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The power behind Honda’s American dreams

In the rolling hills north of Los Angeles, next door to a movie lot, Honda’s American motorsport division HPD has produced some of the most potent engines in US motorsport; powerplants that have claimed 18 IndyCar championships and 15 Indianapolis 500 wins, along with a surfeit of sportscar titles and…

Autosport

Video: Blasting around Long Beach in Honda’s rolling hybrid laboratory

The car is a one-off build – which looks like a reimagining of a Group B rally car – and was conceptualised by the engineering brainboxes at Honda Performance Development in Santa Clarita, California.

Autosport

Blasting around Long Beach in The Beast, Honda’s rolling hybrid laboratory

The car is a one-off build – which looks like a reimagining of a Group B rally car – and was conceptualized by the engineering brainboxes at Honda Performance Development in Santa Clarita, California.

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Taylor explains calamitous pitstop that led to fateful IMSA Long Beach charge

The Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-06 was the class of the field and leading Saturday's race when Filipe Albuquerque pitted to hand over to Taylor.

Autosport

Magnum P.I.: Does One Character's Big Win Mean Bad News For Another After The Latest Episode?

Call me crazy, but after the latest episode of Magnum P.I., I'm officially worried about the future of one particular character.

Cinemablend

Daytona 24 winner MSR hit by $50k fine, 200-point penalty for tyre infraction

A statement from IMSA said that the tyre pressure data manipulation was discovered by Honda Performance Development (HPD) – whose Acura ARX-06 cars MSR runs – and reported to IMSA after the official results of the season-opening race were released.

Autosport

Rolex 24 winners MSR hit by $50k fine, 200-point penalty for tire infraction

A statement from IMSA revealed that the tire pressure data manipulation was discovered by Honda Performance Development (HPD) – whose Acura ARX-06 cars MSR runs – and reported to IMSA after the official results of the season-opening race were released.

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Why IndyCar's engine backtracking is causing widespread frustration

IndyCar's mishandling of its switch to a hybrid formula doesn’t paint it in the best light. Just as well the on-track action looks set to be as exciting as ever

Autosport

Honda CR-V Hybrid Racer Is A Tube-Frame SUV With An 800-HP IndyCar Engine

This one-off "rolling laboratory" from HPD honors Honda car culture while previewing the 2024 IndyCar powertrain.

Motor1

Taylor: “Lots of questions” ahead of latest Rolex 24 bid

Wayne Taylor admits his team heads into the Rolex 24 at Daytona with a lot of unknowns, but has total belief in his driver line-up and the quality of the Acura.

Motorsport

Blomqvist had to “wing it” on Rolex 24 at Daytona pole lap

Tom Blomqvist says his pole lap for Rolex 24 was sketchy since a red flag left the GTP cars inadequate time to warm their tires for their final run.

Motorsport

Naked Man Shot In Hospital By Houston Cop Gets $900K Settlement

The city quietly paid off Alan Pean, a man injured by an off-duty Bayou City police officer during a mental health crisis.

Texas Observer

IndyCar racer Kirkwood returns to VS Lexus team for Daytona 24 Hours

IndyCar driver Kyle Kirkwood will return to Vasser Sullivan Racing to race a Lexus RC F in this month’s Daytona 24 Hours, the opening round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Autosport

Legge, Monk join Gradient for full 2023 IMSA campaign

Gradient Racing has confirmed its 2023 IMSA program with the signing of Sheena Monk and Katherine Legge who will contest the full WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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New Acura GTP V6 might be Honda’s last ICE for “real racing”

Honda’s North American racing chief fears that the V6 twin-turbo powerplant for its 2023 Acura GTP sportscar “might be the last” all-new internal combustion engine it ever builds for racing.

Motorsport

IndyCar thanks Mahle for work on 2024 hybrid system

IndyCar has thanked Mahle for its development work on the hybrid system, as Honda, Chevrolet and the series’ technical team assumes control and testing of the device.

Motorsport

The driver who’s waited three years for his Japan racing dream

It’s been a long wait, but next season HPD scholarship winner Raoul Hyman is finally about to get the chance to race in Japan that eluded him when the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.

Motor1

Honda Teases New Civic Type R TCR Race Car For 2023 Debut

It's built by Honda Performance Development and JAS Motorsports and will race in the 2023 IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge.

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The Independent UK

‘I know, I’m an idiot’: Man arrested for throwing can at Ted Cruz during Astros World Series parade

“I’m also thankful that the clown who threw his White Claw had a noodle for an arm” Cruz tweeted after the incident

Autosport

Will changing teams make Alexander Rossi an IndyCar title threat again?

Alexander Rossi scored eight IndyCar race victories in seven years at Andretti Autosport, but he could be on the brink of a rebirth at Arrow McLaren SP. The 2018 and 2019 series runner-up is hopeful that a clean break in a team on an upward trajectory can provide the spark…

Motorsport

Can Rossi become an IndyCar title fighter again at AMSP?

Alexander Rossi scored eight wins in seven years at Andretti Autosport – a lower ratio than any of us expected. Now he could be on the brink of a rebirth at Arrow McLaren SP. He spoke to David Malsher-Lopez.

Autosport

Raoul Hyman set for Super Formula after winning HPD scholarship

Ex-FIA F3 racer Raoul Hyman is set for a drive in Super Formula next year after clinching the HPD scholarship for winning Formula Regional Americas title.

Motorsport

FR Americas champion Hyman seals HPD Super Formula scholarship

Ex-FIA F3 racer Raoul Hyman is set for a drive in Super Formula next year after clinching the HPD scholarship for winning Formula Regional Americas title.

The Independent UK

Nevada former deputy attorney is named suspect in 50-year-old cold case murder in Hawaii

Tudor Chirila, a former Nevada deputy attorney, is a suspect in a 1972 homicide in Hawaii

The Independent UK

Nevada man arrested after son’s DNA links him to 50-year-old murder in Hawaii

Tudor Chirila arrested five decades after 19-year-old Nancy Elaine Anderson was found stabbed to death in her apartment

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