{"id":68316,"date":"2019-04-09T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-acura-returns-to-indy-car-with-meyer-shank-racing\/"},"modified":"2019-04-09T20:27:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T00:27:01","slug":"acura-regresa-al-indy-car-con-meyer-shank-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/acura-regresa-al-indy-car-con-meyer-shank-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Acura Returns to Indy Car with Meyer Shank Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">TORRANCE, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 9, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Meyer Shank Racing Indy car driven by <span class=\"xn-person\">Jack Harvey<\/span> will feature Acura livery in this weekend&#8217;s Acura Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">Long Beach<\/span>, marking the return of Acura colors to the NTT IndyCar Series for the first time since 1994.\u00a0 The one-off design for the AutoNation \/ SiriusXM #60 entry celebrates the start of Acura&#8217;s tenure as title sponsor of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Southern California<\/span> racing classic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgc184left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgc184left\" title=\"The #60 Meyer Shank Racing IndyCar driven by Jack Harvey will feature Acura badging this weekend to mark the company\u2019s debut as title sponsor of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. \" border=\"0\" alt=\"The #60 Meyer Shank Racing IndyCar driven by Jack Harvey will feature Acura badging this weekend to mark the company\u2019s debut as title sponsor of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/859060\/Meyer_Shank_Racing_IndyCar.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Given our long-running, successful relationship with Meyer Shank Racing in sports car competition, it seemed only natural to mark our first year as title sponsor of the Acura Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">Long Beach<\/span> by extending our brand to the MSR Indy car,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Jon Ikeda<\/span>, Acura vice president and <span class=\"xn-person\">Brand Officer<\/span>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>In place of the usual Honda brand on the engine cover and &#8220;Circle H&#8221; nose logo, the MSR chassis will carry Acura branding on the engine cover and rear wing endplates, with the &#8220;Caliper A&#8221; logo on the nose and upper front-wing elements.\u00a0 In addition to Acura branding, the #60 AutoNation\/SiriusXM entry will continue to feature the &#8220;Drive Pink&#8221; campaign to support breast cancer treatment research.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had a great history for four years now with Acura and we couldn&#8217;t be more proud to represent them on the NSX side in IMSA and now we can do a little something for them at the Acura Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">Long Beach<\/span> in IndyCar,&#8221; said MSR team owner <span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Shank<\/span>. &#8220;This is really just a proud moment in my time, I think it&#8217;s great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to its Indy car program, Meyer Shank Racing fields a pair of Acura NSX GT3 Evo&#8217;s in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and has scored four class victories and two poles in the highly-competitive GTD category since 2017.\u00a0 The #57 Caterpillar sponsored MSR Acura NSX GT3 Evo, raced by the all-female driver lineup of <span class=\"xn-person\">Katherine Legge<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Bia Figueiredo<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Christina Nielsen<\/span>, will be on display in the atrium of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Long Beach<\/span> Convention Center throughout the Acura Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">Long Beach<\/span> race weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The only previous time Acura featured on an Indy car entry was in 1994, when the division served as primary sponsor of the Comptech Racing Lola driven by three-time IMSA champion <span class=\"xn-person\">Parker Johnstone<\/span>.\u00a0 The Comptech Lola featured Acura logos and branding, and Johnstone took part in six Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) events that season, in addition to running an extensive testing program.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Acura<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Acura delivers Precision Crafted Performance \u2013 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 \u2013 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&#8217;s all-time best-selling three-row luxury SUV, and the next-generation, electrified NSX supercar.<\/p>\n<p>Five of the six Acura models sold in <span class=\"xn-location\">North America<\/span> are made in central <span class=\"xn-location\">Ohio<\/span>, 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 <span class=\"xn-location\">Marysville, Ohio<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional media information including pricing, features &amp; specifications and high-resolution photography is available at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2430225-1&amp;h=4188298188&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acuranews.com%2F&amp;a=AcuraNews.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">AcuraNews.com<\/a>. 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