Acura built a 400hp mdx sport hybrid to race up pikes peak. It began in 20 out of a desire to collect the honda and acura cars that played a role in peter cunninghams motorsports career, from autocrossing a solo title in 1984 through ice racing multiple titles in the late 1980s, prorally a national title in 1993, and realtimes multiple sports car racing championships 96 world challenge race wins, 15 championships, not to mention three. Sep 20, 2018 peter cunningham and his 2018 acura tlxgt conquered both in 2018. Pikes peak international hill climb 2019 peter cunningham. Differences between a race car and a street car acura tsx. Click on the site to see peter cunningham s career results at that track glossary. Nov 16, 2017 helped develop and drove gms first purposebuilt race car, the corvette ss, at sebring in 1957. May 09, 2018 when the time came to take the secondgeneration nsx racing, few were surprised acura turned to peter cunninghams realtime racing rtr to assist with the development and running of its new gt3. Free newsletters get the best of including breaking news. Cunningham, who was first in class at pikes peak in june, topped the 40car field with a. It has 8,838 miles and features its original factory white paint with corvette challenge series decals, the gmprotofabinstalled roll bar. Peter cunningham american racing driver age, birthday. Tomorrow, authorities will close the road, and a wide variety of race cars and drivers will attempt to accomplish the same journey as fast as. Enjoy this famous integra type r race car hammering around.
Sir john arthur brabham, ao, obe 2 april 1926 19 may 2014 was an australian racing driver who was formula one world champion in 1959, 1960, and 1966. Drinking a large espresso to jolt me from an early morning slumber wasnt the smartest thing to do before my ride with 17yearold professional race car driver alec udell. Realtime racing driver peter cunningham drivetofive. Directly in front of me was the official acura nsx pace car driven that day by peter cunningham, one of the biggest names in sports car racing and the owner of realtime racing. Linkedin is the worlds largest business network, helping professionals like peter cunningham discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts, and business partners. We wish tony all the best with his 2 rides for rachael cunningham, who is the wife of kiwi former jumps jockey, peter cunningham. Peter cunningham racing driver, 57 driver american racing driver. Cunningham s team had built a solid resume of racing success with honda and acura products leading up to the arrival of the integra type r in 1997. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. He was a founder of the brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name. May 02, 2019 that includes bringing some very tasty acura race cars to show off, and cunningham is acting as my own personal race car historian and curator, to tell their stories. Oct 22, 2019 anyone familiar with honda or acura motorsports will know the name realtime racing, an operation headed up by accomplished driver peter cunningham. Peter cunningham clinches world challenge gts championship.
Sports car racing photo gallery of peter cunningham usas cars photo gallery login rsc home drivers peter cunningham photos. Jul 06, 2019 directly in front of me was the official acura nsx pace car driven that day by peter cunningham, one of the biggest names in sports car racing and the owner of realtime racing. We spent some quality time speaking with team owner and driver peter cunningham of acura, real time racing at sonoma raceway back in august. Driver peter cunningham 1997 north american touring car. Five acura entries at the 2019 pikes peak international. As a driver, peter has won 91 sports car races in 10 professional series, a record unmatched by anyone in north american sports car racing history, not to mention his 10 drivers championships in scca pro racing series. Peter cunningham preston, united kingdom professional. This was the day after peter had been rearended at the. Jun 19, 2019 completing the lineup is the realtime racing acura tlx gt allwheel drive race car, driven by twotime class winner and scca hall of famer peter cunningham. View peter cunninghams professional profile on linkedin. Briggs cunningham was a competitor, patron and pioneering champion of road racing in the usa. Cunningham holds most series records since the series inception, and moves into the gt. The car won eight races between the 1996 1998 world challenge seasons and cunningham won the gt drivers championship in 1997 with the car.
