(Van Wert, OH - WANE) Van Wert was celebrating Friday night, but it had nothing to do with the upcoming holiday. Instead the town was recognizing a good job trying to get Honda to build a new plant there, and all the good qualities Van Wert already has.

Last Sunday’s MotoGP was an epic race as Nicky Hayden, aboard his Repsol Honda RC211V, won it at the last turn on the last lap from Yamaha’s Colin Edwards who crashed, remounting to finish 13th, while Kawasaki’s Shinya Nakano inherited second place with third place going to Honda team mate Dani Pedrosa.

Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. recently introduced the newest addition to its 2006 model line-up – the new Honda Jazz.

INDIANAPOLIS, Friday, June 30, 2006 - Lucky Strike Honda Racing F1 Team test driver Anthony Davidson led both free practice sessions June 30 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as Formula One teams began preparations for United States Grand Prix qualifying and race.

The Honda Racing F1 Team's Anthony Davidson was the fastest man on track in Indianapolis today as free practice got underway at the legendary Motor Speedway. He topped the timesheets in both the morning and afternoon sessions and completed a total of 65 laps.

GREENSBURG, Indiana (AP-WANE) Honda officials have announced that the company will build an auto assembly plant near Greensburg, Indiana. The Japanese car maker announced in May that it planned to build the new plant in the Midwest. Ohio and three other states also offered up sites.

DAYTON — Ease up, job hunters. Honda is months away from being ready to hire for an auto assembly plant it plans to build just outside of Greensburg, Ind.

Anthony Davidson continued to set the pace in Indianapolis on Friday afternoon, lapping his Honda in 1m 12.013s to head BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica on 1m 12.809s. Giancarlo Fisichella, in his Renault R26, was the only other runner below 1m 13s, with 1m 12.933s.

NEW YORK -- For the second straight year, MSN has signed on Honda and Verizon as its exclusive advertisers for Rockstar.MSN.com, the Web companion to the Mark Burnett-produced summer series Rock Star: Supernova —but this time around the portal has built out customized branded entertainment packages for each brand.

Anthony Davidson lifted the gloom at Honda by setting the fastest lap in both practice sessions for the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis.