Acura Secures Third Consecutive Pikes Peak Open Class Win and New Class Record with TLX GT

The RealTime Racing Acura TLX GT driven by Peter Cunningham took home a third straight Open Class win in the 2019 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, finishing third overall with a time of 9:24.433. Cunningham set another new record for the Open Class, improving on his own record time of 9:27.352 set in 2018. Powered by a 3.5L Twin Turbo V6, the same power unit Acura uses in its ARX-05 Daytona Prototype, the TLX GT was the fastest entry in the challenging fourth sector of the mountain.

Four additional Acura entries completed the race, including a production-based NSX driven by Acura engineer Nick Robinson, who beat his previous best time by more than three seconds. The Acura results are noteworthy as four of the brand's five entries were based on the grassroots efforts of its own associates, hand-built cars driven and crewed exclusively by Acura engineers with a passion for motorsports and a drive for performance.

Acura 2019 Pikes Peak racing results:

*Course shortened due to extreme weather

Everyone at Acura was deeply saddened by the loss of longtime race competitor and champion, Carlin Dunne. We would like to express our deepest sympathies to his family, friends and fans, and to the entire Ducati North America organization.

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Acura delivers Precision Crafted Performance – a commitment to evocative styling, high performance and innovative engineering, all built on a foundation of exceptional quality and reliability. The Acura lineup features six distinctive models – the RLX premium luxury sedan, the TLX performance luxury sedan, the ILX sport sedan, the five-passenger RDX luxury crossover SUV, the seven-passenger Acura MDX, America's all-time best-selling three-row luxury SUV, and the next-generation, electrified NSX supercar.

Five of the six Acura models sold in North America are made in central Ohio, using domestic and globally-sourced parts, including the ILX and TLX luxury sports sedans (Marysville Auto Plant), the RDX and MDX luxury SUVs (East Liberty Auto Plant) and the Acura NSX supercar, which is built to order at the Performance Manufacturing Center in Marysville, Ohio.

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