The team’s partnership with Acura began over 10 years ago. During that time we’ve won countless races together but never before had a team car made it to the “start line” of such a prestigious race – Acura’s Long Beach Grand Prix.
- Rally Cycing’s “race-ready” RDX A-Spec was on featured display at Acura’s expansive expo within the Long Beach Grand Prix
- Valet treatment for the team’s “race-ready” Acura RDX
- Acura’s Rick Tablan has some secret horsepower underneath the hood
- The NSX is near and dear to our hearts. This “Dream Project” edition is a showstopper from cuffs to collar
- A four driver team is lead by Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves
- NO. 10 Konica Minolta ARX-05: This blue beauty is known as a DPI Daytona Prototype International (DPI) style car and has won the overall in the IMSA Weathertech Sportswear Championship
- NO. 6 Sirius XM Honda IndyCar: This Honda IndyCar, won the 2021 Indy 500. It was Castroneves’ fourth Indy 500 win
- NO. 73 Civic Type R: This heavily modified Civic Type R was developed by Honda partner JAS Motorsport in Italy and is available in race-ready condition through HPD
- RB16B: Honda’s fatest and most non-street legal car is this F1 monster raced by Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen
- Acura’s Kelly Lynch and Rick Tablan alongside Sam and Charles from Rally Cycling. The team and Acura have been partners for a decade strong
- Castroneves leads the pack at speeds reaching 200 MPH on the Long Beach circuit
Final results from the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach with starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed, and reason out:
1. (14) Colton Herta, Honda, 85, Running
2. (1) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 85, Running
3. (2) Scott Dixon, Honda, 85, Running
4. (10) Alex Palou, Honda, 85, Running
5. (4) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 85, Running
6. (15) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 85, Running
7. (25) Jack Harvey, Honda, 85, Running
8. (22) Sebastien Bourdais, Chevrolet, 85, Running
9. (16) Takuma Sato, Honda, 85, Running
10. (12) Will Power, Chevrolet, 85, Running
Photos by Sam Wiebe, Rally Cycling’s Chief Creative Officer.