Acura is closing out its run at the top level of IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition with a fitting tribute. Ahead of this weekend’s action at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Acura and Honda Racing Corporation USA revealed a special livery for the No. 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing ARX-06 GTP entry, a design created to recognize the people who have supported the program through a decade of championship-level sports car racing.

The timing is significant. Acura’s presence in prototype racing has been one of the more consistent manufacturer efforts in IMSA’s modern era, and the brand’s farewell to GTP comes after years of competing at the sharp end of the field. By unveiling the car before one of the season’s marquee events, Acura is making sure the final chapter is impossible to miss.

A sendoff with history behind it

Acura’s prototype program has evolved across several generations of IMSA machinery, but the throughline has remained the same: a factory-backed push for victories in North America’s premier sports car series. The current ARX-06 is the latest expression of that effort, developed for the GTP class and run in partnership with Meyer Shank Racing.

That makes the special Indianapolis livery more than a cosmetic exercise. It serves as a public marker for the end of an era in which Acura has been a regular part of the GTP conversation, contributing to a class that has become one of the strongest showcases for manufacturer involvement in global endurance racing.

For Acura and HRC US, the final two GTP appearances are an opportunity to acknowledge the people involved in the program: engineers, mechanics, strategists, drivers, partners, and the broader Honda Racing family that has supported the effort from the beginning. These are the kinds of racing projects that live or die on long-term commitment, and Acura’s farewell clearly leans into that idea.

The ARX-06 remains one of IMSA’s key hybrid prototypes

The car carrying the special colors is the Acura ARX-06, the brand’s GTP contender introduced for IMSA’s modern prototype formula. Like the rest of the class, it is built around a hybrid powertrain and a highly developed endurance-racing chassis, with the emphasis placed on efficiency, consistency, and adaptability across different types of circuits.

In IMSA competition, the ARX-06 has represented Acura against a deep field of factory-backed rivals. That has made the program important not only as a marketing exercise, but also as a technical platform. Prototype racing gives manufacturers a place to develop systems, processes, and operational discipline under race pressure, and Acura has spent years doing exactly that.

The No. 93 Meyer Shank Racing entry has become the face of that effort for the final stretch of the program. Unveiling a dedicated livery for the car helps turn those last appearances into a clearly defined moment rather than just another race weekend on the calendar.

Why Indianapolis is a fitting place for the reveal

Indianapolis Motor Speedway is an appropriate stage for the announcement. The facility carries a weight that few venues can match, and it has long been associated with major manufacturer reveals, championship battles, and headline-grabbing moments in North American motorsport. Rolling out a farewell design there gives Acura’s IMSA sendoff a little extra visibility without needing any artificial drama.

The special livery also gives fans and teams something immediate to identify during the weekend’s sessions. Prototype racing can be visually dense, especially with a field of cars that often share similar silhouettes and class-specific engineering rules. A dedicated appearance helps one entry stand out while also making the message behind the design easy to understand.

What Acura’s exit says about the current IMSA landscape

Acura’s departure from top-tier North American sports car racing underscores how much manufacturer participation shapes the GTP category. The class depends on OEMs bringing not just cars, but engineering resources, testing, and long-term strategic support. When one of the established players steps away, it changes the competitive picture and the technical mix of the grid.

That is one reason the final Acura appearances matter beyond the brand itself. Acura has been part of the identity of IMSA’s prototype field for years, and the ARX-06 program has been one of the more visible examples of a manufacturer using endurance racing as a core performance and branding exercise rather than a short-term marketing push.

It also leaves a clear reminder of what modern prototype racing is built on. The cars are fast, but the programs behind them are even more demanding. Acura’s farewell livery is a small visual change, yet it reflects a much larger body of work from HRC US, Meyer Shank Racing, and the wider Honda racing organization.

A final look before the curtain falls

There will be no mistaking the significance of the No. 93 Acura when it appears at Indianapolis. The special livery is intended as a thank-you, but it also acts as a final marker for one of IMSA’s more recognizable factory programs. When the last two GTP races are over, Acura’s prototype era in North American sports car racing will close with a car that acknowledges the people who made it possible.

That is a sensible way to leave the stage. Racing programs come and go, but the ones that matter tend to be remembered as much for their people as for their results. Acura’s final IMSA GTP chapter is being written with that in mind.