Legge returns to Pikes Peak with Acura Integra Type S

As one of six women competing in this year's 103rd Running of The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, presented by Gran Turismo, Katherine Legge returns for her second assault on the mountain behind the wheel of an Acura, this year the Integra Type S DE5.

Acura and HRC US will enter the highly competitive Time Attack 1 (TA1) division with the Integra Type S DE5 race car.

Driving the No. 93 Integra, IndyCar, IMSA and NASCAR racer Legge returns to the "Race to the Clouds" following a top-five finish in the TA1 division in 2024. She clocked a 10m51.359s in her rookie year, just three seconds off the pace for a front-wheel-drive record. The current record of 10m48.094s was set in 2018 by Acura engineer and Pikes Peak veteran Nick Robinson in the Acura TLX.

"I got hooked on Pikes Peak by watching videos, and by others telling how addictive and awesome it was," said Legge. "I have never felt so alive as I do on Pikes Peak, because it is the scariest, craziest thing you will ever do."

Eligible for competition in multiple racing series and sold directly to racers, HRC’s Integra Type S DE5 is designed, developed, and assembled inside Honda’s state-of-the-art North American facilities employing groundbreaking technologies in weld, body construction, painting, final assembly and quality confirmation to ensure the highest levels of precision and craftsmanship.

HRC developed the DE5 from the production Acura Integra Type S premium sports compact, and it is the latest in a line of highly successful, championship-winning, HRC-developed touring cars.

The competition version of the Integra Type S, which participates in the top class of SRO TC America racing, where it won six races in its debut season, is powered by a modified version of the factory 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder K20C8 engine. The racing version of the engine, co-developed by HRC US and HRC Japan, produces in excess of 360hp. That power is then directed to the wheels via a 6-speed sequential, paddle-shift transmission to HRC US developed suspension and brakes.

The purpose-built body shell removes all unneeded street vehicle components – such as soundproofing, underbody coating and seam sealers – and is fitted with a safety roll cage, aerodynamic components and cooling upgrades.

Watch the 2025 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb live on the RACER Network and RACER+ App on June 22.