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Acura Completes Championship Season at Petit Le Mans

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  • Acura Claims Daytona Prototype International Manufacturers' Championship
  • Acura Team Penske's Dane Cameron and Juan Pablo Montoya win DPi Drivers' title
  • Meyer Shank Racing's Mario Farnbacher and Trent Hindman take #GTD Drivers' crown

Acura, its teams and drivers completed its championship- winning IMSA season in Saturday's season-ending Petit Le Mans, putting the finishing touches on the Driver, Manufacturer and Team titles in the featured Daytona Prototype International division at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

Meanwhile, in the #GTD division, Meyer Shank #racing claimed the Drivers' and Teams' Championships with the #acura NSX GT-3 Evo.

Acura Team Penske ARX-05

Finishing a season highlighted by race wins at Mid-Ohio, Detroit and Watkins Glen, and podium finishes in nine of the 10 races in 2019, #acura officially secured the Manufacturers' Championship at the start of today's season finale. But the fight for the drivers' and teams' titles went down to the final laps of the 10-hour endurance contest.

With the #31 Cadillac of Felipe Nasr, Pipo Derani and Eric Curran claiming the win, the #6 #acura ARX-05 of Dane Cameron, Juan Pablo Montoya and Simon Pagenaud needed to finish eighth or higher for full-season drivers Cameron and Montoya to take the championships for themselves and #acura Team Penske.

With Montoya running sixth following the final round of pit stops, a caution flag with just under 30 minutes remaining bunched the field together for a sprint to the finish. Closing drivers Montoya and Ricky Taylor in the #7 #acura gained positions in the final laps, with Taylor claiming third at the checkers in the car he shared with Helio Castroneves and Graham Rahal. Montoya followed his teammate home in fourth to claim his first IMSA championship, a second prototype title for co- driver Cameron, and the Teams crown for #acura Team Penske.

Meyer Shank #racing #acura NSX GT3 Evo

Following a season that included one win and four second-place finishes in 10 races, teammates Mario Farnbacher and Trent Hindman claimed the #GTD drivers' title at the start of today's race, with their Meyer Shank #racing team claiming the Teams Championship at the same time.

The #86 #acura NSX GT3 Evo ran as high as fourth with starting driver Justin Marks, who joined Farnbacher and Hindman for the long-distance races this year. However, debris punctured the radiator as the race approached the five-hour mark, and the resulting coolant leak and overheating led to the car's retirement.

Teammates Katherine Legge, Christina Nielsen and Bia Figueiredo kept their Heinricher/MSR #acura NSX GT3 Evo in contention throughout the race. Running a triple stint to close out the race, Legge was in a three-way battle for fifth place in the final laps, until a passing prototype forced her #acura off the #racing line, dropping the #57 Caterpillar #acura to a seventh-place finish.

Social media content and video links from this weekend's championship-winning #acura Motorsports IMSA sports car #racing action at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta are available on HPD's Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/HondaRacingHPD) and on Twitter at (https://twitter.com/HondaRacing_HPD). Produced by the Carolinas Productions Group, YouTube video packages can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/HondaRacingHPDTV.

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Saturday's race concluded the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. #acura will return to defend its prototype and #GTD titles in the 2020 season, which opens January 25 with the Rolex 24 at the famed Daytona International Speedway.

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Dane Cameron (#6 #acura Team Penske ARX-05) wins 2019 DPi Drivers' Championship with co-driver Juan Pablo Montoya; #acura wins the DPi Manufacturers' Championship and #acura Team Penske claims the DPi Teams' Championship: "It's a tremendous day. It was a little too close for comfort there in the last couple of hours, but we did exactly what we needed to do. We didn't have a ton of pace [in the race] for the first time all year, but we had a plan and executed perfectly. Congratulations to everyone at #acura and HPD for their support and making this night possible."

Juan Pablo Montoya (#6 #acura Team Penske ARX-05) wins 2019 DPi Drivers' Championship with co-driver Dane Cameron: "I've been lucky, I won a couple of Indianapolis 500s, Formula One races, NASCAR races, I can't complain. I came into this program at the start last year and to win the championship for #acura and #acura Team Penske is amazing. Everyone in the program did an amazing job all season long. The support from #acura has been incredible. Hopefully, we can grow on it into the future."

