{"id":59622,"date":"2018-02-05T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-ridgeline-baja-race-truck-wins-parker-425\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T21:12:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T01:12:03","slug":"la-camioneta-de-carrera-ridgeline-baja-gana-el-parker-425","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-camioneta-de-carrera-ridgeline-baja-gana-el-parker-425\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridgeline Baja Race Truck Wins Parker 425"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PARKER, Arizona<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 5, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The Honda Off-Road Racing Team and its Ridgeline Baja Race Truck opened the 2018 off-road racing season in the best possible fashion, with a decisive victory in the &#8220;7200&#8221; class for V6-powered race trucks in Saturday&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">Parker<\/span> 425.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg7ebbleft\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg7ebbleft\" title=\"The Honda Off-Road Racing Team and its Ridgeline Baja Race Truck opened the 2018 off-road racing season with a decisive victory in the \u201c7200\u201d class for V6-powered race trucks in Saturday\u2019s Parker 425.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Honda Off-Road Racing Team and its Ridgeline Baja Race Truck opened the 2018 off-road racing season with a decisive victory in the \u201c7200\u201d class for V6-powered race trucks in Saturday\u2019s Parker 425.\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/637897\/Honda_Racing_Wins_Parker_425.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A part of the Best In the Desert Racing Association off-road racing series, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Parker<\/span> 425 features three laps of a rugged course through the southwestern <span class=\"xn-location\">Arizona<\/span> desert.\u00a0 Each lap presents competitors with wide-ranging conditions, from sand washes and rough rock sections to wide-open rally roads.\u00a0 This year featured an added element, as the course deteriorated rapidly while a field of over 200 entries made its way around each lap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Starting fourth in a field of 11 Class 7200 V6 trucks, driver\/team principal <span class=\"xn-person\">Jeff Proctor<\/span> and navigator <span class=\"xn-person\">Evan Weller<\/span> ran at a rapid pace on the opening lap, gaining two positions in the first 30 miles, then moving into the lead by race mile 80.\u00a0 After their first scheduled pit stop for fuel and rear tires, Proctor and Weller finished the first lap with a 4.5-minute lead on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Although the course began to deteriorate throughout the late afternoon and into the night hours, the Ridgeline continued to widen its gap over the Class 7200 field.\u00a0 At the end of the second lap, Proctor turned over driving duties to <span class=\"xn-person\">Pat Daily<\/span> during the team&#8217;s final scheduled pit stop. \u00a0Daily continued to build a now substantial lead for the Ridgeline, all the while conserving equipment during a brutal third and final lap.\u00a0 The Honda Ridgeline Baja Race Truck crossed the finish line in a time of eight hours, 54 minutes, one hour and 15 minutes ahead of the second-place Class 7200 truck. <\/p>\n<p>Powered by a twin-turbocharged V6 produced by Honda Performance Development, the Ridgeline Baja Race Truck features a body designed by Honda R&amp;D Americas&#8217; Los Angeles Design Studio, with inspiration taken from the current Honda Ridgeline, which was also designed and developed by Honda R&amp;D North Americas.\u00a0 Key design cues drawn from the 2017 Honda Ridgeline can be seen in the front fascia, hood, roof, bed and side profile.<\/p>\n<p>Making approximately 550 horsepower, HPD&#8217;s 3.5-liter HR35TT engine uses the same block, cylinder heads and crankshaft as the production V6 engine that powers the all-new Ridgeline.\u00a0 Additional, custom elements of the powertrain include an HPD-designed intake plenum and custom Engine Control Unit programming.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Photos and information from the Ridgeline Baja Race Truck efforts at the <span class=\"xn-location\">Parker<\/span> 425 can be viewed on Instagram at @hondaoffroadracing and @proctor_race.\u00a0 Honda Racing\/HPD news and reports can be found on Twitter at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HondaRacing_HPD\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/HondaRacing_HPD<\/a> and on Facebook at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HondaRacingHPD\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HondaRacingHPD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jeff Proctor<\/span> <\/b>(team owner\/driver Ridgeline Baja Race Truck<b>) started 4<sup>th<\/sup>, finished 1<sup>st<\/sup> in Class 7200 Unlimited V6 Trucks: <\/b>&#8220;It feels so good to get a win for this Honda Ridgeline team at our season opener.\u00a0 We are so excited to bring this one home for the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Pat Dailey<\/span> <\/b>(team manager, driver Ridgeline Baja Race Truck): &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t be more proud of this entire team, their effort and commitment to earn a win.\u00a0 Now, the team is now focused on the [next round in the team&#8217;s 2018 schedule] 50th anniversary of the Mint 400, on <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 10th<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Las Vegas<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg8f14left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg8f14left\" title=\"honda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo\" border=\"0\" alt=\"honda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/83597\/honda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/637897\/Honda_Racing_Wins_Parker_425.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/637897\/Honda_Racing_Wins_Parker_425.jpg<\/a> <br \/>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/83597\/honda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/83597\/honda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Honda Racing\/HPD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PARKER, Arizona<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 5, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The Honda Off-Road Racing Team and its Ridgeline Baja Race Truck opened the 2018 off-road racing season in the best possible fashion, with a decisive victory in the &#8220;7200&#8221; class for V6-powered race trucks in Saturday&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">Parker<\/span> 425.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg7ebbleft\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpg7ebbleft&quot; title=&quot;The Honda Off-Road Racing Team and its Ridgeline Baja Race Truck&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automotriz"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}