Image Credit: Honda.Owning an important piece of Honda racing history just became a genuine possibility, provided your budget can handle the privilege. Honda Racing Corporation USA has launched its new Heritage Racing Program, allowing collectors to purchase authentic Honda and Acura competition cars and have them professionally restored.These aren't recreations or continuation cars built to resemble famous racers. The program deals with genuine machines that competed in major events, including Le Mans, Sebring, Daytona, and Laguna Seca, with some carrying significant victories and championships on their résumés.Honda announced the program ahead of the 2026 Monterey Car Week, where it is celebrating seven decades of two- and four-wheel motorsport. More than 20 Honda and Acura competition machines are appearing across events, including The Quail, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, and Pebble Beach.AdvertisementAdvertisementThere is one limitation for collectors dreaming about raiding Honda's entire racing archive: HRC decides which cars become available. Considering the machinery already involved, however, the initial selection is hardly disappointing.It Starts With A Sebring-Winning AcuraThe headline offering is the No. 26 XM Satellite Radio Andretti Green Racing Acura ARX-01a. Powered by a V8 and developed as Acura's first purpose-built endurance racer, it won the LMP2 class on its competition debut at the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring.Dario Franchitti, Bryan Herta, and Tony Kanaan shared driving duties for that victory. Franchitti remembers the ARX-01a particularly fondly, describing it as a car that encouraged its driver to keep pushing harder.Another significant machine currently available is Acura NSX GT3 Chassis No. 5. Wearing its distinctive "Lady Liberty" livery, Honda describes it as the winningest NSX GT3, with the model accumulating 38 class victories across IMSA and SRO competition between 2017 and 2023.HRC Handles The RestorationImage Credit: Honda.Buying one of these cars is only part of the experience. HRC can perform a comprehensive restoration using its original homologation documents, engineering notes, photographs, and archived technical information.AdvertisementAdvertisementEach race car is stripped down and rebuilt using new or reconditioned components. Engines are rebuilt at HRC US headquarters in Santa Clarita, California, while certain materials and electronics can be updated for safety, reliability, and usability.The goal isn't to modernize the personality out of these machines. HRC says it wants them to feel as close to their original competition specification as possible while making sensible changes that allow private owners to operate them safely.Once restoration is complete, HRC track-tests the car. Engineers can then provide trackside support and assistance should its new owner decide to enter historic racing events.Honda Has Already Been Doing ThisThe Heritage Racing Program formalizes work HRC has already performed on several significant competition cars. Four Acura ARX-05 DPi prototypes have been restored, while the 2010 Strakka Racing ARX-01c that won LMP2 at Le Mans has also undergone an HRC restoration.AdvertisementAdvertisementHRC recently assisted with the 2001 Team Penske Reynard 01i raced by the late Gil de Ferran, now owned by McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown. Honda supplied a period-correct engine, helped with its startup, and inspected important electronic components to prepare the car for track use.The program is currently concentrating on endurance racers, although HRC says it eventually intends to offer additional historic Honda-powered IndyCars.Race Cars That Can Actually Race AgainImage Credit: Honda.Manufacturer heritage collections often preserve historically important competition cars behind ropes or inside museums. HRC's approach is different: selected cars can move into private ownership, be restored by the people with access to the original engineering knowledge, and return to the circuit.Pricing hasn't been publicly disclosed, and something tells us the phrase "if you have to ask" applies here. For serious collectors, however, the opportunity to buy a genuine Honda or Acura race winner with a factory-backed restoration and track support is exceptionally unusual.AdvertisementAdvertisementGiven Honda's enormous motorsport history, the possibilities are tantalizing. Which HRC race car would you want to see offered next: an IndyCar, NSX racer, prototype, or perhaps something from Honda's Formula 1 history? Let us know in the comments.If you want more stories like this, follow Guessing Headlights on Yahoo so you don't miss what's coming next.