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March 15, 2023
Toronto, Ontario - The exclusive ticket renewal period opens tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. ET for the 2023 Honda Indy Toronto. Returning ticket holders who purchased 2-Day Grandstand seats for the 2022 event will get the chance to secure their same seats or possibly upgrade locations starting tomorrow through Tuesday, April 4 at 5 p.m. ET.
The 35th edition of this annual summer festival returns to Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto on July 14-16, 2023. Children 12 and under receive free general admission when accompanied by a ticketed adult, and all renewal customers receive complimentary paddock access providing entrance into “the locker room of motorsports.” General public sales will begin on Thursday, April 6 at 10 a.m. ET.
The NTT INDYCAR SERIES will headline a jam-packed weekend of on-track action on Sunday, July 16. The schedule will also include fender-banging stock car racing from the NASCAR Pinty’s Series, and intense sports car action from both Radical Cup Canada presented by Michelin and the Sports Car Championship presented by Michelin. Additionally, exciting open-wheel competition featuring the sport’s rising stars will be on display in USF Pro 2000 Presented by Cooper Tires and USF2000 Presented by Cooper Tires series.
The festival offers an all-encompassing experience beyond the sights and sounds of the racetrack. The weekend will be filled with countless food and beverage vendors and other off-track activities for families and festival-goers to experience across the Exhibition Place grounds.
“Honda Indy Toronto is one of the pinnacle events on Toronto’s summer calendar, providing attendees a fantastic festival environment with world-class racing as the centrepiece,” said Jeff Atkinson, president of the Honda Indy Toronto. “Thunder Alley will be packed with displays, food and fun for all ages, and we encourage returning fans to get up close to the racing action by taking advantage of the complimentary paddock access offered to all customers during this renewal period.”
Renewal customers will also have the option to purchase a Champions Club membership for $25. Benefits include NTT INDYCAR SERIES paddock access, access to the pre-race grid walk on Sunday of race weekend, an opportunity to sign the start/finish line, a commemorative credential with lanyard and other exclusive at-event experiences to be announced. New in 2023, available only during the renewal period, Champions Club members can also upgrade to Champions Club+ to receive pit access for only $100.
Renewals are available online. For full ticket pricing and 2023 event information and news, visit hondaindy.com or follow Honda Indy Toronto on social media using #indyTO.
About Honda Indy Toronto
Honda Indy Toronto is a world-class motorsports festival which takes place annually on a 2.874-kilometre (1.786-mile), 11-turn temporary circuit using the streets surrounding Exhibition Place near Lake Ontario in downtown Toronto. The event features many attractions, food trucks, interactive displays and activities, and supports local charities. Honda Fan Friday offers general admission courtesy of the Ontario Honda Dealers Association through a voluntary donation. To date, $905,000 has been raised for Make-A-Wish® Canada. As one of Ontario's largest annual sporting events with the first race held in 1986 first known as the Molson Indy, it has become a prestigious meeting place for some of the world’s fastest race car drivers including past NTT INDYCAR SERIES champions like Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden, Simon Pagenaud and Will Power as well as Canadian racing greats Scott Goodyear, James Hinchcliffe, Greg Moore, Alex Tagliani, Paul Tracy, Jacques Villeneuve, Robert Wickens, and more. Canadian Devlin DeFrancesco is planned to be in the 2023 starting field. Honda Indy Toronto is owned and operated by Green Savoree Toronto, ULC, whose affiliates also promote three additional INDYCAR SERIES races: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding (March 3-5, 2023), The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio (June 30-July 2, 2023) and Grand Prix of Portland (Sept. 1-3, 2023).
For more information, visit hondaindy.com, ‘like’ its Facebook page @HondaIndyToronto or follow the event on Twitter @HondaIndy and Instagram @HondaIndy using #indyTO.
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March 7, 2023
Bowmanville, Ontario - Reigning Motomaster Ron Fellows Karting Championship (MRFKC) Rok Senior Champion and Canadian National Champion, Patrick Woods-Toth, is set to begin the F4 United States Championship (F4 U.S.) this weekend at NOLA Motorsport Park, near New Orleans, Louisiana. The 19-year-old driver from Montréal, Quebec will drive for Kiwi Motorsport.
“I am super excited to welcome Patrick, a fellow Canadian, to our team,” said Kiwi Motorsport team owner, Teena Larson. “Patrick has an amazing karting bio and I’m positive this weekend at NOLA will see the start of an amazing open-wheel racing career.”
Woods-Toth’s road to the F4 series began with the successful completion of a three-day F4 program at the Radford Racing School, back in December, as part of a package awarded to Woods-Toth by the MRFKC and F4 U.S.
