The lives of test horses are more challenging than the lives of prisoners. If you’ve ever seen or driven a moving prototype, you can see all the cutting, dicing, welding, and wrenching that goes into making a production car that might one day be driven on the road. When it came time for Acura engineers to decide what to do with an NSX mule, they made a support trailer instead of sending it to another fate or crushing it. But not just any support trailer; it was a trailer that was half an NSX. The 1.5-liter Acura NSX will participate in One Lap of America, a 3,200-mile race across the country starting this weekend. Two Honda workers from Ohio will drive the car and trailer through 15 states as part of the event. The trailer will carry tires, tools, and fluids at the track competitions at Road Atlanta and Nashville Superspeedway. It was made by the same company that made the HPD Beast CR-V racer, ADC Construction. When we saw that an Acura NSX race car could be used to make a trailer, we thought, “Why not?” Honda’s North American Auto Development Center in Ohio brake system and vehicle physics engineer Justyn Babinskis says this. The trailer has Falcon tires, HRE wheels, and H&R springs, as well as barn doors that were made just for it. It also has wheels made by HRE. Engineers added a back camera to the car’s entertainment system and a rear crash bar to the tow hitch to handle what is likely the first Acura NSX with a trailing kit ever made. The NSX and trailer will be followed by an Acura TLX Type S car but will get fewer looks. Chris Cut, a fabricator and YouTuber made headlines in 2021 when he cut a first-generation NSX in half to make a trip trailer for his car. Don’t worry, though, because the NSX that was given up was already useless. Since then, the project has gained tens of thousands of fans and followers, and Cut has taken it to events and shows nationwide over the last two years. Back to the project involves more than just driving around the United States while pulling a half-built NSX. The teams are competing to raise money for the Victory Center, which helps people with cancer and their relatives. This shows that runners are not just weird people but weird people with hearts.
