{"id":96122,"date":"2021-09-28T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-palou-honda-claim-2021-ntt-indycar-championships\/"},"modified":"2021-09-28T14:20:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T18:20:01","slug":"palou-y-honda-se-llevan-los-campeonatos-ntt-indycar-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/palou-y-honda-se-llevan-los-campeonatos-ntt-indycar-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Palou, Honda, Claim 2021 NTT INDYCAR Championships"},"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.prngen2{\nBORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prntblns{\nBORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LONG BEACH, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 27, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Chip Ganassi Racing&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-person\">Alex Palou<\/span> clinched the 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Drivers&#8217; Championship with a fourth-place finish today at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.\u00a0 Palou became the 10<sup>th<\/sup> Honda-powered driver to win an Indy car title, and the championship was the 18<sup>th<\/sup> for Honda since it entered North American open-wheel racing in 1994.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2337left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2337left\" title=\"Honda-powered Alex Palou won the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series championship Sunday at the season-ending Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Honda also clinched its 10th IndyCar Manufacturers' Championship, and fourth in a row.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Honda-powered Alex Palou won the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series championship Sunday at the season-ending Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Honda also clinched its 10th IndyCar Manufacturers' Championship, and fourth in a row.\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1636130\/Honda_Racing_cantrell_lbgp_2021_3939.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Needing only an 11<sup>th<\/sup>-place or better result to secure the title, Palou kept his nose clean on the unforgiving downtown streets that make up the temporary Long Beach street circuit, but continued to run in the lead pack through most of the 85-lap contest to give team owner <span class=\"xn-person\">Chip Ganassi<\/span> his 14<sup>th<\/sup> Indy car title.<\/p>\n<p>Honda also powered today&#8217;s race winner, as Andretti Autosport&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span> led 43 of the 85-laps to notch his third victory of 2021, and the first at his &#8216;home&#8217; Long Beach circuit.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Honda Race Results<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"convertedTable4782\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">1<sup>st<\/sup> Colton Herta<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">3<sup>rd <\/sup>Scott Dixon<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">4<sup>th<\/sup> Alex Palou<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">6<sup>th<\/sup> Alexander Rossi<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">7<sup>th<\/sup> Jack Harvey<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Meyer Shank Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">9<sup>th<\/sup> Takuma Sato<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">12<sup>th<\/sup> Ed Jones<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">14<sup>th<\/sup> James Hinchcliffe<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">16<sup>th<\/sup> Graham Rahal<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">17<sup>th<\/sup> Jimmie Johnson<b>-R<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">20<sup>th<\/sup> Helio Castroneves<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Meyer Shank Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">22<sup>nd<\/sup> Oliver Askew<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">23<sup>rd<\/sup> Ryan Hunter-Reay<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">24<sup>th<\/sup> Romain Grosjean<b>-R<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">28<sup>th<\/sup> Marcus Ericsson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>R \u2013<\/b>\u00a0Rookie<\/p>\n<p><b><u>NTT INDYCAR SERIES Final Manufacturers&#8217; Championship<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"convertedTable17e6\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">1,401 points <b><i>[Honda&#8217;s 10 title, 4<sup>th<\/sup> consecutive]<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chevrolet<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">1,238<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><u>NTT INDYCAR SERIES Final Drivers&#8217; Championship Standings<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"convertedTable1d8d\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">1. Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">549 points [3 wins]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">2. Josef Newgarden, Team Penske<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">511 [2 wins]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">3. Pato O&#8217;Ward, Arrow McLaren SP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">487 [2 wins]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">4. Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">481 [1 win]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><u>Quotes<br \/><\/u><\/b><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span> <\/b>(Andretti Autosport Honda) <b>Race winner, his third win of 2021 and sixth career Indy car victory: <\/b>&#8220;It feels amazing [to win the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach].\u00a0 We brought a great car here, and [this race] has been on the &#8216;bucket list&#8217; for so long for me, I&#8217;m at a loss for words.\u00a0 It took a lot of work [to get from 14<sup>th<\/sup> to Victory Circle] and it&#8217;s such a big race for Honda and Acura, so happy to have a win here for them, too.\u00a0 What a way to cap off the year!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Alex Palou<\/span> <\/b>(Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) <b>2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES CHAMPION; his first Indy car championship and the 18<sup>th<\/sup> for a Honda-powered driver. Palou&#8217;s title comes 25 years after <span class=\"xn-person\">Jimmy Vasser<\/span> won Honda&#8217;s first Indy car drivers&#8217; title \u2013 also with a fourth-place finish, at Laguna Seca in 1996: <\/b>&#8220;Oh my gosh man, what a race today, and what a year.