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Is this the end for the HPD Super Formula scholarship prize?

New Zealander Callum Hedge wrapped up the Formula Regional Americas title last weekend at the Circuit of the Americas, ending the season with an impressive tally of 13 wins from a possible 18.

Motorsport

Kiwi racer Hedge in line for HPD Super Formula scholarship

Hedge, 19, leads the FR Americas standings by 55 points with nine wins from the 12 races to have taken place so far this season, with only two rounds remaining at Virginia International Raceway and the Circuit of the Americas.

Motorsport

Honda motorsport restructuring opens door to WEC/Le Mans bid

In a move revealed on Thursday, Honda Performance Development, the motorsport arm of American Honda Motor Co., based out of Santa Clarita in California, will join Japan’s Honda Racing Corporation to become HRC US.

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Honda motorsport restructuring opens door to WEC, Le Mans bid

It was announced on Thursday that Honda Performance Development, the motorsport arm of American Honda Motor Co. based out of Santa Clarita in California, will join Japan’s Honda Racing Corporation to become HRC US.

Autosport

IndyCar fuel save secrets explained: The science behind Dixon’s magic

At Indy, a stack-up crash – ironically caused by his younger Chip Ganassi Racing team-mates – led to him being punted from behind and spinning onto the infield grass on the opening lap. No bother, he pitted under the yellow, got rid of his least-preferred tire, and split the remaining distance into…

Motorsport

IndyCar fuel save secrets explained: The science behind Dixon's magic

Autosport

Hyman wants to stay in Super Formula despite nightmare season

HPD scholarship winner Hyman has endured a wretched campaign driving for the B-Max Racing team, having finished no higher than 15th place in seven races so far and qualifying no better than 18th.

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Deletraz, Jordan Taylor land second IMSA WTR Acura seats

It marks a homecoming for Jordan Taylor, who left his father Wayne's team to drive for Corvette Racing in the GT classes since 2020. In that time, he has won two GTLM championships and a class victory at the 2021 Daytona 24 Hours.

Motorsport

Ultimate Table Tennis: High Performance Director the need of the hour, says Sharath Kamal

A. Sharath Kamal, on the cusp of featuring in his fifth Asian Games, has stressed on the need for the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) to appoint a high performance director (HPD) and a full-time overseas national coach. Sharath feels the Asian Games in Hangzhou in September-October will be…

The Hindu

Rudy Farias: A timeline of the bizarre case of the Texas man ‘missing’ for eight years

Rudy Farias was reported missing on 7 March 2015, sparking an eight year search. In reality, police say he was at his mother’s house all along

The Independent UK

Rudy Farias: A timeline of the bizarre case of the Texas man ‘missing’ for eight years

Rudy Farias was reported missing on 7 March 2015, sparking an eight year search. In reality, police say he was at his mother’s house all along

The Independent UK

An eight-year search for Rudy Farias came to a miracle conclusion. But he was never actually missing

Rudy Farias’ mother announced he was found alive eight years after he was reported missing as a teen. This news came as a surprise to neighbours and police, who are sure he wasn’t missing at all. Andrea Blanco reports

The Independent UK

‘Missing’ Rudy Farias’ mother ‘kept him hidden and abused him for eight years’, counsellor claims

‘I heard horrific things from that young man, and I didn’t want him to see me shedding tears but I couldn’t hold [them] back,’ Quanell X told reporters on Wednesday

The Independent UK

An eight-year search for Rudy Farias came to a miracle conclusion. But was he actually missing?

Rudy Farias’ mother announced he was found alive eight years after he was reported missing as a teen. Days later, harrowing claims emerged that he was never missing at all, Andrea Blanco reports

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Neighbours say Rudy Farias had been living at home during eight years family claimed he was missing

‘That boy has never been missing,’ a neighbour of Mr Farias’ mother told ABC News

The Independent UK

Houston police detectives have not spoken with Rudy Farias as mother reveals ‘he is non-verbal’

The Houston Police Department has confirmed that Mr Farias will be interviewed by detectives on Wednesday

Bangkok Post

Bureau chief tied to illegal oil incident

The director of the Excise Department's Prevention and Suppression Bureau was involved in a case of illegally transported oil detected by the Highway Police on June 7, according to the results of an internal probe.

Motorsport

Marco Andretti “looking at” Acura IMSA GTP chance with WTRAndretti

Wayne Taylor Racing joined forces with his father Michael’s Andretti Autosport team this year to bolster its technical strength to run the complex Oreca-chassised, HPD-powered ARX-06 hybrid machine.

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Bangkok Post

40 police transferred over 'bribe stickers'

About 40 highway police allegedly involved in a scheme to take kickbacks from illegally overloaded trucks by issuing so-called "bribe stickers" will be transferred to inactive posts, Pol Maj Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew, the Counter Corruption Division (CCD) commander, said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

HPD to probe oil tanker bribe

The Highway Police Division (HPD) will set up a committee to look into a recent attempt by a senior official at the Excise Department to lobby the HPD to avoid taking legal action against a tanker carrying illegal oil.

Bangkok Post

6 more officers embroiled in lorry 'sticker' scandal

The investigation into "sticker bribes" for illegally overloaded lorries has incriminated another six officers from the Highway Police Division (HPD), according to Pol Maj Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew, the Counter Corruption Division (CCD) commander.

Bangkok Post

Highway cops to report on bribery

All sub-divisions of the Highway Police Division (HPD) were instructed on Friday to submit reports about any cases of highway lorry bribery occurring in their precincts within five days.

Motorsport

Wayne Taylor Racing to add second Acura in 2024 IMSA season

The announcement was made on Tuesday morning, two days after the outfit finished fourth at Laguna Seca with Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor at the wheel of its sole #10 Konica Minolta-sponsored LMDh car.

Motorsport

The power behind Honda’s American dreams

In the rolling hills north of Los Angeles, next door to a movie lot, Honda’s American motorsport division HPD has produced some of the most potent engines in US motorsport; powerplants that have claimed 18 IndyCar championships and 15 Indianapolis 500 wins, along with a surfeit of sportscar titles and…

Autosport

The power behind Honda’s American dreams

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