Acura currently owns the front-wheel-drive record, established in 2018 by driver Nick Robinson in an Acura TLX.
This season, veteran driver Dai Yoshihara seeks to surpass Robinson's mark in an Acura Integra Type S DE5 Time Attack 1 (TA1) vehicle.
U.S. Olympian and Team USA bobsled pilot Kaysha Love will handle the Acura MDX Type S official pace car during the event.

The Pikes Peak International Hillclimb may lack celebrity glamour or Hollywood drama, yet the steep Colorado challenge draws dedicated motorsports enthusiasts as one of the year's toughest contests. The single-direction ascent covers 12.42 miles and climbs to 14,115 feet, ending above the treeline where oxygen grows thin. Drivers navigate 156 turns, many bordered only by open space past the edge. Securing a record demands exact control, a perfect car, and favorable weather.

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Acura has competed at Pikes Peak for nearly twenty years, making it fitting that the record Dai Yoshihara hopes to top in 2026 was set by another Acura pilot, Nick Robinson. Robinson guided a 500-hp Acura TLX up the mountain in 10:48.094 to secure the front-wheel-drive record in 2018, a time that remains unmatched. Later entrants approached it closely, yet weather or surface issues have kept anyone, Acura included, from displacing Robinson.

On June 21, 2026, Formula Drift champion and Pikes Peak regular Yoshihara will attempt to claim the title. Yoshihara will guide an Acura Integra Type S DE5 race car in the Time Attack 1 (TA1) class.

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Veteran driver Dai Yoshihara.

The competition Integra draws from a production Acura Integra Type S, fitted with a tuned turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder that produces over 360 horsepower and connects to a sequential paddle-shifted six-speed transmission. For the thin air at altitude, Acura added a revised intake, upgraded charge pipe, and extra intercooler. Yokohama Advan A005 tires are expected to maintain grip on the paved stretches.

Regardless of Yoshihara's outcome, Acura will lead the field as the official pace car is an Acura MDX Type S. Acura selected Team USA bobsled pilot Kaysha Love through its Olympic partnership to steer the MDX up the mountain.

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Olympian Kaysha Love.

Armed with a world championship, Love should handle the tight turns and high speeds of a Pikes Peak run with ease, though it may be her first time guiding a vehicle on such an uphill course.