Through three generations of Unser racers, the overall crown, King of the Mountain, was earned twenty-six times by the Unser family. The Unsers were the first family to race in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, a tradition that began in 1926 with Louis and Joe Unser. Unser is a fourth-generation race car driver, following her father Johnny, who raced at the Indianapolis 500, with the Unser family (Al, Bobby and Al, Jr.) winning nine Indy 500 championships. Unser's HPD Integra Type S race car bringsAcura's action-packed anime series to life, wearing a unique anime-style wrap tied to the new second season of Chiaki's Journey. ![]() Fellow Acura engineer and Pikes Peak veteran Jordan Guitar also returns to Pikes Peak driving a TLX Type S, also built by HART. The HPD Integra Type S race car will compete in the Exhibition division driven by fourth generation racer, Loni Unser, while Acura engineer Paul Hubers returns for his second year on the mountain behind the wheel of an Integra 1.5T built by the Honda of America Racing Team (HART). Marking the motorsports debut of the new high-performance variant, Acura is bringing the first race-prepped 2024 Integra Type S to Pikes Peak. Since 1916, drivers from all over the world, in a wide variety of vehicles and from multiple motorsports disciplines, race against the clock as they take on the 156-turn, 12.42-mile mountain course, starting at 9,390 feet and climbing to the 14,115-foot summit. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado is one of America's longest running motorsports competitions. This is the performance brand's 13th consecutive year competing at Pikes Peak, with the Acura team amassing an impressive 12 first place in-division finishes, 26 podiums and multiple records. All Acura race team entries are prepped and crewed by a volunteer team of engineers out of the company's R&D facilities in Ohio to further sharpen their performance-focused driving and engineering skills as they test future technologies for Acura production vehicles. Motorsports is a critical component of Acura's commitment to Precision Crafted Performance, and its Pikes Peak efforts are a pure expression of this ethos. Additionally, INDYCAR rising star David Malukas will serve as the event's official pace car driver in a 2023 TLX Type S PMC Edition. The recently launched Integra Type S will make its motorsports debut in the 101st running of the "Race to the Clouds" alongside three additional race entries including "Yamabiko", an NSX Type S racecar modified specifically for the iconic hill climb with advanced active aerodynamics. INDYCAR driver David Malukas to pilot TLX Type S pace car in the "Race to the Clouds"Īcura will again demonstrate its commitment to Precision Crafted Performance at The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, brought to you by Gran Turismo with four production-based race cars. ![]()
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