Beyond road racing, cunningham has also ventured into ice racing, scca pro rally, and even gave the scca racetruck challenge a go. Acura tlx gt race car to debut at midohio 2015 acura tlx to race in premier gt category single car entry for realtime racing and driver peter cunningham race debut this weekend at the mid. I interviewed peter cunningham and visited the realtime racing shop for an executive profile in this weeks milwaukee business journal weekly edition. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Through 20, he has claimed 91 professional race wins across 12 different north american road. Celebrities peter cunningham net worth peter cunningham net worth 2020, age, height, relationships, married, dating, family, wiki biography. Acura sends nsx, 500horsepower tlx aspec to conquer. Peter looks to tlxgt to do well next season with the addition of a second car and driver. It is almost a flip of the coin to decide whether peter cunningham should be more respected for his personal ability as a championship driver or for realtime racing, the legacy team he created 32 years ago as the factory honda and acura team in the pirelli world challenge. Realtime racing owner driver peter cunningham walks the racer channel around the brandnew acuratlxgt the team unveiled at the midohio. The millennial aged performance arm of american honda has driven up the mountain every year.
The acura tlx gt race car will be campaigned by wisconsinbased realtime racing, the most successful team in pirelli world challenge history. Was a prime mover behind the creation of lime rock park in connecticut, one of the countrys foremost road courses. Battling pierre kleinubing for the 2006 touring car title was the series 2003 grand touring champion, randy pobst. Realtime racing was founded in 1987 by peter cunningham. Current racing series nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoors truck series arca menards west series arca menards east series arca menards series pintys series whelen modified tour weekly racing series peak mexico series whelen euro series ntt indycar series indy lights series formula one series weathertech sportscar champ. Peter cunningham footballer 19061934, scottish soccer player peter cunningham photographer, american photographer peter cunningham priest c. Oct 23, 2019 eter peter cunningham, owner and racer for the legendary realtime racing team. Once i adopted briggs strategy of driving the race car tenderly, i finally put myself in a position to win. Racer peter cunninghams car collection is pure honda heaven. Peter cunningham and realtime racing put honda and acura on the u. Acura integra type r from realtime racing is back on track. The tlx gt will again be piloted by peter cunningham of realtime racing, which has campaigned acura race cars dating back to 1992. Through 20, he has won 91 professional races across 12 different road racing series and holds a number of world challenge records. Winningest american sports car driver peter cunningham fielding acura tlx gt completes the five vehicle card thermal orange 2019 nsx to serve as the official pace car of the event acura will campaign the largest collection of competitive entries in the brands history in the 97th running of the broadmoor pikes peak international hill climb on.
Realtime racing was founded in 1987 by peter cunningham and is headquartered in saukville, just north of milwaukee, wisconsin. Jun 26, 2017 the french driver won the race quite comfortably, crossing the finish line no fewer than 28 seconds ahead of peter cunningham and his acura tlx gt. Manufacturer involvement at the pikes peak international hill climb always ebbs and flows. This is why pikes peak hill climb is the most dangerous race. Peter s race history goes back to when he founded a company called realtime racing in 1987. Since entering the sports car club of america pro racingsanctioned world challenge series in 1993, the team has scored a record 85 race victories on its way to 14 manufacturers championships and 14 drivers championships. His name and his team, realtime racing, have become synonymous with the honda and acura brands. Regular members racing drivers who have participated successfully in major professional events, i. Inside the hq of champion acura driver peter cunningham.
When asked, cunningham defaults the choice of his future teammate to. Senior reporter, milwaukee business journal aug 25, 2016, 2. Pwc 25th anniversary poster unveiled performance racing. Jan 07, 2020 thats where the hottest collection of hondas in the u. Eter peter cunningham, owner and racer for the legendary realtime racing team. Cunninghams team had built a solid resume of racing success with honda and acura products leading up to the arrival of the integra type r in 1997. He is a little nervous but very excited to be back. May 09, 2018 peter cunningham and realtime racing put honda and acura on the u. At its inception, the team campaigned a variety of honda civic automobiles in the international ice racing association, leading to iira titles for cunningham in 1987, 1989 and 1990.
