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  • Honda Indy 200 Race Report
    2010 IRL IndyCar Mid Ohio
    08/08/2010 - Circuit: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (2.258-mile road course) Lexington, OH 2009 Winner: Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) 108.541 mph average Weather: Sunny morning, overcast in afternoon, humid, 84 degrees F Race Res...
  • Honda to Adopt New IndyCar Engine Formula
    08/07/2010 - Honda Performance Development, Inc., the racing arm of American Honda Motor Company, Inc., today announced plans to adopt the new engine formula for the IZOD IndyCar Series, extending participation beyond expiration of its current supply...
  • Honda Performance Development Announces 2010 SCCA Runoffs Program
    08/03/2010 - Honda Performance Development and American Honda have released details of their support program for Honda and Acura competitors during the 2010 Sports Car Club of America National Championship Runoffs, Sept. 20-26 at Road America in Elkh...
  • HPD Scores LMP2 Victory at Le Mans
    06/13/2010 - In its first attempt at one of the toughest challenges in motorsports, Honda Performance Development (HPD), the racing arm of American Honda Motor Company, Inc., powered the first- and third-place finishers in the LMP2 category Sunday at...
  • Honda Performance Development to Offer New LMP2 Engine for 2011 Production-based power for ALMS and LMS
    Honda Performance Development LMP2 engine
    06/11/2010 - Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD), the racing arm of American Honda Motor Company, Inc., will offer a new LMP2 engine to customers participating in the 2011 American Le Mans Series, European Le Mans Series, 24 Hours of Le Mans, a...
  • HPD to Sponsor NASA Honda Challenge Series
    05/25/2010 - Honda Performance Development (HPD) has reached agreement with the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) to become title sponsor of NASA's Honda Challenge Series, a multi-class championship open to Honda racers competing in cars ranging...
  • HPD Introduces New SCCA National Contingency Program
    05/07/2010 - Honda Performance Development (HPD) has released details of a new 2010 Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) National Contingency Award program, providing support for additional SCCA National Racing classes and initiating awards for Honda an...
  • HPD Civic Si Finishes Third in Long Beach Debut
    04/18/2010 - A third-place finish for RealTime Racing's HPD Civic Si Sunday at Long Beach, California launched the latest effort in the expanding grassroots motorsports program managed by Honda Performance Development (HPD), the North American racing...
  • 2010 American Honda Motorsports Strategy
    04/05/2010 - To the customers who utilize Honda products every day on roads and streets, auto racing reinforces the belief that Honda products are fun and exciting to use. For the Honda customers who race each weekend, Honda products provide a reliab...
  • Honda Performance Development, Inc. Begins Honda FF Engine Deliveries
    The Honda FF Engine is Taken from the 2009- Honda Fit
    02/19/2010 - Honda Performance Development recently began shipping 1.5-liter Honda Fit engines to racers planning to run the engine in Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Formula F competition. Through its introduction to the category, HPD hopes to str...
  • Honda Performance Development's Formula F Initiative Approved by SCCA
    11/03/2009 - The Board of Directors of the Sports Car Club of America has ratified a Honda Performance Development, Inc. proposal to begin supplying Honda Formula F engines for competition in the SCCA's Formula F (FF) class in 2010. Through its intr...
  • Honda Performance Development, Inc. Launches Grassroots Motorsports Initiative
    Honda Racing HPD Logo
    07/24/2009 - Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD), the authorized Honda and Acura auto racing company in North America, today announced a new automotive initiative targeted at expanding its presence in the grassroots motorsports mar...
  • Honda Performance Development, Inc. Proposes Entry Into FF
    Honda FF Engine Demonstration Vehicle Swift DB-1
    07/24/2009 - As one of the initial offerings in its new grassroots motorsports initiative, Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD), the authorized Honda and Acura auto racing company in North America, is proposing entry into an SCCA Clu...
  • Leadership Changes Announced at Honda Performance Development
    Berkman, Erik
    11/01/2007 - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. announced today that effective January 1, 2008, Robert Clarke, President of Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD), in Santa Clarita, California, will move to a new executive advisory role at HP...
  • Honda Performance Development, Inc.
    Honda Performance Development
    10/14/2005 - Background: Honda Performance Development (HPD), a subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., is the technical operations center for Honda's U.S. auto racing programs. Currently, HPD is focused on American Honda's participation i...
  • Robert Clarke, President, Honda Performance Development, Inc.
    10/14/2005 - Robert Clarke was named president of Honda Performance Development in April, 2005. He joined HPD when the company was established in April, 1993, first serving as general manager and later vice president. He joined American Honda in 1981...
  • 2005 Honda Indy V-8 Engine, HI5R Series
    10/14/2005 - Honda's engine for the 2005 IRL IndyCar Series is designated the HI5R Series Indy V-8. This engine is a development of the IRL Manufacturers' Championship-winning design created in partnership with Ilmor Engineering and introduced at the...
  • Honda's Racing Heritage
    10/14/2005 - Racing is ingrained in the corporate culture of Honda, in a way unlike any other major automotive manufacturer in the world. A former racer himself, company founder Soichiro Honda believed in competition-at the highest possible levels-as...
  • Honda's IndyCar History at a Glance
    10/14/2005 - 2003 Honda HI3R Series Indy V-8 Honda debut in IndyCar series First Honda IRL pole Tony Kanaan, Miami-Homestead, March 2 First Honda IRL race win Tony Kanaan, Phoenix International Raceway, March 23 Honda wins two races and th...