RealTime Racing, a Honda/Acura racing team owned by Peter Cunningham, has always had a warm place in my heart. Cunningham himself was in the paddock at Lime Rock on Memorial Day weekend eons ago, and not only was his outfit giving out huge, 24x36 posters of their winning NSX, but Peter was cheerfully autographing for the long line of attendees. Memorial Day weekend is Lime Rock's kick-off to the summer racing season, so attendance was robust.
Cunningham has made a name for himself racing an NSX; Acura Integra Type R; Acura TSX; and Honda Civic Si. He's done quite well with them, too, as RealTime Racing is the most successful team ever in the World Challenge series. RealTime has amassed 101 race victories on its way to 15 Drivers' and 14 Manufacturers' Championships, and done so with cars that still look much like the ones you'd find at your local dealership.
They've also made a point of saving the original team cars or tracking down the ones that were sold. Not only that, they put these cars - veritable antiques by competition standards - and repeated their original successes. Over the weekend, RealTime reported via Facebook that Cunningham piloted one of the original TSX cars to victory in the WeatherTech International Challenge at Road America on July 17. Cunningham shared the Group 8 podium with two Porsche 911s, which is as much a credit to him as it is the platform provided by Honda.
Not many people place value on history these days; it's great to see Cunningham and RealTime Racing remembering what got them to where they are today.