Acura NSX Sets The Pace At Pikes Peak; Driven By Six-Time Champion David Donner
Acura NSX Sets The Pace At Pikes Peak; Driven By Six-Time Champion David Donner
by Acura | June 27, 2019•2019 NSX to serve as the official Pace Car for the 97th running of the Race to the Clouds
•Local legend David Donner to lead the race to the summit
A 2019 Acura NSX will serve as the official Pace Car during this year's running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event on June 30. This marks Acura's fifth consecutive year leading the field at Pikes Peak. The second generation NSX first served as the Pace Car in 2015, and has competed in the race each year since.
Piloting the NSX Pace Car to the summit is David Donner, a six-time event champion and current holder of the Time Attack 2 Production Class record.
About Acura
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.
Photo credit: Acura
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A 'Pikes Peak' themed livery, penned by Acura Executive Creative Director Dave Marek, will cover the Thermal Orange Pearl NSX Pace Car as well as the five Acura race entries. More info on Acura's 2019 Pikes Peak Hill Climb campaign here.
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