Eric Rood, Author at Honda-Tech - Page 8 of 10

Michael Shank Racing and Acura NSX win big at IMSA Belle Isle race. Andy Lally and Katherine Legge captured the Acura NSX GT3’s first race win this weekend at Detroit’s Chevrolet Sports Car Classic. Driving for Michael Shank racing, Lally and Legge took home first place in the GTD class of IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. […] More »

Japanese driver, Takuma Sato, takes victory in thrilling Indy 500 finish. Takuma Sato endured a grueling 500 miles, but the Andretti Autosport driver took the checkered flag first in his Honda-powered IndyCar. With the win, Sato not only becomes the first Japanese Indy 500 winner, but he also redeems his near-miss in 2012. His victory […] More »

Fortuitous paddock spotting helps Civic get back into race and win class. Tom O’Gorman might have been getting married at this weekend’s Pirelli World Challenge races at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park. He had something old (a “slightly used” 2017 Civic Si race car), something new (a brand-new Civic Si street car), something borrowed (the brand-new Civic Si’s […] More »

Sebastian Eriksson wins Global Rallycross by just 0.071 second! After a year of scrapping with established Global RallyCross programs, Honda Red Bull OMSE pulled off their first GRC win at the second 2017 round in Louisville, Kentucky. Sebastian Eriksson used his wet-weather driving prowess to nose-out GRC veteran Steve Arpin for the win in a […] More »

Alonso proves quick; Scott Dixon puts Ganassi Honda on pole With a four-lap average of 231.300 miles per hour, Fernando Alonso qualified on Sunday in fifth place for the 101st Indianapolis 500. The McLaren-Honda Formula 1 driver will start in the middle of the second row in his Indy 500 debut. That performance answers any […] More »

Watch this long Honda-Tech build thread in convenient slideshow form. You won’t need to search long on CraigsList to find a haggard Civic Hatch or CRX painted in bedliner with a “mostly done” B-Series swap. However, nicely completed and attractive B-swapped CRXs like this one make up a small percentage of those out there. You […] More »

Big turbo, 3.2L 2JZ-powered Honda S600 slays the 1320. We dare you not to smile at this drag car. We double-dare you. With a massive turbo sticking through its hood, this 1965 Honda S600 looks like a photoshopped turbocharger advertisement. However, this car is very real, very fast, and very entertaining. Of course, this 7-second micro-missile exists […] More »