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weekender march 20 1993 p17 honda supplying engines for flagship indycar team honda will take a major step into north american auto racing in 1994 when honda performance development inc a new subsidiary of american honda motor co inc begins supplying engines for a flagship indy car team the company the formation of the new high level testing boosts natural gas technology canadas natural gas industry is making rapid progress in vehi cle development technology through highlevel projects under taken in tandem with the automotive sector government and universities this cooperation was clearly demonstrated in a recent performance evaluation trip between oshawa and ottawa which featured 11 trucks powered by different natural gas fuel systems the roadshow culminated with a stop at parliament hill where participants met with energy mines and resources minister jake epp the cavalcade was organized by general motors of canada drivers and evaluators represented the canadian gas associa tion three natural gas utilities general motors and the universi ty of alberta this was one of the most comprehensive evaluations of natu ral gas vehicle performance ever undertaken and illustrates the significant technological advancements being made by the industry said robert cumming director of natural gas vehicle development for cga it was particularly encouraging to note general motors inter est in vehicles in which commercially available kits have been matched with available engines six dualfuel vehicles capable of running on either natural gas or gasoline were included in the evaluation these have been adapted to natural gas use in the aftermarket by the installation of commercially available kits four of the test vehicles were gmc sierra pickup trucks each equipped with a different commercially available natural gas conversion system these are part of a twoyear applied research project currently underway at the university of alberta the project is funded jointly by cga edmontonbased north western utilities and the federal government other vehicles in the cavalcade included three prototype gmc pickup trucks designed specifically to run on natural gas two other gm natural gas pickup trucks currently marketed in the united states and two dualfuel vehicles being evaluated by ontario utilities consumers gas and union gas canada continues to be a leader in natural gas vehicle devel opment with more than 30000 vehicles running on dualfuel natural gasgasoline systems across canada as well several north american auto manufacturers have dedicated natural gas vehicles in development p a t e s if a d e c e d a r 1 r a b a r 0 m a a n 1 l b r 1 n e r a k e c u t c 0 r n e r s s a v e d e z r a a l e e e n a t e s a w e d w 0 0 d s e m e s t e r m 1 e ne y e a r n s p a d w e 1 r d h e r b iii e l a t e r l 0 0 s e ed 1 l s m l 0 c k e d h 0 r n s s cm v a p 1 d s a r 0 d e n e e n 0 l re n e g e m 0 s e i l e d 0 r a t 1 k e n 0 wmm r a 1 s e d t h e r 0 0 f v z m a s s m 0 0 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canadian asso ciates honda has always chal lenged its designers engi neers and technicians with the sophisticated problems posed in a competition envi ronment said isao suzuki president of honda canada inc until recently formula one was the arena and honda rd engineers in japan were the beneficiaries using what they have learned in f1 those engi neers have moved on to deal with new challenges a new group of north american engineers inherits the honda racing heritage and the task of developing our expertise here suzuki said honda announced last year it would not renew its f1 engine program a racing program for the popular north american oval and road racing series will also serve as a catalyst to tie together the vast north american sales marketing production and rd operations suzuki said we believe that the 2000 canadian honda associates and their counterparts in the us along with our dealers suppliers and customers will identify with the kind of excitement offered by the ppg indycar world series this is the premier motorsport series in north america and we believe we will make a positive contribution to it suzuki concluded two of the 15 races on the 1993 indycar calendar are scheduled for canadian cities toronto on july 18 and van couver on aug 29 kovacousesa 5000 drive away 50 to 1 chance of winning 5000 on your mazda purchase see dealer for details contest starts february 16th closes after 50 vehicles sold rnce aik or free automatic or 29 financing up to 210000 equivalent value credit on selected models 36 years of business experience best prices in toronto special lease rates special financing rates aii factory incentives bring in all other ads we will do better 1 5000 limit 3e2i3 it just feels right 2941210 i 2 wn s 8 i 5 stoics j ave 5 i hwym01 t t t itftvytvv v t v