Bringing Racing Experience Back to Work: Honda Employees Who Keep Taking on New Challenges
Since its founding, Honda has used the challenges of motorsports to develop its people and technologies, applying the lessons learned to product development and manufacturing. Carrying on this DNA are employees who take on demanding races alongside their regular responsibilities.
These Honda Stories articles highlight Honda employees competing in the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Road Race (Suzuka 8 Hours), the Super Taikyu Series (Super Taikyu), and the Enjoy Endurance Race (JOY TAI), exploring how they apply their racing experience to production vehicle development and their day-to-day work.
Suzuka 8 Hours: One of the world’s premier endurance races
The Suzuka 8 Hours is one of the world’s premier motorcycle endurance races, held at Suzuka Circuit, a legendary motorsports venue. Teams compete to complete the most laps over eight hours. Discover how Honda employees working in development, production, quality and other fields take on this demanding race and apply the experience to their regular work.
Super Taikyu: Japan’s premier endurance racing series
Super Taikyu is Japan’s premier endurance racing series, featuring race cars based on production models competing to finish the most laps within a specified time. Discover how volunteer Honda employees, including young engineers, participate in the series and apply the experience gained through racing to production vehicle development and employee development.
JOY TAI: Endurance racing that demands speed and fuel efficiency
JOY TAI is an endurance race open to production-based cars, in which competitors pursue speed while operating under limits on the amount of fuel that can be added at each refueling stop. Discover how Honda employees, including the Fit development leader and younger team members, take on the race and use the experience to further improve production vehicles.
