World Challenge Team Profiles - Real Time Racing

RealTime Racing

www.realtimerl.com

RealTime Racing has been successfully fielding Hondas and Acuras in a variety of motorsports series since 1987. After winning ice racing championships with Honda Civics and CRXs in the late ‘80s, RealTime set their sights on the SCCA PRO Rally Championship. After finishing second in a partial season with an Acura Integra GSR in 1992, they won the Production class title the following year.  While performance rallying posed a wonderful challenge to the team, the nature of the sport in the US made it difficult to attract the sponsorship necessary to run a properly supported effort.
So, during that same year of 1993, RealTime shifted their focus to road racing. The SCCA World Challenge Series was one which team principal Peter Cunningham was familiar with, as he had been competing in the series and its predecessor for a variety of teams since the beginning in 1985.
Heading into the 2010 season, RealTime and Peter Cunningham hold many of the World Challenge records including Career Wins (32 for Cunningham), Top-Three finishes (Cunningham @ 87), and Manufacturer Class Victories (Acura @ 72)


Team Drivers
Peter Cunningham

Age: 47
Hometown: Grafton, WI
World Challenge Car Number: 43
Car: Acura TSX
World Challenge Class: GTS


Driving Highlights:

2010: Won the GTS Drivers’ Championship, his ninth World Challenge Drivers’ Championship. Won Round 11 at VIR, his 40th World Challenge race win.
2009: Finished third in the Touring Car Championship, finishing in the top 10 in all 10 races.


Nick Esayian

Age: 42
Hometown: Encinitas, CA
World Challenge Car Number: 34
Car: Acura TSX
World Challenge Class: GTS

Driving Highlights:

2010: Finished 2nd in the GTS Drivers’ Championship, his best career finish in World Challenge. Recorded first career World Challenge win in Round 10 at VIR.

2009: Finished ninth in the Touring Car Championship, finishing on the podium at Road Atlanta and leading the most laps, his first World Challenge podium.