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2015 Acura TLX GT Racecar Takes to the Track at Mid-Ohio

Acura has announced that the 2015 Acura TLX GT is finally ready to take to the track. Originally, the 2015 Acura TLX GT was supposed to make its racing debut at the Detroit Grand Prix in early June, but now it’s set to take on the Pirelli World Challenge GT Class this weekend in a more fitting venue at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
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2015 Acura TLX GT
Created by Honda Performance Development (HPD) and RealTime Racing (RTR), the 2015 Acura TLX GT uses a twin-turbocharged version of the TLX’s production direct-injected V-6. Like the production car, it will even feature all-wheel drive making it the only AWD car in this class, which includes race-prepped versions of the Audi R8, Cadillac CTS-V, Dodge Viper, Ferrari 458 and Porsche 911, among others.

"The Pirelli World Challenge has a lot of strong competitors in GT, but the TLX is the only all-wheel-drive car in the category. For our four-door sedan to be racing head-to-head with the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini, among others, is pretty cool. We're ready to go, and we're going to show the competition what the Acura TLX GT can do," said RealTime Racing owner/driver Peter Cunningham.

This weekend’s race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course makes more sense than the Detroit debut. For starters, that race was in conjunction with a Chevrolet-sponsored Indy race, while this weekend’s festivities take place with the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio race. Additionally, the production version of the all-new TLX sedan is assembled about 60 miles away from Mid-Ohio in Marysville, OH.

"We're excited to debut the Acura TLX GT race car in front of our 'hometown' audience of associates from the many Honda facilities in central Ohio. The competition in the Pirelli World Challenge is fierce, including many of the luxury makes the TLX will compete with on the sales floor. Acura has never shied away from a challenge. Instead, we seek it out, both on-track and in the marketplace," said Art St. Cyr, president of HPD and vice president of auto operations for American Honda.
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