Fashionable automotive public sale web site Deliver a Trailer by no means fails to impress with the number of autos that present up in its listings.

Take for instance this Acura ARX-05 DPi race automotive, which on the time of writing has a bid of $175,000 and eight days left to go in its sale.

First noticed by Jalopnik, the itemizing was posted by Honda’s personal Honda Efficiency Growth motorsports division, and is for the no. 10 Acura ARX-05 DPi constructed and raced by Wayne Taylor Racing within the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship.

The automotive was accomplished in late 2021 and entered in 10 races in the course of the 2022 season of the SportsCar Championship. It managed wins at races held at Laguna Seca, Mid Ohio, Watkins Glen, and Street America, which led to it taking dwelling second within the Groups’ Championship, behind the no. 60 Acura ARX-05 fielded by Meyer Shank Racing. The present mileage is listed at 11,000 miles.

Energy within the automotive comes from a twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6 paired with a 6-speed sequential transmission from Xtrac. The chassis is an Oreca design and options double-wishbone pushrod suspension, electronically assisted rack-and-pinion steering, an air-jack system, and a brake package deal consisting of Brembo 6-piston calipers and AP Racing carbon-ceramic rotors. The wheels are staggered 18-inch Rotiform cast aluminum items wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport P2L tires.

A chassis tag mounted to the carbon-fiber tub lists this ARX-05 as chassis no. 7.

The provision of a top-level race automotive in virtually full type represents a uncommon alternative for collectors. Any purchaser will not be capable of compete with it in future seasons of the SportsCar Championship, although.

The DPi class is changed subsequent yr by the return of the GTP class because the premier class of the SportsCar Championship. The GTP class is eligible for each the brand new LMDh race vehicles in addition to the prevailing LMH vehicles. Acura will probably be current, competing with a brand new ARX-06 LMDh race automotive.