 The IS F VLN racer was also entered in the 2009 24 Hours Nürburgring race and finished third in the SP8 class.The IS F was also later entered in the DMV Grenzlandrennen VLN 4h endurance race in August 2009 where it won the SP8 class.In Gazoo's win at the DMV Grenzlandrennen VLN race on 29 August 2009, Kazunori Yamauchi, the developer of "Gran Turismo" series who had little experience in actual motorsport, was also one of their drivers, along with Peter Lyon and Hideshi Matsuda.