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September 26, 2020
Acura Selects Championship-Winning Teams for 2021
• Wayne Taylor Racing and Meyer Shank Racing to run successful Acura ARX-05 prototypes
Photo: Wayne Taylor Racing will run the #10 Acura ARX-05 in 2021 and debut at the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Photo: Meyer Shank Racing will field the #60 Acura ARX-05 in the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
TORRANCE, Calif., Sept. 26, 2020 — Acura Motorsports announced it would partner with Meyer Shank Racing and Wayne Taylor Racing to campaign a pair of Acura ARX-05 Daytona Prototype International entries in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, beginning in 2021.
The WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA). It resulted from a merger between two existing North American sports car racing series, the American Le Mans Series and Rolex Sports Car Series.
“It is a pleasure to announce that Wayne Taylor Racing will be joining the Acura ARX-05 IMSA program in 2021, along with Meyer Shank Racing,” said Jon Ikeda, Acura Brand Officer. “We’re confident that both teams will help us build on the successes we’ve achieved to date in IMSA competition.”
Defending IMSA GTD class champion Meyer Shank Racing [MSR] is in its third decade of operation. With wins in some of the sport’s biggest races, the Ohio-based team played a vital role in developing the successful Acura NSX GT3 Evo and has raced the car to victory lane in four consecutive seasons culminating in the drivers’ and teams’ titles in 2019. Acura and MSR are the current leaders in all three major GTD title championships.
“We welcome Wayne Taylor Racing into the Acura Motorsports family, and very much anticipate their contributions to our prototype program,” said Ted Klaus, president of HPD (Honda Performance Development), the competition arm for Acura Motorsports. “Equally, we look forward to growing our successful partnership with Meyer Shank Racing. We intend to have Acura Motorsports partner with MSR and WTR, not only to continue our championship ways but to collaborate to develop the next generation Acura LMDh.”
Acura is a leading automotive nameplate that, according to it, “delivers Precision Crafted Performance - a commitment to expressive styling, high performance and innovative engineering - all built on a foundation of quality and reliability.”
Acura Motorsports programs have been integral to the Acura brand since its launch in 1986.
Source: Acura Motorsports
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IOC and Tokyo 2020 agree on measures to deliver Games fit for a post-corona world
Photo: Tokyo2020 - 1 Year to Go. Image provided by & copyright © IOC.
Lausanne, Switzerland, September 25 — The IOC Coordination Commission and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee agreed on a series of measures to make the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 fit for a post-corona world.
Developed in response to the postponement of this year’s Games due to the coronavirus pandemic, the commission has designed over 50 measures to maximize cost savings and increase efficiencies in Games delivery.
In his opening remarks to the meeting participants, IOC President Thomas Bach acknowledged the outstanding progress being made by Tokyo 2020, reinforcing his belief that next year’s Olympic Games will be the best prepared ever. He also emphasized that the coming months will require flexibility and creativity from everyone involved as the Tokyo organizers deliver Games fit for a post-corona world. In doing so, the IOC President offered his gratitude to all stakeholders fully aligned with the envisaged measures.
Today’s meeting provided the Coordination Commission with the opportunity to review the current list of measures, with more opportunities identified in the Games’ lead-up. These measures have four main categories: stakeholders, infrastructure, promotion, and other areas of interest.
Examples of the initial measures include reducing stakeholder personnel attending the Games, streamlining transport services, adjusting spectator activities at competition venues, and hosting several pre-Games meetings online.
Speaking after the meeting, Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commission Chair John Coates said: “Built from the principles outlined by the Joint IOC and Tokyo 2020 Steering Committee, these optimizations and simplifications mark an important step towards delivering a safe and successful Games in 2021. We owe it to the public to enact these measures during these challenging times. That’s why we’ve left no stone unturned and will continue to look for further opportunities over the coming months. The unique task of reorganizing an Olympic Games has called for the Olympic Movement to be stronger together - this milestone illustrates our collective commitment. The ‘Tokyo Model’ will not only deliver a Games fit for a post-corona world; it will become a blueprint that will benefit future Organising Committees for many years to come.”
Tokyo 2020 President Mori Yoshiro added: “Considering the current state of the world, we have been discussing how we will be able to deliver a safe and secure Games that can win public understanding in these challenging times. We will make all efforts to ensure that the Tokyo 2020 Games will be a legacy in the future. We will continue to work hard on simplifications towards next year and ask for the continued cooperation of all those involved in the Games.”
The possible countermeasures fall into seven areas:
- Travel/country access
- Physical distancing
- Personal protective equipment/cleaning
- Food and beverage
- Testing/tracking/isolating
- Information provision
- Vaccines
Source: International Olympic Committee
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