{"id":97116,"date":"2021-11-22T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-honda-ridgeline-off-road-race-truck-wins-baja-1000\/"},"modified":"2021-11-22T16:40:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:40:02","slug":"la-honda-ridgeline-off-road-race-truck-gana-la-baja-1000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-honda-ridgeline-off-road-race-truck-gana-la-baja-1000\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda Ridgeline Off-Road Race Truck Wins Baja 1000"},"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\">LA PAZ, Mexico<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 20, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0The Honda Off-Road Racing Team returned to <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja California<\/span> this weekend, and completed its string of 2021 success with the Class 7 victory at the iconic off-road race.\u00a0 The impressive result was the fourth consecutive class win for the Ridgeline Off-Road Race Truck this season, the fifth victory for the Ridgeline in <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span>, but the first in a &#8220;point-to-point&#8221; <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> 1000, running the length of the peninsula from <span class=\"xn-location\">Ensenada<\/span> to <span class=\"xn-location\">La Paz<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Competing in Class 7 for unlimited V6-powered race trucks, the #709 Honda Ridgeline driving lineup of team owner <span class=\"xn-person\">Jeff Proctor<\/span>, 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner <span class=\"xn-person\">Alexander Rossi<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Richard Glaszczak<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> legend <span class=\"xn-person\">Steve Hengeveld<\/span> &#8211; paired with navigator <span class=\"xn-person\">Evan Weller<\/span> &#8211; faced a challenging course starting in the coastal city of <span class=\"xn-location\">Ensenada<\/span> and finishing 1,226 miles south in La Paz.\u00a0 A total of 302 entries took part in this year&#8217;s 54<sup>th<\/sup> running of the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Ridgeline started off strong, with Proctor battling for the class lead with the #700 Ford of <span class=\"xn-person\">Dan Chamlee<\/span> for the first 300 miles before the Honda team established an advantage they would hold \u2013 and increase \u2013 all the way to the finish. <\/p>\n<p>Starting driver Proctor handed off to Glaszcak at the 350-mile mark, then handed off to Rossi at the 632-mile pit stop as both began to build an ever-larger advantage for the Ridgeline.\u00a0 Rossi successfully completed his overnight stint to turn driving duties over to Hegeveld during the pit stop at Mile Marker 883, with the lead for the Ridgeline now more than 100 miles over Chamlee and the rest of the Class 7 field.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Proctor returned to the cockpit for the final hours, taking the finish with a time of 23 hours, four minutes and 59 seconds to claim the Class 7 win by just over three hours.\u00a0 It marked the fourth consecutive win for the Honda Off-Road Ridgeline in 2021, following victories earlier this year at the <span class=\"xn-location\">San Felipe<\/span> 250, <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> 500 and Vegas to Reno off-road races.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Quotes<br \/><\/u><\/b><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jeff Proctor<\/span> <\/b>(team owner\/driver Honda Ridgeline Baja Race Truck<b>) won Class 7 for unlimited V6 Trucks; first &#8220;point-to-point&#8221; <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> 1000 race win for Honda: <\/b>&#8220;As always, I&#8217;m really proud of my crew and everyone here helping the Honda Ridgeline maximize its performance. They&#8217;ve more than put in the hours of work required to bring the Ridgeline across the finish line. Over the past year, we&#8217;ve fine-tuned our program, in particular, we switched to 40&#8221; Maxxis tires which has been a game changer for us. And with <span class=\"xn-person\">Evan Weller&#8217;s<\/span> prep and expert navigation, I feel like we&#8217;ve covered our bases.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Alexander Rossi<\/span> <\/b>(driver, Honda Ridgeline Baja Race Truck) <b>Class 7 winner, becomes first driver to win the <span class=\"xn-location\">Indianapolis<\/span> 500; Rolex 24 at Daytona; and <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> 1000:<\/b> &#8220;What a wild ride this race, this event, is.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t even begin to explain what it&#8217;s like.\u00a0 It&#8217;s equally chaotic, awesome and terrifying!\u00a0 To drive this truck through the desert, and the mountains, in the middle of the night, through fog that&#8217;s rolling in from the ocean &#8211; with hundreds of other cars and their dust \u2013 is unlike anything else I&#8217;ve ever experienced.\u00a0 It&#8217;s insane, and it&#8217;s really cool.\u00a0 I feel very fortunate to be able to take part in it three times now, with Honda and HPD.\u00a0 To help give Honda this very big win is something very special to me.\u00a0 Huge shout out to [team owner] <span class=\"xn-person\">Jeff Proctor<\/span> for letting me drive his truck; to our navigator, <span class=\"xn-person\">Evan Weller<\/span>, he&#8217;s &#8216;the man&#8217;; and the entire Honda Off-Road Racing Team for such a huge effort.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Fast Facts<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Alexander Rossi<\/span> is the sixth <span class=\"xn-location\">Indianapolis<\/span> 500 winner to compete at <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span>, but the first to record wins in the &#8220;500&#8221;, <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> 1000 and Rolex 24 at Daytona. <\/li>\n<li>Other Indy winners to tackle <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> include <span class=\"xn-person\">Parnelli Jones<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Rick Mears<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Buddy Rice<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ryan Hunter-Reay<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Danny Sullivan<\/span>. Jones won both at both Indy and <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span>, but was a DNF in his only Daytona 24-hour appearance. Rice won at Indy and Daytona, but not in <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> while Mears twice finished third at Daytona in his best results there. <\/li>\n<li>The Honda Ridgeline Baja Race Truck utilizes the same production-based, Honda Performance Development built turbocharged V6 engine that also powered this year&#8217;s Rolex 24 at Daytona-winning Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX05, driven by Filipe Albuquerque, <span class=\"xn-person\">Ricky Taylor<\/span> and Rossi. The base 3.5-liter engine powers a variety of Honda and Acura passenger vehicles, including the Acura MDX and Honda Ridgeline. <\/li>\n<li>The wins at the Rolex 24 in January and this weekend in <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> bookended a highly successful season for HPD, which also included Honda&#8217;s 14<sup>th<\/sup><span class=\"xn-location\">Indianapolis<\/span> 500 victory in May and fourth consecutive NTT INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturers&#8217; Championship in September.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>Next<br \/><\/u><\/b>This weekend&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> 1000 concluded the 2021 season for the Honda Off-Road Racing Team.\u00a0 The 2022 season opens <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 21<\/span> with the King of Hammers Off-Road events at Means Dry Lake in <span class=\"xn-location\">Johnson Valley, California<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Honda Racing social media content and video links from the <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span> 1000 can be found on Instagram (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3366812-1&amp;h=3527655047&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=3366812-1&amp;h=2402249585&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=3366812-1&amp;h=907816528&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 YouTube (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3366812-1&amp;h=4063180967&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>.<u>\u00a0 <\/u>Additional photos and information from the Ridgeline Baja Race Truck&#8217;s efforts can be viewed on Instagram at @hondaoffroadracing and @proctor_race. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/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\">LA PAZ, Mexico<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 20, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0The Honda Off-Road Racing Team returned to <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja California<\/span> this weekend, and completed its string of 2021 success with the Class 7 victory at the iconic off-road race.\u00a0 The impressive result was the fourth consecutive class win for the Ridgeline Off-Road Race Truck this season, the fifth victory for the Ridgeline in <span class=\"xn-location\">Baja<\/span>, but the first in a &#8220;point-to-point&#8221; &lt;span&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97116","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\/97116","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=97116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}