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Cycle News 2023 Issue 43 October 31

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Encouraging Debut For Honda CR Electric Proto H onda debuted its CR Electric Proto at the eighth round of the All Japan Motocross Cham- pionship on October 29, 2023. Al- though Team Honda HRC advisor and test rider Trey Canard crashed twice in the three-moto format race, the battery-powered moto- crosser showed a lot of promise. Canard and the Proto easily qualified Saturday for Sunday's race. Canard had the second- fastest time after Sunday morn - ing's practice. In the first moto (the premier IA1 class), Canard had a solid and steady race and finished second. En route, Ca - nard was just 0.7 seconds off the quickest lap time of the race. After taking the holeshot in the second moto, Canard went down and did not finish the race. Canard again took the hole- shot in race three and, while leading early in the race, went down on the heavily rutted track, ending the Proto's debut. Honda said it was a success - ful and encouraging debut for the CR Electric Proto—a weekend that provided valuable data for the ongoing development of Honda's all-electric motocross initiative. "This weekend was definitely a big challenge for me, but it was a great race for our development," said Canard. "Each time I was on the track, we improved the motor - cycle, and the CR Electric Proto team adapted to the challenge. We had some shines of brilliance as a team, the starts being one of them, with two of the three holeshots. There were also some sections on the track that were very impressive, and that makes me excited for the future of this motorcycle. I'm disap - pointed not to finish all of the motos after all of the hard work the team has put in, but I think we showed that the potential of the bike is quite high, especially for our very first attempt at racing. I'm grateful to be a part of this effort, and I'm very proud of each and every person who has worked so hard." Taichi Honda, Team HRC Team Manager, said, "We had three heats for the first time today, and we will take what we learned from each race and feed it back to the ongoing development of the CR Electric project." CN VOLUME ISSUE OCTOBER , P21 Trey Canard (41) raced the CR Electric Proto in the All-Japan National MX series and holeshot two of the three motos.

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