- Kyle Kirkwood to run special Honda livery for Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2026 Passport
- Kirkwood will be going for his fourth win of the year and Honda’s 10th in a row to start the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season
- The collaboration comes as IndyCar celebrates one year of hybrid power
Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood will be debuting a brand-new Honda livery this weekend at the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Presented by the All-New 2026 Passport.
The collaboration comes at a home race for Honda, as the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is just over 60 miles from the Honda Marysville and East Liberty Auto Plants as well as Honda Research & Development, and celebrates all of Honda’s products—from the streets to the sky. More than 400,000 Honda and Acura automobiles are made in Ohio each year, as well as research and design on components for Honda products from lawnmowers to the HondaJet.
The Honda livery also comes on a special weekend of NTT INDYCAR SERIES racing as the series reaches the one-year milestone running hybrid power units. First introduced at Mid-Ohio in 2024, the hybrid power unit is a collaborative effort between Honda Racing Corporation USA, Ilmor and INDYCAR. It provides extra horsepower for the drivers at the press of a button.
Andretti and Honda share more than 20 years of celebrated history, going back to 1997 when the team was known as Team Green. Together, Honda and Andretti Global have earned three NTT INDYCAR SERIES championships—Tony Kanaan (2004), Dan Wheldon (2005) and Dario Franchitti (2007)—as well as five Indianapolis 500 victories—Dan Wheldon (2005), Dario Franchitti (2007), Ryan Hunter-Reay (2014), Alexander Rossi (2016), and Takuma Sato (2017).
Kyle Kirkwood enters the weekend second in the championship with three race wins—one of only two drivers to win a race this season. He hopes to add a victory at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to his previous wins this year at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, Detroit Grand Prix and World Wide Technology Raceway.
Kirkwood has an impressive history at Mid-Ohio, scoring nine straight victories at the circuit in junior formula between 2017 and 2021. Kirkwood hopes to add a win at Mid-Ohio to his five-career IndyCar victories and bring Honda’s streak to 10 wins in 10 races in 2025.
Chuck Schifsky (Manager, Honda & Acura Motorsports): “We are thrilled to have Honda represented on the #27 Andretti Global machine of Kyle Kirkwood this weekend. We’ve had a long partnership with the Andretti organization, and when the chance came up to have Kyle run a Honda-branded car here at the Honda race at Mid-Ohio, we jumped at it. It’s a great opportunity to bring awareness to all parts of the Honda brand—from planes, motorcycles and power products, to road cars and our hybrid-powered Indy cars—especially on this one year anniversary of IndyCar going hybrid. We have thousands of Honda associates from our five Ohio manufacturing plants and the North American R&D center coming to watch the race, and seeing that Kyle is one of only two drivers to win so far this year, and all nine races have been won by Honda, we’re hoping we can continue that streak and put on a great show for them.”
Jill Gregory (President, Andretti Global): “Honda has been a phenomenal partner, and their performance this season speaks for itself. We’re proud to have played a key role in their dominance so far. Mid-Ohio is a big weekend for both of us, and so we’re honored to run a special livery that celebrates everything we’ve accomplished together. We’re looking forward to delivering a result that reflects the strength of this partnership.”
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