Following the three-day school, Woods-Toth was then invited in February to a two-day test in Cresson, Texas with the Kiwi Motorsport F4 team. Woods-Toth’s two-day performance caught the eye of team owners Garry Orton and Teena Larsen, and a deal was struck to enter Woods-Toth in the F4 United States Championship season opening rounds, March 9-12, at NOLA Motorsport Park.
“I really appreciate having this opportunity with the Kiwi Motorsport F4 team for my first season of car racing,” said Woods-Toth. “In the short time I have spent with the team we have established a great relationship and I’m confident we can achieve some great results together.”
MRFKC series co-founder, and Canadian racing legend, Ron Fellows was able to accompany Woods-Toth to MSR Cresson for his test with Kiwi Motorsport last month, and noted that the driver performed “extremely well.”
“It seemed to be a natural progression to quickly get a deal done with Garry and Teena to provide Patrick with this F4 opportunity,” Fellows continued.
"On behalf of the MRKFC, a big thank you to Scott Goodyear at the F4 United States Championship series and of course Garry Orton and Teena Larsen with Kiwi Motorsport. We are all looking forward to watching Patrick’s progression."
Woods-Toth’s campaign in the F4 U.S. series gets underway this coming weekend at NOLA Motorsport Park, with three feature races over the four-day schedule. Information about the event including the schedule, live results, and more can be found by clicking here.
About MRFKC
The Motomaster Ron Fellows Karting Championship is a competitive racing series designed to showcase youth-based kart racing in a professional-like environment. The series goal is to help create a positive, fun, and fair competitive environment to foster the progression of young drivers. With proper conduct, discipline and appearance, MRFKC is committed to helping shape the future of Canadian motorsport. The series is operated by Ron and Lynda Fellows and is sanctioned as a National Competition Series by GDS ASN Canada FIA.
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March 2, 2023
Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One™ Team is pleased to confirm that Lance Stroll will participate in this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.
Lance Stroll
Lance Stroll said: "It was frustrating not to be out in Bahrain for the pre-season test and I was disappointed to miss the three days of running. However, given the injury to my wrist, the team and I felt it was best to focus on recovery so that I would be ready for this weekend and the long season ahead.
"It was an unfortunate accident – I fell from my bike when my tyre caught a hole in the ground - but thankfully the damage was not significant and a successful minor surgery on my right wrist fixed the problem very quickly. Since then, I've been working hard with my team to ensure that I am fully fit to compete this weekend.
"I would like to thank the F1 community for their support and privacy, as well as the team who have helped my recovery. Now I'm ready to get my head down and concentrate on racing this weekend – something I'm really looking forward to."
Both Felipe Drugovich and Stoffel Vandoorne will remain on-site as the team's reserve drivers this weekend.
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March 2, 2023
Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Club is proud to announce the “Road to Racing/Speed-Fanatics Scholarship Program”
The Road to Racing/Speed-Fanatics Scholarship is a new partnership between the newly registered amateur motorsports athletics association and a non profit dedicated to helping young drivers move up the motorsports ladder.
Speed-Fanatics Motorsport Club is fundraising to pay for a season of the Formula 4 (F4) USA Championship Series with the selected driver Braydon Arthur of Mission B.C. behind the wheel.
Road to Racing is a registered amateur athletics association, which enables it to provide scholarships to amateur athletes.
Most importantly, all donations to this scholarship are 100% charitable tax deductible. We hope to have your support for this campaign to start Braydon’s pro career.
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February 28, 2023
Markham, Ontario - While hybrid power units officially debut in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES in 2024, race fans and car enthusiasts alike will be treated to a "sneak preview" of the incoming technology with the debut of the Honda CR-V Hybrid Racer at next month's season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nWlxtxMl8o
"It's kind of an INDYCAR 'beast' in Honda CR-V 'sheep's clothing'," said David Salters, president and technical director for Honda Performance Development, the North American racing arm of American Honda and Acura. "This project is our 'rolling electrified laboratory,' to investigate where the talented men and women of HPD and Honda could go with electrification, hybrid technology and 100% renewable fuels. It epitomizes Honda's fun-to-drive ethos, showcases electrification and it just rocks our car culture roots and racing heritage! We present the CR-V Hybrid Racer – aka 'The HPD Beast'!"
Conceived and designed at Honda Performance Development (HPD) in California and built at Honda Automotive Development Center (ADC) in Ohio by the Honda of America Racing Team (HART) group at ADC, the CR-V Hybrid Racer places a 2.2-liter twin-turbocharged, electrified Honda V6 INDYCAR power unit and transmission under 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid bodywork to create the "rolling laboratory" for the continued development of electrified technology by Honda and HPD. The CR-V Hybrid Racer runs on Shell's 100% renewable race fuel: and features world-leading Skeleton Supercapacitors and Empel MGU hybrid motor technology.
