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                                                                           August 2017

Acura Motorsports  and Team Penske reveal Acura ARX-05 Prototype Race car

Acura unveiled the new Acura ARX-05 prototype race car this month at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering. Acura Motorsports will join forces with the legendary Team Penske organization to field a pair of the new Daytona Prototype International (DPi) entries in the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The Acura ARX-05 (Acura Racing eXperimental, generation 5) is the latest in a line of endurance prototypes to be fielded by the brand dating to 1991, just five years after the 1986 launch of the Acura marque. Based on the very successful ORECA 07 chassis, the new ARX-05 prototype showcases Acura-specific bodywork and design features, including Acura's signature Jewel Eye™ headlights, and utilizes the race-proven AR35TT twin-turbocharged engine, based on the production 3.5-liter V-6 that powers the Acura MDX, RDX, TLX and RLX models.

"At Acura, Precision Crafted Performance is at the heart of everything we do." said Jon Ikeda, Acura vice-president and general manager. "Whether it is our production cars or a prototype race car, if you want to be a performance brand you need to perform."
The multi-year DPi program will be administered by Honda Performance Development (HPD), the racing arm for both Acura Motorsports and Honda Racing in North America. The competition debut of the Team Penske Acura prototypes will take place at the season-opening Rolex 24 in January, 2018. One of the team's two ARX-05 entries will be piloted by the legendary Juan Pablo Montoya along with sports car champion Dane Cameron. The second driver pairing will be announced at a later date.

"Right from the start, Acura has raced - and done so successfully," said Art St. Cyr, President of HPD and Acura Motorsports. "We've won with the Acura Integra Type R, the RSX, the first-generation NSX and with the Le Mans prototypes. Most recently, we've won with the new Acura NSX GT3. The ARX-05 is our fifth-generation prototype, and we expect great things from our partnership with Team Penske."

Based on the "J35" family of engines found in Acura MDX, RDX, TLX and RLX production vehicles, the Acura AR35TT engine has powered class winners at the 12 Hours of Sebring (2011-13); the 24 Hours of Le Mans and LMP2 World Endurance Championship (2012). The engine also powered entries to American Le Mans Series LMP2 titles in 2012-13; and the overall winners at the Rolex 24, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans in 2016.


 

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Civic Si wins in Utah with Shea Holbrook

The 2017 Civic Si is proving to be a very capable platform for touring car racing--it racked up its 2nd win of the season at the Pirelli World Challenge Championships in Utah this weekend in the hands of Shea Holbrook.

The car, built in just three weeks, tested on stock Civic Si suspension components until the HPD Racing Line parts arrived in time for the race weekend--showing how well the production Si suspension is dialed in. Civic driver Tom O'Gorman finished the weekend strong for the Si with a podium in Race 2.



RealTime Racing and Acura NSX GT3 win in Utah

The RealTime Racing Acura NSX GT3 team had the weekend it had been waiting for at Utah Motorsports Campus, scoring three top-five finishes and taking the new NSX supercar to Victory Lane for the first time in Pirelli World Challenge competition.
Saturday's win was the 79th for Acura and RealTime Racing in PWC competition, but the first for the duo of Peter Kox and Mark Wilkins, as well as the first PWC win for the new NSX GT3.
 
Race #1 action            Race #2 action

 
Maxxis / HPD Rally Team continue podium streak

M ax xis renewed its partnership with Honda Performance Development to continue campaigning the 2015 B-Spec Fit and the 2017 2WD Honda Civic Sport at the third running of the Sno*Drift Summer Rally. This one-day rally utilized many of the same roads as the first round of Rally America competition earlier in the year. While the roads were familiar, driving them without the usual covering of snow was a first for the team.  

 

   
 2017 SCCA Runoffs at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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With a record number of entries for this year's Runoffs, we want to make sure all of our participants have a place to park at IMS. If you are still in need of a space, please contact us at grmsadmin@hra.com or call (661) 702-7777. 

 
Recent Race Results

Verizon IndyCar Series - Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio  

Ohio native son Graham Rahal led the Honda attack Sunday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, finishing third at the Honda Indy 200 to continue an impressive streak of results in the second half of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series season. 

A large crowd, including nearly 10,000 Honda associates from multiple central Ohio Honda facilities, filled the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio road circuit on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Starting fourth, Rahal battled fellow Honda driver and Indianapolis 500 champion Takuma Sato in the early part of the 90-lap contest. Moving ahead of Sato after the first round of scheduled pit stops, Rahal then spent the remainder of the day fighting with Will Power for second, as eventual race winner Josef Newgarden pulled out a comfortable lead at the front of the field.




 
Pirelli World Challenge - Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio

The RealTime Racing Acura NSX GT3s found progress hard to come by this weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, but the driving duo of Peter Kox and Ryan Eversley did a strong job of maximizing opportunities during Rounds 6-7 of the Pirelli World Challenge campaign.

Kox, who actually debuted the Acura NSX GT3 at Mid-Ohio a year ago, posted the team's best finish of the weekend with a sixth-place run on Sunday. Eversley started the weekend with a 10th-place run on Saturday, then fought off tough competition in Sunday's 55-minute race to place eighth.

Race #1 action            Race #2 action
 
 
 
IMSA - Continental Tire Road Race Showcase, Road America
 
Hard work throughout a difficult weekend at Road America netted the Michael Shank Racing team and Acura little reward, as both cars were forced to retire from Sunday's Continental Tire Road Race Showcase.

 
 
 
 
Red Bull Global Rallycross - Atlantic City, NJ
 
Olsbergs MSE (OMSE), with 24-year-old Sebastian Eriksson, captured Honda's fifth podium finish of the year Sunday in Round Nine of the 2017 Red Bull Global Rallycross season. The third doubleheader event of 2017 featured some of the most intense racing of the season to date.

 
 

F4 US Championship - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course  

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course set the stage for true Cinderella stories for the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda mid-season event. While Kyle Kirkwood of Jupiter, Florida, pulled away in the point championship, leading 75 points over new second-place holder Raphael Forcier of Montreal, competitors from the bottom of the standings rose to the top-10.


 

Verizon IndyCar Series: Pocono IndyCar 500

Alexander Rossi, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Graham Rahal and a heroic Ryan Hunter-Reay were among seven Honda drivers to contend for victory Sunday at Pocono Raceway, the second and final 500-mile race of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series.  But a third-place result for Rossi was the highlight for Honda, as an off-sequence pit strategy paid huge dividends for Penske Racing, with Will Power and Josef Newgarden finishing 1-2 at the end of 200 hard-fought laps.
 
 

 
HPD Racing Products Spotlight

HPD Racing Line members can order our HPD-developed racing products to help support their motorsports needs. From Touring cars to Karting, we offer a variety of products and support to help get you on top of the podium !
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September 3, 2017: Verizon IndyCar Series: IndyCar Grand Prix at the Glen, Watkins Glen

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September 9- September 10, 2017: Red Bull Global Rallycross: Seatlle, WA

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September 15- September 17, 2017: PWC: Grand Prix of Sonoma

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September 14- September 17, 2017: F4 US Championship, COTA

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September 17, 2017: Verizon IndyCar Series: GoPro Frand Prix of Sonoma

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