Trent Hindman (#86 Meyer Shank #racing #acura NSX GT3 Evo) won #GTD Drivers' Championship with co-driver Mario Farnbacher, Meyer Shank #racing also claims the #GTD Teams' Championship: "It's a little bit bittersweet [dropping out of the race]. I mean, we had a really excellent car all weekend long, as we have all season. So, it's a shame we couldn't capitalize on that [in the race today] and help our teammates secure the Manufacturers' Championship. But it's also very sweet. We got the drivers' and teams' championships wrapped up, and that's just an incredible feeling. Thank you to everyone at #acura, HPD, #auto Nation, Sirius/XM, all the Meyer Shank #racing guys, my co-drivers Mario and Justin, and most important, Mike [Shank] for opening up this opportunity for me."

Mario Farnbacher (#86 Meyer Shank #racing #acura NSX GT3 Evo) won #GTD Drivers' Championship with co-driver Trent Hindman: "It's definitely a really cool feeling [to win the championship] and I am so proud of this team. It's pretty cool that I had my first race in America at Road Atlanta and now to win the championship here is pretty special. The trust that Michael Shank, HPD and #acura have put in me is an amazing feeling. Mike always wants 100 per cent out of us every time we race, and to be able to do that for him and give him this championship is such an accomplishment. I couldn't have asked for better teammates this year and I will remember this championship forever."

Jon Ikeda (Vice President and #acura Brand Officer): on Acura's 2019 IMSA championship- winning season: "We started this motorsports journey in 2017. To be here and winning championships after just three years is just incredible. I can't say enough about Mike Shank and his Meyer Shank team, who have been with us from the start. Roger Penske and his team are the gold standard of the industry. We partnered with winners, and we've gotten great support from everyone at HPD with their tireless efforts. #acura is a performance brand. We're here to win races and compete for championships. And we're not done yet."

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Circuit:        Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta (2.54-mile road course) Braselton, GA
Weather:      Sunny, warm, 80 degrees F at race start

Top Five, #acura Prototype Results:

Ps.

Class

Drivers

Team

Chassis

Laps/Notes

1.

Prototype

Felipe Nasr / Pipo Derani / Eric

Action Express

Cadillac DPi VR

465 laps

 

 

Curran

 

 

 

2.

Prototype

Jordan Taylor / Renger Van Der

Wayne Taylor Racing

Cadillac DPi VR

+0.996 seconds

 

 

Zande / Matthieu Vaxivere

 

 

 

3.

Prototype

Helio Castroneves / Ricky Taylor

Acura Team Penske

Acura ARX-05

465 laps

 

 

Graham Rahal

 

 

 

4.

Prototype

Juan Pablo Montoya / Dane

Acura Team Penske

Acura ARX-05

464 laps

 

 

Cameron / Simon Pagenaud

 

 

 

5.

Prototype

Stephen Simpson / Simon Trummer

JDC Miller Motorsports

Cadillac DPi VR

464 laps

 

 

Chris Miller

 

 

 

Top Five, #acura #GTD Results:

1.

GTD

Bill Auberlen / Dillon Machavern

Turner Motorsport

BMW M6 GT3

418 laps

 

 

Robby Foley

 

 

 

2.

GTD

Daniel Morad / Christopher Mies /

Montaplast by Land

Audi R8 LMS GT3

+0.510 seconds

 

 

Ricky Feller

Motorsport

 

 

3.

GTD

Zacharie Robichon / Scott Hargrove

Pfaff Motorsports

Porsche 911 GT3R

418 laps

 

 

Aaron Telitz

 

 

 

4.

GTD

Jeroen Bleekemolen / Bill Keating

Riley Motorsports

Mercedes-AMG GT3

417 laps

 

 

Felipe Fraga

 

 

 

5.

GTD

Toni Vilander / Cooper MacNeil

Scuderia Corsa

Ferrari 488 GT3

417 laps

 

 

Jeff Westphal

 

 

 

7.

GTD

Katherine Legge / Bia Figueiredo

Meyer Shank Racing

Acura NSX GT3 Evo

417 laps

 

 

Christina Nielsen

 

 

 

11.

GTD

Mario Farnbacher / Trent Hindman

Meyer Shank Racing

Acura NSX GT3 Evo

124 laps, did not

 

 

Justin Marks

 

 

finish [damage]

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