Honda has made clear its intentions to take the NSX racing, both in its home country of Japan, and America, and with the announcement of a new technical partnership today that becomes a step closer to reality.

In a statement today, Honda Performance Development and Magneti Marelli S.p.A. have announced a technical partnership to co-develop new components for use in racing. Magneti Marelli is perhaps best know for manufacturing components that control robotized manual transmissions, from dual-clutch versions on street cars, to racing versions on Formula One cars.

Initially the two entities will work on development of powertrain component for use in Honda’s future IndyCar open wheel race cars, though from there it will extend to sports car racing, including the future combined American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am series, as well as even the World Endurance Championship (WEC).

While Honda has yet to confirm this road racing plan includes the Acura NSX, it’s a major hint. Honda’s mention of the WEC is also a clear indication that the Japanese automaker intends to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which is one of the eight races in that series.

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I know Honda's recent announcement of a return to F1 have a lot of people happy but I would rather those resources be funneled towards sports car racing and compete with Porsche, Audi, Corvette, ect.

They will. they are planning on return to JGTC and competing in United Sportscar (formly the ALMS and Grand-Am)

PD Cunningham @ RTR has all but admitted to that team getting one for USCR in late 2014

Can't wait for a new JGTC NSX. Seeing how crazy those cars look with their functional widebody's I know the new NSX will just look KILLER!

I bet before the real thing is out, we'll see JGTC NSX rendering's.

Like this one

^^ That looks good

That looks perfect! Still can't wait to see a widebody JGTC Acura NSX race car, nothing beats how amazing those functional widebody racecars look.

here's a look at an old JGTC NSX:

funny the new nsx doesn't even need a widebody aero pakage..