page_title: Honda in motorsport
section_title: ALMS and IMSA
hierarchical_section_title: Honda in motorsport / Sportscar racing / ALMS and IMSA
caption_attribution_description: English: David Brabham driving a Acura ARX-02a at Petit Le Mans 2009.
context_page_description: Honda has been competing in a variety of racing series through the years, including Formula One, IndyCar, touring car racing, sports car racing and MotoGP. Currently they are involved in Formula One, MotoGP, WTCR, Super GT, Super Formula, IndyCar, IMSA, BTCC, Formula 3, Formula 4, off-road, WSBK, EWC, MXGP, TrialGP and various different GT3 and TCR series.
context_section_description: Honda entered the American Le Mans Series in 2007 under the Acura name in the LMP2 class. They won their first race in the series, the 12 Hours of Sebring, but Porsche dominated the rest of the season. In 2008, the Acura's won six of the seven races and were much closer in the championship fight, the best placed team finishing second.
  In 2009, they joined the LMP1 class alongside LMP2. Acura ended up as champions in both classes as the Highcroft Racing team won the LMP1 title with the Acura ARX-02a, while Fernández Racing won in LMP2 with the Acura ARX-01B.
  The Acura name was changed to Honda Performance Development (HPD) for 2010. Honda became champions in the LMP class again as Highcroft Racing's HPD ARX-01C beat the Porsche RS Spyder Evo of Team Cytosport. Further championships followed in 2012 and 2013 with the HPD ARX-03a of Pickett Racing.
  In 2014, ALMS merged with RSCS and became the IMSA SportsCar Championship, organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). Honda finished third in the manufacturers' championship in the first two years of the championship in 2014 and 2015. In 2016, Honda won the 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring and the Petit Le Mans by the ESM and MSR teams using the Honda HR35TT in a Ligier JS P2 chassis, which gave Honda the Manufacturers' Endurance Cup title.
  Honda didn't compete in the Prototype class in 2017, instead competing in the GTD class with the Acura NSX GT3. The car won two races and finished fourth in the manufacturers' championship. In the following season in 2018, Acura finished second in the manufacturers' championship in the GTD class.
  Honda returned to the Prototype class in 2018 with the Acura ARX-05. The car scored its first win at Mid-Ohio that year, finishing second in the manufacturers' championship. 2019 was a successful year for Acura, as they won the drivers', teams' and manufacturers' championships in the Prototype class, with Dane Cameron and Juan Pablo Montoya driving the drivers' championship-winning car. The NSX GT3 also won the drivers' and teams' championships in the GTD class.
caption: Acura ARX-02a of Highcroft Racing
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