HPD
  • 24 Hours of Le Mans Race Report
    06/12/2011 - Circuit: Circuit de la Sarthe (8.47-mile road course), Le Mans, France Weather: Overcast, cool, light showers during final hours, 63 degrees F at finish LMP2 Class Results: Fn. St. Drivers Team Engine/C...
  • Indianapolis 500 Field Again Runs on Honda Power
    Honda Again Powers Indy 500 Field
    05/27/2011 - For the sixth consecutive year, Honda will power the full 33-car starting field in Sunday's Indianapolis 500, the 100th anniversary running of the Memorial Day classic. Honda has supplied racing engines to the full 33-car Indianapolis 5...
  • Honda Performance Development Team Wins Louis Schwitzer Award at Indianapolis
    05/20/2011 - Speedway as winners of the prestigious 45th Annual Louis Schwitzer Award for motorsports engineering innovation and excellence. Designed to reduce the potential for pit fires and injuries resulting from drivers leaving their pit boxes w...
  • Caitlin Johnston Brings Honda to Canadian FF
    05/18/2011 - Coming off a strong sixth-place finish at the opening weekend for the new F1600 Formula F Championship Series, Canadian racer Caitlin Johnston plans to continue in the U.S.-based series in 2011, in addition to the Ontario Formula Ford C...
  • Podium Finish for Strakka at Spa
    05/11/2011 - Strakka Racing led the Honda Performance Development prototype effort last weekend at the classic Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium, qualifying on the LMP2 class pole and finishing third in the final Intercontinental Le Mans Cup event...
  • Honda Performance Development Joins IKON APD Motorsports; Begins Import Drag Program
    05/10/2011 - As part of its continued expansion of the Honda Racing Line to the grassroots motorsports community, Honda Performance Development (HPD) is supporting the IKON-APD Motorsports team in 2011, in both the MotoIQ Pacific Tuner Car Championsh...
  • Honda Performance Development Now Selling CR125 Parts for 'Spec Honda' Class Engine
    04/07/2011 - Honda CR125 engine parts and rebuild kits are now available to kart racers throughout the United States via the Honda Racing Line, the parts and service program for amateur and entry-level professional racers operated by Honda Performanc...
  • HPD Teams Begin LMS Championship Defense
    03/31/2011 - After a great start to the American Le Mans Series and Intercontinental Le Mans Cup seasons at the 12 Hours of Sebring earlier this month, two more Honda Performance Development sports-prototype teams open their European-based Le Mans Se...
  • Honda Looks To Significantly Improve IndyCar Pit Safety With Innovative Refueling Safety Interlock System
    2010 IRL IndyCar Homestead
    03/25/2011 - American Honda and its Honda Performance Development (HPD) subsidiary today unveiled a unique refueling safety interlock system designed to reduce the potential for pit fires and injuries resulting from drivers leaving their pit boxes wi...
  • Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Racing Report
    03/20/2011 - Circuit: Sebring International Raceway (3.7-mile road course), Sebring, FL Weather: Sunny, hot, windy, afternoon high of 87 degrees F Prototype Race Results: Fn. St. Drivers Team Engine/Chassis Laps...
  • HPD Defends Prototype Championships
    03/15/2011 - Building on an extremely successful 2010, Honda Performance Development is expanding its sports-prototype racing program this year as the racing arm of American Honda works with four teams, campaigning in three separate championships aro...
  • Honda Performance Development To Continue Support For Quarter-Midget Racers
    03/02/2011 - One of this country's most popular entry-level racing categories, quarter midgets, will receive continued support from Honda, plus a new source for Honda GX series engines, parts and technical support. Support for quarter-midget racers ...
  • HPD Prepares Defense of Sports-Prototype Titles
    02/03/2011 - The 2010 season was the most ambitious – and successful – year for Honda Performance Development (HPD) since the company entered the sports-prototype arena in 2007. But HPD is not resting on its laurels, and has embarked upon an exte...
  • 25 Hours of Thunderhill Race Report
    12/05/2010 - 25 Hours of Thunderhill Race Report Circuit: Thunderhill Park (3.286-mile road course), Willows, CA Weather: Overcast, cool, 48 degrees F (nighttime showers and fog) Ps No. Drivers Team Car Laps Notes 1. 2 [various] ...
  • Honda CR-Z Hybrid Scores Thunderhill Pole
    12/03/2010 - It was a day of firsts for Honda Performance Development (HPD) Friday at Thunderhill Raceway as driver Peter Cunningham piloted a hybrid Honda CR-Z to the E3 class pole in preparation for this weekend's 25 Hours of Thunderhill endurance ...
  • Honda Ridgeline Wins Again at Baja
    11/23/2010 - For the second time in the last three years, the Honda Ridgeline has emerged victorious in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, with the California Race & Rally entry of Gavin Skilton and Andy Grider claiming the win in the Stock Mini Truck c...
  • Honda Racing Line Expands Into Karting
    11/04/2010 - Continuing its mission to meet the needs of grassroots competitors who are racing Honda products, Honda Performance Development, Inc., will begin offering Honda CR125 parts and engine-rebuild kits within the United States for competition...
  • HPD, Highcroft Sweep ALMS Championships
    10/03/2010 - For the fourth time this season, the Honda Performance Development ARX-01c of David Brabham, Simon Pagenaud and Marino Franchitti found its way to victory circle in American Le Mans Series competition...
  • HPD Teams Finish 1-2 in LMS P2 Championship
    09/13/2010 - A come-from-behind charge in the second half of Sunday's Autosport 1000 Kilometers of Silverstone saw Strakka Racing claim its third Le Mans Series P2 prototype victory from five starts in its HPD ARX-01c, while RML locked down the LMP2 ...
  • HPD, Teams, Aim For Prototype Championships
    09/10/2010 - Honda Performance Development and its partner sports prototype teams on both sides of the Atlantic are in the thick of their respective championship battles as both the American Le Mans Series and the European-based Le Mans Series conclu...