While under development, the project carried the appropriate code name "The Beast," with looks reminiscent of the silhouette GT racing and Group B rally cars of the 1980s and '90s. But the technology under the skin is strictly 21st century.
The Honda CR-V Hybrid Racer strengthens the connections between HPD, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and Honda passenger vehicles; creates additional awareness around the new INDYCAR hybrid powertrain coming in 2024; showcases the fun and power available from Honda electrified powertrains; and spotlights the innovation, creativity and capabilities of both Honda Performance Development and Honda Automotive Development Center.
Where to see the Honda CR-V Hybrid Racer
The Honda CR-V Hybrid Racer will make its public debut March 3-5 at the NTT INDYCAR SERIES season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Florida. The unique vehicle will be on display and making on-track demonstrations at multiple INDYCAR events, including the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (April 14-16); the Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix (April 28-30); the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio (June 30- July 2); the Honda Indy Toronto (July 14-16); the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in Nashville (August 4-6); the Grand Prix of Portland (September 1-3); and the season-concluding Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey (September 8-10).
In addition to INDYCAR race weekends, the CR-V Hybrid Racer will make additional appearances at select media events throughout 2023.
Honda CR-V Hybrid Racer Specifications
Powertrain
- Honda HI23TT 2.2-liter, twin-turbocharged V6 engine
- Borg Warner EFR7163 turbochargers
- McLaren Applied Technologies Tag 400i Engine Control Unit
- Drive-by-wire controlled port throttle
- Shell 100% renewable race fuel
- Driver-activated Empel electric motor generator unit
- Skelton super capacitor energy storage system
- XTRAC six-speed transmission; Mega-Line Assisted paddle-shift
Chassis and Bodywork
- Chromoly tube frame chassis
- New, sixth generation Honda CR-V Hybrid bodywork from beltline up
- Standard Honda CR-V Hybrid windshield and greenhouse
- Custom carbon fiber lower bodywork incorporating flared fenders
- Butterfly half-cut doors provide access for driver and passenger
- Radiator adapted by HPD from the Dallara IR-18 Indy car
- Clamshell rear bodywork to display power unit and drivetrain
- Custom downforce-producing front splitter and rear wing
Suspension
- Front suspension from HPD-developed Acura NSX GT-3 Evo22
- Rear suspension adapted from Dallara IR-18 Indy car
- Brembo 380mm front brakes from Acura NSX GT-3 Evo22
- Brembo 355mm custom rear brakes adapted to Dallara IR-18 suspension
- Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 Ultra-High Performance Summer Tires
- Front tires 285/35-20; Rear tires a massive 305/35-20
- 2Elle Engineering 20x10.5 Front and 20x11 Rear two-piece alloy wheels
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About Honda Performance Development
Honda Performance Development, Inc. (HPD), has a rich heritage creating, manufacturing, and supporting Honda Racing and Acura Motorsports customers since 1993. From pinnacle racing in INDYCAR and IMSA Sports Cars to commercial racing programs, HPD powers the dreams of professional and amateur racers from age 4 to 40+. HPD is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., and leads all of the Honda and Acura high-performance racing programs in North America.
HPD specializes in the design and development of competition powertrains, chassis and performance parts, as well as technical and race support. HPD offers parts and race support to Honda and Acura amateur and professional motorsports racers and is continually expanding its palette of racing programs that make Honda racing products available to all racing styles, from karting and Quarter Midgets to the highest levels of pro racing.
Learn more at https://hpd.honda.com
About Honda Automotive Development Center
Honda began establishing research and development operations in America in 1975, today conducting R&D activities at 21 facilities across the country responsible for creating advanced products and technologies that provide new value to Honda and Acura customers. Honda conducts all phases of product development in the U.S., from market and technology research and styling through engineering design to prototype fabrication and testing, local parts procurement and support for mass production preparation. With major R&D facilities in California, Ohio, and North Carolina, Honda's U.S. associates are engaged in the development and testing of Honda and Acura automobiles, Honda powersports and power equipment products, and also play a lead role in the development of leading-edge safety, driver-assistive and environmental technologies. Learn more at http://www.hondaresearch.com/
About Honda Canada
Honda Canada Inc. was founded in 1969 and is the parent company for both Honda and Acura vehicle brands in Canada. Since 1986, the company has produced Honda engines and almost 10 million cars and light trucks at its Alliston, Ontario manufacturing facilities, where the Honda Civic and Honda CR-V are currently built. Honda Canada has invested over $6.5 billion in Canada, and each year sources over $3 billion in goods and services from Canadian suppliers. Since its inception, Honda Canada has sold over five million Honda and Acura passenger cars and light trucks in Canada through a dealer network of more than 280 dealerships across the country. For more information, please visit www.hondacanada.ca
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