakisaka]] and no. 2 driver [[André Lotterer]] driving the Open Interface TOM's SC to victory at the opening round at [[Suzuka Circuit|Suzuka]] giving the SC 430 its first victory on its debut race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://supergt.net/supergt/2006/06r01/0601race_en.shtm |title=TOM'S SC430 (Wakisaka-Lotterer) Clinch Season Opener |publisher=SuperGT.net |date=19 March 2006 |access-date=6 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223739/http://supergt.net/supergt/2006/06r01/0601race_en.shtm |archive-date=26 September 2007}}</ref> Juichi Wakisaka and Andre Lotterer also won the GT500 class championship during the same year. In 2007, the Lexus SC fully replaced Supras in the Toyota side, a Zent Cerumo SC 430 driven by Yuji Tachikawa was victorious in the GT500 opening round race.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.247motoring.com/article.php?id=1660 |title=Super GT Rd. 1 Suzuka Race Results |date=22 March 2007 |work=247Motoring |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927030145/http://www.247motoring.com/article.php?id=1660 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>

[[File:Andre Lotterer 2010 Super GT Fuji SC 430.jpg|thumb|left|SC 430 Petronas GT500 racer]]

In 2008, a Zent Cerumo SC 430 driven by [[Yuji Tachikawa]] and [[Richard Lyons (auto racer)|Richard Lyons]] won the [[SuperGT|Fuji 500]] race, round 3 of the Autobacs Super GT at [[Fuji Speedway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.planetlemans.com/2008/05/04/zent-cerumo-sc430-wins-fuji-super-gt-race/ |title=ZENT CERUMO SC430 wins Fuji Super GT race |publisher=Planetlemans.com |access-date=4 December 2010}}</ref> In 2009, five SC 430s were entered in Super GT racing in the GT500 class, including the Petronas TOM's SC 430 driven by Juichi Wakisaka and André Lotterer, along with the Eneos SC 430, Kraft SC 430, Dunlop Sard SC 430, and Zent Cerumo SC 430.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ww2.supergt.net/gtcgi/prg/NList02.dll/Code?No=NS012172&List=15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814200037/http://ww2.supergt.net/gtcgi/prg/NList02.dll/Code?No=NS012172&List=15 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 August 2009 |title=Five SC430s in GT500, IS350 for GT300 |publisher=SUPERGT.net |access-date=26 July 2009 }}</ref>

In 2009, the Lexus Team Petronas TOM's SC 430 driven by André Lotterer and Juichi Wakisaka was the championship winner in the GT500 series,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ww2.supergt.net/gtcgi/prg/NList02.dll/Code?No=NS014459&List=13 |title=SUPER GT top rankers awarded at JAF Awards presentation |publisher=SUPER GT.net |access-date=4 January 2010 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> also the SC 430 was victorious in early rounds at the Suzuka Circuit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.japancorp.net/japan/Article.asp?Art_ID=48168&sec=3 |title=トヨタ自動車、レクサスチーム GT500クラスで1－2フィニッシュ！ |publisher=JapanCorp |date=20 April 2009 |access-date=7 July 2011 |language=ja |archive-date=18 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518163826/http://www.japancorp.net/japan/Article.Asp?Art_ID=48168 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2010, the SC 430 continued in Super GT competition, where the MJ Kraft SC 430 and other Lexus Team Kraft SC 430s won victories at the 2010 Autobacs Super GT at Fuji Speedway.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/257282/motulpowered-lexus-clinches-round-3-japan-super-gt |title=Motul-powered Lexus clinches Round 3 of Japan Super GT |work=Manila Bulletin |date=14 May 2010 |access-date=7 July 2011}}</ref> Starting from 2009 until 2013, the SC 430s used Toyota's 3.4L ''[[List of Toyota engines#V8|RV8KG]]'' V8 engine.

In the 2012 [[Formula Drift]] season, [[Daigo Saito]] drove a 2JZ-powered Lexus SC430.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}