Honda Racing HPD 500 CART Twin Ring Motegi Jacket

HONDA RACING · HPD — BUDWEISER 500 CART TWIN RING MOTEGI HOODED JACKET
Archive ID: ZJP-A-0019 | Vintage Apparel
Condition: Grade B (moderate, age-consistent wear)

Honda Racing / HPD hooded shell jacket produced for the Budweiser 500 CART Champ Car round at Twin Ring Motegi, Japan. Red waterproof nylon with navy contrast side panels, a stow-away hood, a full-zip-and-snap storm placket, drawcord hem and elasticated cuffs. The chest carries "HPD / HONDA Racing", a "Budweiser 500" event patch, the Honda "H" logo on the sleeve, and a "Twin Ring Motegi" patch. The back is the highlight: a large embroidered CART logo above the visiting-team patch set — Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Team KOOL Green, Tasman Motorsports Group and Walker Racing. A characterful crossover piece from CART's Japanese round, graded B.

CONDITION REPORT
- Age-consistent wear; the shell shows creasing and light overall fading to the red typical of technical nylon, as photographed.
- All patches present and legible: HPD/Honda Racing, Budweiser 500, Honda H, Twin Ring Motegi, CART, and the four team patches.
- Some patch borders show light age-toning consistent with the period; no lifting observed.
- Full zip, snap placket, stow-away hood, drawcord hem and cuffs present and intact.
- No major holes or open seams observed.
- TO VERIFY before publishing: zip + all snaps function; care/size label; any interior marks.

DETAILS
- Item Type: Hooded waterproof shell jacket
- Shell: Red technical nylon; navy side panels; stow-away hood
- Front Branding: HPD / HONDA Racing; Budweiser 500 patch; Honda "H" sleeve logo; Twin Ring Motegi patch
- Back Branding: Large CART logo + Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Team KOOL Green, Tasman Motorsports, Walker Racing
- Features: Full zip + snap storm placket; drawcord hem; elasticated cuffs
- Label Size: [PENDING — confirm from interior tag]
- Measured Size (flat): 22 in wide (pit-to-pit) × 27 in long
- Estimated NA Fit: US Men's Large

ARCHIVE NOTES
This jacket links Honda's American open-wheel programme with its home circuit in Japan. Twin Ring Motegi — the Honda-built speedway and road course in Tochigi — hosted a CART Champ Car World Series round from 1998, run on its oval and titled the Budweiser 500, giving Japanese fans a rare home date for the US-based series that Honda powered so successfully. The back patch set reads like a grid of the era's front-running CART teams: Target Chip Ganassi Racing (whose Honda-powered cars dominated the late-1990s championships), Team KOOL Green, Tasman Motorsports Group and Walker Racing. HPD — Honda Performance Development — is Honda's North American racing arm behind those engine programmes. Genuine Twin Ring Motegi CART event apparel is a distinctive crossover between JDM and American open-wheel collecting.

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