Acura ARX-05

Sports car by Acura

Racing car model

The Acura ARX-05 is a sports prototype racing car built to Daytona Prototype International regulations. 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.^[2][3]

The car made its racing debut at the 2018 24 Hours of Daytona with Team Penske. In 2019, the car won the drivers', teams' and manufacturers' titles in the top DPi class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, becoming the first non-General Motors car to do so. Acura and Team Penske successfully defended their titles in 2020, winning all of the DPi class championships.^[4]

It was announced in July 2020 that the partnership between Team Penske and Honda Performance Development would not be renewed for the 2021 season.^[5] For the 2021 season, Wayne Taylor Racing and Meyer Shank Racing campaigned one of the ARX-05s previously run by Penske.^[6] Both teams continued using the model for the 2022 season. The car won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2021 and 2022.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Results in bold indicate pole position. Results in italics indicate fastest lap.

References

1. "Acura ARX-05 Completes Successful First North American Test". Acura. 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
2. "Acura, Team Penske Announce North American Prototype Effort". www.acura.com. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
3. Dagys, John. "Acura DPi Set to Begin Testing This Month – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Archived from the original on 2020-01-25. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
4. "Fitting Finale for 2020 in DPi Class". IMSA. 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
5. Pruett, Marshall (21 July 2020). "Acura, Penske to split at end of 2020". racer.com.
6. Dagys, John (23 September 2020). "WTR, MSR to Campaign Acura DPis in 2021 – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com.
7. "2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
8. "2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
9. "2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
10. "2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
11. "2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Points - Official.pdf" (PDF). results.imsa.com. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
12. "Complete Archive of Acura ARX-05". Racing Sports Cars. pp. 1, 2, 3. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

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