Finally some love for the 7th gen
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Finally some love for the 7th gen
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Honda Canada, Inc. has announced the return of the Honda / Michelin Challenge Series to Canada. The new regional "spec" racing series will feature stock Honda Civic DX Coupes and will return Honda Canada to the grassroots racing of the past. A formal race schedule will be announced at a later date, but a minimum of 10 races will be held in Ontario and Quebec during 2004. The new series is scheduled to include a race in conjunction with the Grand Prix of Canada Formula 1 race weekend in Montreal. It is anticipated that for 2005, the series will be expanded to include western Canada.
The single-marque road racing series was originally launched in 1975 with the Honda Civic Hatchback. During its 17-year run, the series is estimated to have attracted more than 400 amateur racers. The series also involved well-known Canadian race drivers such as Richard Spenard, Tony Morris, Frank Allers, and Formula 1 World Champion Jacques
Villeneuve.
"Honda has a long history of racing," said Kalim Ansari, executive vice president of Honda Canada Inc. "It is part of our company's culture, and we are very excited about bringing this series back to the Canadian market. The Honda / Michelin Challenge Series represents a significant part of our heritage and today's announcement will allow us to share that heritage with a new generation of Honda customers and Canadian motorsports fans."
The Honda Civic has been the top-selling passenger car in Canada for the past six years. The Honda / Michelin Challenge Series will reinforce the fun-to-drive aspects of the Civic and will be further supported by its reputation for quality, reliability and durability.
"While there are a number of details still to be finalized, we are confident that this series will be a positive boost to the Canadian motorsports community," Ansari said. "We are working to have all the details in place and the necessary product available from our dealers by next month for all aspiring racing enthusiasts."
I wonder how long it will take the ignorant fvcks at Honda USA to figure out what something like this would do.
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Honda Canada, Inc. has announced the return of the Honda / Michelin Challenge Series to Canada. The new regional "spec" racing series will feature stock Honda Civic DX Coupes and will return Honda Canada to the grassroots racing of the past. A formal race schedule will be announced at a later date, but a minimum of 10 races will be held in Ontario and Quebec during 2004. The new series is scheduled to include a race in conjunction with the Grand Prix of Canada Formula 1 race weekend in Montreal. It is anticipated that for 2005, the series will be expanded to include western Canada.
The single-marque road racing series was originally launched in 1975 with the Honda Civic Hatchback. During its 17-year run, the series is estimated to have attracted more than 400 amateur racers. The series also involved well-known Canadian race drivers such as Richard Spenard, Tony Morris, Frank Allers, and Formula 1 World Champion Jacques
Villeneuve.
"Honda has a long history of racing," said Kalim Ansari, executive vice president of Honda Canada Inc. "It is part of our company's culture, and we are very excited about bringing this series back to the Canadian market. The Honda / Michelin Challenge Series represents a significant part of our heritage and today's announcement will allow us to share that heritage with a new generation of Honda customers and Canadian motorsports fans."
The Honda Civic has been the top-selling passenger car in Canada for the past six years. The Honda / Michelin Challenge Series will reinforce the fun-to-drive aspects of the Civic and will be further supported by its reputation for quality, reliability and durability.
"While there are a number of details still to be finalized, we are confident that this series will be a positive boost to the Canadian motorsports community," Ansari said. "We are working to have all the details in place and the necessary product available from our dealers by next month for all aspiring racing enthusiasts."
I wonder how long it will take the ignorant fvcks at Honda USA to figure out what something like this would do.
Honda Canada Last edited by Boilermaker1; Jan 9, 2004 at 08:43 AM.
Re: Finally some love for the 7th gen
Originally posted by Boilermaker1
I wonder how long it will take the ignorant fvcks at Honda USA to figure out what something like this would do.
Honda Canada [/B]
I wonder how long it will take the ignorant fvcks at Honda USA to figure out what something like this would do.
Honda Canada [/B]
You said it:
Honda Canada 
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Do you know what the prep level is? Like Show room stock, or More like Spec racers (Improved touring)?
DistinctiveBP, there is Plenty of Hondas racing in the US. You just dont konw where to look for them.... Try the West Coast Honda Challenge or the East Coast Honda Challenge . also, its just a DX, its not like honda is bringing in an R for this... Honda Canada is just being smart and using a car that the Masses can afford (and thus appeal to more people)
Do you know what the prep level is? Like Show room stock, or More like Spec racers (Improved touring)?
DistinctiveBP, there is Plenty of Hondas racing in the US. You just dont konw where to look for them.... Try the West Coast Honda Challenge or the East Coast Honda Challenge . also, its just a DX, its not like honda is bringing in an R for this... Honda Canada is just being smart and using a car that the Masses can afford (and thus appeal to more people)
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I think this is bigger than HC. Hell Honda themselves is sponsoring this, they're running a race at the Canadian Grand Prix. This is big. I think its a step in the right direction to lose the Civic's street ricer reputation.
I think this is bigger than HC. Hell Honda themselves is sponsoring this, they're running a race at the Canadian Grand Prix. This is big. I think its a step in the right direction to lose the Civic's street ricer reputation.
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Rep Power: 380 Mmm... i like showroom stock, puts winning or loosing squarly on the shoulders of the driver, rather then car prep level.
The rules in show room stock are pretty limited (For the SCCA at least) your basically only allowed to put in a roll Cage.
and True the Honda challange isnt that big, yet. the HC was created for IT racers because a lot of the honda/acura cars were not compeditive in theire repective SCCA/NASA IT class, so they decided to start their own race.
The rules in show room stock are pretty limited (For the SCCA at least) your basically only allowed to put in a roll Cage.
and True the Honda challange isnt that big, yet. the HC was created for IT racers because a lot of the honda/acura cars were not compeditive in theire repective SCCA/NASA IT class, so they decided to start their own race.
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Rep Power: 424 What does amuse me about this whole situation is that Honda sells Civics with BRIDGESTONE tires. I wonder how long it'll take them to swap all the tires out of the instock cars, and change it over at the factory. I somehow don't think Michelin will stand for that.
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