2020 Acura Arx 05 Dpi
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2020 acura arx 05 dpi. Simon pagenaud said he came away impressed with the acura arx 05 dpi following his first test by. The car made its racing debut at the 2018 24 hours of daytona. Lanky turtle 23 560 views.
Acura team penske and meyer shank racing continue to lead the combined acura motorsports imsa effort for 2020 as the company defends its 2019 dpi drivers team and manufacturer championships. Acura arx 05 dpi race car. 7 acura arx 05 dpi swapping cars from imsa s fastest and slowest classes required mental dexterity.
Acura arx 05 dpi testing at sebring duration. Jpm s 2020 car acura arx 05 dpi. While the acura arx 05 dpi and acura nsx gt3 evo come from the same automaker these two racers are worlds apart when it comes to the driving experience and how quickly they can lap a circuit.
A 2018 dpi class competitor the acura arx 05. The acura arx 05 acura racing experimental generation 5 is the latest in a line of endurance prototypes to be fielded by the company dating back to 1991 just five years after the 1986 launch of the acura brand. And driver and team crowns in the production based gtd division.
They are named after the main series event the rolex 24 at daytona the class made its racing debut at the 2017 24 hours of daytona. Storied race team defends its first weathertech championship dpi title in 2020 with a pair of acura arx 05 daytona prototype international dpi machines. It was developed in partnership by honda performance development and oreca and is based on the oreca 07 chassis and powered by the acura ar35tt twin turbocharged 3 5l v6 engine.
Jpm s racing car 2020. A daytona prototype international dpi is a type of sports prototype racing car developed specifically for the international motor sports association s weathertech sportscar championship as their top class of car acting as a direct replacement and spiritual successor of the daytona prototypes. For hindman who captured the weathertech sportscar championship s gt daytona title last year in the no.
But when the brand is acura and the two cars involved are imsa race cars one the acura nsx evo gt daytona gtd the other an arx 05 daytona prototype international dpi it quickly becomes both. Based on the very successful oreca 07 chassis the new arx 05 prototype features acura specific bodywork and utilizes the race proven production based acura ar35tt twin. 86 msr acura nsx gt3 and taylor the 2017 imsa prototype champion who races the no.
The acura arx 05 is a sports prototype racing car built to daytona prototype international regulations.
