Robert Clarke Honda Quotations

Now that the direction of things seems to be more clear, it's time for Honda to consider what they are going to do.

It has been another great year for Honda in the IRL. We've faced increased competition from both Toyota and Chevrolet this season, along with the challenges of opening of our new facility in Santa Clarita, California. This achievement is a tribute to the tremendous hard work and dedication of all our associates at HPD, our teams and drivers, and our technical partners.

We particularly enjoy fighting each other. Why are we continuing to support the IRL? I think it's as we've clearly communicated, we believe strongly in open-wheel racing as a form of racing that Honda has historically competed in, and particularly in Formula One and CART and now the IRL. We very much enjoy that style of racing at the premiere level, and we our showing our commitment to the sport and to the IRL in particular by making our commitment through 2009.

Honda has made it very clear that our preference is to have competition. Having competition is a way of challenging our engineers to develop a superior product.

Honda has made it very clear that our preference is to have competition. We welcome competition, but we understand that we may be the only manufacturer involved in the near term. We are OK with that.

Honda originally elected to compete in the IRL because we recognize the series is the pinnacle of open-wheel racing in this country,

Honda views its commitment as significant, and we believe that it will form a foundation upon which the IRL community can build on.