In October 2012, Lexus staged a race as a result of a charity bet between pilot Marc Arnold and Kent Stevinson to race a Lexus LFA against an Eclipse 500 jet. The plane was given a head start of about with the Lexus LFA launching from a dead stop as the jet flew by. Both vehicles would accelerate and race to the end of a 4,800-foot runway, where the LFA would then brake and turn around on the ground, and the jet would execute a 180-degree aerial turn. The LFA would have to race to and come to a complete stop on the starting line before the Eclipse 500 crossed the line in the air to win the race. Lexus chose the LFA Nürburgring Edition for the race, and professional race car driver Scott Pruett was selected to drive the car. In the end, the LFA was able to complete the race and come to a full dead stop at the end two seconds ahead of the Eclipse 500 jet. The LFA hit a maximum speed of before it hit the braking zone.