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HPD QUICK FACTS
Established: April 1, 1993
Location: Santa Clarita, CA
Employees: 125

BACKGROUND: Honda Performance Development (HPD), a subsidiary of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., is the technical operations center for Honda's high-performance racing engines. HPD also coordinates Honda's participation in the IndyCar Series Racing.
 
FACILITY: HPD operates out of a 123,000-square-foot building in Santa Clarita, California and opened in late January 2005. The two-story structure houses comprehensive engine Research & Development operations, including engine design; development engineering; prototype and production parts manufacturing; race engine preparation and rebuilding; material analysis facilities; quality control inspection areas; five engine dynamometer test cells; machine shop; electronics lab; parts center; multiple meeting/conference rooms; and administrative offices.
 
KEY PERSONNEL: Erik Berkman, President
Jack Spurney, General Manager
Yasuhide Sakamoto, Chief Engineer
Roger Griffiths, Race Team Technical Leader
T.E. McHale, Motorsports Public Relations Manager, American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
 

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