As a team owner, peter heads an effort which has won 92 individual events 14 by his drivers in 26 years of world challenge racing, 25 driver s championships and, most importantly, 14 manufacturers championships for the honda and acura brands which may explain the length of their relationship. Veteran race car driver peter cunningham heads up the mountain for a third time and wins his class for the third time. In addition to the cars which bore his name with pride and competed against the best in the world, the cunningham team raced many other models in the 1950s and 1960s in both the usa and europe. Motorsport map and achieved halloffame status in the process. When asked, cunningham defaults the choice of his future teammate to hpd and acura racing. Peter heads an effort which has won 92 individual events 14 by his drivers in 26. Aug 08, 2014 realtime racing owner driver peter cunningham walks the racer channel around the brandnew acuratlxgt the team unveiled at the midohio pirelli world challenge gt race. Completing the lineup is the realtime racing acura tlx gt allwheel drive race car, driven by twotime class winner and scca hall of famer peter cunningham. Peter cunningham is a staple of the american sportscar scene, and has been for three decades.
Seventime series champion peter cunningham, arguably the most successful driver in series history, is featured prominently in the realtime racing acura tsx. Established in 1987 by owner driver peter cunningham, rtr has raced and won with both honda and acura products. In 2000, to compliment cunningham s efforts with the bmw factory team in the american le mans series, rtr expanded its world challenge lineup to include a bmw m3 in the gt championship. The owner and former driver of realtime racing, the wisconsin native is one of the most heralded drivers and team owners in world challenge series history, having been with the series as a driver since inception, and with both driver and team amassing a record number of wins and. Acura tlx gt race car makes suprise debut in detroit. Listen to this acura integra type r scream at the track. Peter cunningham racing driver wikipedia republished. He has been a factory honda, acura, bmw, nissan and audi driver in his career. Winningest american sports car driver peter cunningham fielding acura tlx gt completes the five vehicle card race entries highlighted in short video news provided by.
Realtime racing drivers at 2016 grand prix of long beach. A rare and valuable factory race corvette, this corvette challenge car was campaigned as number 76 and driven by peter cunningham. Click on the site to see peter cunningham s career results at that track. Peter cunningham was born on july 01, 1962 57 years old. Cunningham, who was first in class at pikes peak in june, topped the 40 car field with a blistering time of 18. Realtime racing drivers peter cunningham and ryan eversley talk about stuff at the honda booth during the 2016 toyota grand prix of long beach weekend.
Acura engineers field four homegrown entries at pikes peak. Peter cunningham is among the pantheon of greatest drivers to ever hustle a honda around a race track. He was a founder of the brabham racing team and race car constructor that bore his name brabham was a royal australian air force flight mechanic and ran a small engineering workshop before he started racing midget cars in 1948. Anyone familiar with honda or acura motorsports will know the name realtime racing, an operation headed up by accomplished driver peter cunningham. This is why pikes peak hill climb is the most dangerous. Dan said that even though he was a faster onelap driver than briggs cunningham, that briggs had always finished higher at lemans than he did. Realtime racings peter cunningham tells us tales of acura. Peter cunningham is hanging up his helmet after 32 years racing acuras and hondas, most recently winning his third consecutive pikes peak international hill climb in the open class, running a tlxgt. It was a natural fit for the real times 1997 campaign into the speed touring car championship. Pobst was in contention for the top touring car honours last season but his main rival was kleinubings teammate, peter cunningham, who won the title. A distinguished member of the scca hall of fame, cunningham made his pikes peak debut in 2017 earning an open class win 2nd overall and being named rookie of the year. Briggs realized that lemans was not a race, but an endurance contest, he said. In 1987, he founded realtime racing which, to date, has claimed nearly 90 race victories.
Acuras story began in 1987, the same year realtime racing was founded. Apr 10, 20 we visited the detroit grand prix to see the pirelli world challenge action and interview realtime racing driver owner peter cunningham ahead of his race on the belle isle course. The short version of that story is we ended up getting the car and winning the championship. Peter cunningham acura tlx world challenge gt tech. Meet the man who helped give honda its motorsport cred. One of those is seasoned race veteran peter cunningham, who over the course of his 28year racing career has taken home nearly 100 professional race wins across 12 different north american road racing series. The biography with carrer and success in the race driver directory of speedsport magazine.
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