Weekly Digest - 31 May 2010
According to a recent press release Honda Generators will be sponsoring NHRA drag racing.
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As an official sponsor, Honda Generators will be displaying its full line of generators for race fans at all NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events. In addition, Honda representatives will be on hand to answer questions and provide support to the race teams and attendees who rely upon generator power at each race.
Honda generators are well suited for the drag racing circuit, offering the NHRA reliable and quiet power for a variety of applications," said Scott Conner, vice president, Honda Power Equipment. "Honda Power Equipment is truly excited to be working with such a dynamic organization and drag racing series."
I've made quite a few news posts in the past about Honda's expanding production facilities. However a recent labor strike at a transmission factory has resulted in four other Honda production plants to be shut down.
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The biggest eye-opener for multinationals in China recently has been a nine-day-old strike at a sprawling Honda transmission factory here in Foshan, about 100 miles northwest of Hong Kong.
The strike, which has forced Honda to suspend production at all four of its joint venture assembly plants in China, has shown that Chinese authorities are willing to tolerate work stoppages at least temporarily, even at high-tech operations on which many other factories depend.
Moving on to Motorcross, Honda is celebrating its second (successive) win at the Grand Prix of USA. 16,000 spectators travelled to San Bernardino at Glen Helen to see the first Grand Prix event at the venue since 1992 and the first American round of the FIM series this century. Sunshine and temperatures in the low thirties graced the whole weekend and strong winds on Saturday were replaced by occasional gusts on Sunday. The track itself was much longer and faster compared to normal GP layouts and became progressively rougher.
In Indy news, Honda today (well yesterday actually) marked it's 100th IndyCar series race victory.
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For the fifth consecutive year, Honda powered the entire 33-car Indianapolis 500 starting field, and for a record-extending fifth consecutive season – and the only five times in Indy 500 history – there was not a single engine failure in today’s race. Over the two weeks of practice, qualifying and racing, drivers logged a total of 46,412.5 miles without loss of a single Honda Indy V-8 engine.
