American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
announced today plans to enter the Indy Racing League (IRL) for
the
2003 season competition and its racing subsidiary, Honda
Performance
Development, Inc. (HPD) in Santa Clarita, California, has
contract...
Andretti Green Racing
(AGR) today announced it will field three entries in the 2003 Indy
Racing League (IRL) for Michael Andretti, Dario Franchitti and
Tony
Kanaan. Andretti Green Racing's engines will be maintained and
developed in an ...
Honda Performance
Development, its technical partner Ilmor Engineering and
Andretti
Green Racing successfully completed the first on-track test of
the
new Honda Racing HI3R Indy V-8 engine yesterday at
Miami-Homestead
Speedway.
Durin...
Team Rahal and Honda Performance Development,
Inc. today announced a partnership that will see Team Rahal
enter a
full-season entry in the Indy Racing League in 2003. The
single-car
entry is sponsored by Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. ...
Fernández Racing
today announced an agreement with former Formula One driver Aguri
Suzuki and the Super Aguri Company for the creation of Super Aguri
Fernández Racing. The new team will field a
Dallara/Honda/Firestone under...
The winningest active American
open wheel racer, a former IRL and Indy 500 race champion, a
pair of
proven race winners and a promising series rookie make up the
lineup
as American Honda Motor Co., Inc. enters Indy Racing League
IndyC...
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
Since the establishment of American Honda Motor Co., Inc.,
in 1959
as Honda's first overseas subsidiary, Honda has invested more
than $7
billion in sales, marketing and R&D operations in North
Ameri...
2003 Honda Indy V-8 Engine
HI3R Series
Honda's engine for the 2003 IRL IndyCar Series is
designated
the HI3R Series Indy V-8. This engine is a completely new
design
developed in partnership with Ilmor Engineering.
Th...
Honda Performance Development, Inc.
BACKGROUND:
Honda Performance Development (HPD), a subsidiary of
American Honda
Motor Co., Inc., is the technical operations center for Honda's
IndyCar program. HPD coordinates American Honda's
par...
BACKGROUND:
Developed as the U.S. arm of Ilmor, Ltd., Ilmor Engineering, Inc.
has
an IndyCar heritage dating back to 1984, when the parent
company was
started by Mario Illien and the late Paul Morgan, with support
from
Roger Penske. I...
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. enters Indy Racing League (IRL)
IndyCar Series for the 2003 season, beginning a new era of
competition for the manufacturer. Honda's racing subsidiary,
Honda
Performance Development, Inc. (HPD) of Santa Cl...
Yasuhiro Wada
President, Honda Performance Development, Inc.
A 28-year veteran of Honda Motor Company in a variety of
positions, including Formula One, Yasuhiro Wada assumed his
new
duties as president of Honda Performance Development...
Racing is ingrained in the corporate culture of Honda, in a way
unrivaled by any other automobile manufacturer in the world. A
former
racer himself, company founder Soichiro Honda believed in
competition-and at the highest possible leve...
1959
Honda racing team takes part in the Isle of Man TT Motorcycle
race,
placing 6th in the 125cc class.
1961
Honda racing team wins the 125cc and 250cc classes at the Isle
of Man
TT.
1962
Construction of the Honda-owned Suzuka Circu...