{"id":63258,"date":"2018-08-20T07:50:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-19T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-ridgeline-baja-race-truck-takes-class-victory-at-vegas-to-reno\/"},"modified":"2018-08-20T07:52:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T11:52:02","slug":"la-camioneta-de-carrera-ridgeline-baja-gana-victoria-en-su-clase-en-la-carrera-de-vegas-a-reno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-camioneta-de-carrera-ridgeline-baja-gana-victoria-en-su-clase-en-la-carrera-de-vegas-a-reno\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridgeline Baja Race Truck Takes Class Victory at Vegas to Reno"},"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\">LAS VEGAS<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 19, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Honda Off-Road Racing Team and its Ridgeline Baja Race Truck continued their winning ways this weekend at the General Tire Vegas to <span class=\"xn-location\">Reno<\/span> race, claiming a third class victory in four events this season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpge526left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpge526left\" title=\"The Honda Off-Road Racing team scored its third victory of the season this season, with the Jeff Proctor-led team taking their Ridgeline Baja Race Truck to the Class 7200 win at this weekend\u2019s General Tire Vegas to Reno race.\" style=\"HEIGHT: 389px; WIDTH: 400px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Honda Off-Road Racing team scored its third victory of the season this season, with the Jeff Proctor-led team taking their Ridgeline Baja Race Truck to the Class 7200 win at this weekend\u2019s General Tire Vegas to Reno race.\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/732335\/Honda_Racing_HPD_Baja_Race.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A part of the Best In The Desert series of off-road races, the &#8220;V2R&#8221; is the longest event of its type in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and features a unique set of challenges, including high ambient temperatures, substantial elevation changes and the constant potential of sudden, strong rain storms.\u00a0 The course is also known for several high-speed sections, stretches of deep silt and thick dust that can make overtaking difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Starting seventh, based on a qualifying draw, in the nine-truck &#8220;Class 7200&#8221; field, team owner\/driver <span class=\"xn-person\">Jeff Proctor<\/span> and navigator <span class=\"xn-person\">Evan Weller<\/span> started out at a conservative pace for the first 50 miles, then began to gain positions, moving to first in class at the 88-mile mark. <\/p>\n<p>Continuing to build the lead through the first half of the race, Proctor passed off the driving duties to <span class=\"xn-person\">Pat Dailey<\/span> for the final 200 miles. This weekend&#8217;s victory adds to an impressive total for the Ridgeline Baja Race Truck this season, including class wins at the Parker 425 in February and at the <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> 500 in June.\u00a0 In addition, the team finished second in its other start this year, at the Mint 400. The Honda Off-Road Racing Team now begins the final prep and logistics for its final race of the year, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> 1000 in November.<\/p>\n<p>Powered by a twin-turbocharged V6 engine 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, also designed and developed by Honda R&amp;D North Americas.\u00a0 Key design cues drawn from the 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 and cylinder heads as the production V6 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&#8217;s efforts 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>) finished 1<sup>st<\/sup> in Class 7200 Unlimited V6 Trucks: <\/b>&#8220;Being patient early in the race and avoiding mistakes in the dust was a key strategy for us today. This is a sweet victory for the entire team and our first at this legendary race. I can&#8217;t thank our entire crew enough for all their hard work to get us here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg61faleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg61faleft\" title=\"Honda Racing HPD Logo.\" style=\"HEIGHT: 54px; WIDTH: 400px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Honda Racing HPD 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\/732335\/Honda_Racing_HPD_Baja_Race.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/732335\/Honda_Racing_HPD_Baja_Race.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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>SOURCE  Honda Racing\/HPD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LAS VEGAS<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 19, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Honda Off-Road Racing Team and its Ridgeline Baja Race Truck continued their winning ways this weekend at the General Tire Vegas to <span class=\"xn-location\">Reno<\/span> race, claiming a third class victory in four events this season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpge526left\" dir=\"ltr\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpge526left&quot; title=&quot;The Honda Off-Road Racing team scored its third victory of the season this season, with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63258","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=63258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}