I choose not afford to race the Lexus. I'd want another set ot wheels and race tires. I have one of your pior zoom zoom cars, 85 RX-7 GSL-SE. 152k miles of worn suspension parts, but tires are cheap. I'm certain the Lexus would be more competitive in its class with better tires, but I can have a lot of fun while putting out decent times, I think. I could sell my RX-7 and afford to race, but I like having 3 cars and the RX-7 makes a great snow car.