\u00a0 This team is amazing.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know what else to say.\u00a0 I&#8217;m super proud to be part of Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda, and all our partners.\u00a0 Yeah, I&#8217;m super happy.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t thank enough everyone who made this possible, [team owner] <span class=\"xn-person\">Chip Ganassi<\/span> especially. This is one dream for me completed. Now let&#8217;s get another one!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">David Salters<\/span> <\/b>(President, Honda Performance Development) <b>on winning both the 2021 INDYCAR Manufacturers&#8217; and Drivers&#8217; Championships: <\/b>&#8220;To paraphrase the iconic lyrics of <span class=\"xn-person\">David Byrne<\/span> and the Talking Heads:\u00a0<br \/>You may find yourself in a brilliant HPD with 230 smart Honda men and women who live the dream of Honda and Acura racing in the US.<br \/>You may yourself in an awesome part of the world called <span class=\"xn-location\">Santa Clarita, California<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Brownsburg, Indiana<\/span>.<br \/>You may find yourself working for the coolest, funkiest racing company that is Honda<br \/>You may find yourself in a beautiful Acura Long Beach Grand prix, which is a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife.<br \/>You may ask yourself &#8216;how did we get here?&#8217;<br \/>The answer is: \u00a0the dedication of the men and women of HPD who start with a clean sheet of paper and design powertrains and chassis, simulate, manufacture, assemble, develop and test, develop aerodynamics and vehicle dynamics simulation and simulators, electrical hardware, software and control systems, use advanced data analytics, and develop and analyze advanced materials.<br \/>Team HPD, we salute you for the four consecutive Indy car manufactures titles; Helio Castroneves your fourth Indy 500 victory; and <span class=\"xn-person\">Alex Palou<\/span>, we salute your first Indy car Drivers&#8217; Championship.\u00a0<br \/>Thank you to our brilliant Honda racing teams.<br \/>This is once in a lifetime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Fast Facts<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Both Herta and Honda Performance Development call the northern <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> suburb of <span class=\"xn-location\">Santa Clarita<\/span> home, and the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach as our home race. <\/li>\n<li>This is the 10<sup>th<\/sup> INDYCAR victory from 16 races for Honda this season. <\/li>\n<li>Palou is the 10<sup>th<\/sup> different Honda driver to win an Indy car title, and the championship is the 18<sup>th<\/sup> for Honda\u00a0since the company entered Indy car competition in 1995.\u00a0 Tittle winners include <span class=\"xn-person\">Jimmy Vasser<\/span> (1996); <span class=\"xn-person\">Alex Zanardi<\/span> (1997-98); <span class=\"xn-person\">Juan Pablo Montoya<\/span> (1999); <span class=\"xn-person\">Gil de Ferran<\/span> (2000-01); <span class=\"xn-person\">Tony Kanaan<\/span> (2004); <span class=\"xn-person\">Dan Wheldon<\/span> (2005); <span class=\"xn-person\">Sam Hornish Jr.<\/span> (2006); <span class=\"xn-person\">Dario Franchitti<\/span> (2007, 2009-11); <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Dixon<\/span> (2008, 2013, 2018, 2020) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>Next<br \/><\/u><\/b>Today&#8217;s race concludes Honda&#8217;s championship-winning 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES.\u00a0 The 2022 season gets underway <span class=\"xn-chron\">February 27<\/span>, with a return to the Florida Gulf Coast for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p>Honda Racing social media content and video links from the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach can be found on Instagram (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3303926-1&amp;h=1858829551&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fhondaracing_hpd&amp;a=www.instagram.com%2Fhondaracing_hpd\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.instagram.com\/hondaracing_hpd<\/a>), Twitter (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3303926-1&amp;h=866625817&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD&amp;a=twitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD\" rel=\"nofollow\">twitter.com\/HondaRacing_HPD<\/a>) and Facebook (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3303926-1&amp;h=2325015608&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD)&amp;a=www.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD)\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.facebook.com\/HondaRacingHPD)<\/a>.\u00a0 Additional features and long-form videos can be found on the Honda Racing\/HPD YouTube channel (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3303926-1&amp;h=1319631567&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FHondaRacingHPDTV)&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FHondaRacingHPDTV)\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/HondaRacingHPDTV)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgd449left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; 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Championship with a fourth-place finish today at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.\u00a0 Palou became the 10<sup>th<\/sup> Honda-powered driver to win an Indy car title, and the championship was the 18<sup>th<\/sup> for Honda since it entered North American open-wheel racing in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnejpg2337left&quot;&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LONG BEACH, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 27, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Chip Ganassi Racing&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-person\">Alex Palou<\/span> clinched the 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES Drivers&#8217; Championship with a fourth-place finish today at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.\u00a0 Palou became the 10<sup>th<\/sup> Honda-powered driver to win an Indy car title, and the championship was the 18<sup>th<\/sup> for Honda since it entered North American open-wheel racing in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;div id=&quot;prni_dvprnejpg2337left&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96122","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\/96122","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=96122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}