Honda Korea Holds First Round of 2025 Honda One Maker Race
Apr 29, 2025
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The Honda One Maker Race is a race in which Honda Korea participates in two classes, "Honda MSX Cup" and "Honda Cub Cup," as a single brand model under the auspices of the Korea Mini-Moto Race Festival. Honda One Maker Race is operated to provide an opportunity for anyone to easily challenge mini-motor races and experience the "Fun Riding" pursued by Honda Motorcycle to expand the base of motorcycle culture.
A total of 28 entries were registered in the first round of the 2025 Honda One Maker Race, which took place on the 27th, and 17 new participants participated in the Honda One Maker Race for the first time this year. In this round, Choi Ho-jin (Jaeho Rent Garage Team) won the Honda MSX Cup and Kim Jong-hoon (MBRR.NRC Team) won the Honda Curve Cup.
The Honda One Maker race, which marks its third year this year, has faced three changes to further lower barriers to entry into motorcycle races. First, the host company changed the title of the competition from the Korea Mini-Moto Race Championship (KMRC) to the Korea Mini-Moto Race Festival (KMRC). It contains the will to hope that the Korean mini-motor race will become a "festival" that everyone can enjoy, not a "competition" just for competition.
In addition, Honda Korea has relaxed technical safety regulations for participating vehicles for participants who have not experienced racing. ▲Oil inlet wire lock ▲ Fuel tank over-drain catch tank installation ▲ Chainguard installation ▲ Undercauldron installation, etc., vehicle modification items that require specialized technology have been eased to recommendations, not mandatory, and ▲ Glass removal ▲ Light taping, etc., which can be easily performed by the general public.
In order to encourage new participation, Honda Korea commissioned a total of 10 rental vehicles (5 MSX Groms and 5 supercurves) through the MBRR team, the "official team of Honda Korea," and allowed anyone to experience participation in the competition regardless of vehicle ownership. In the first round of the 2025 Honda One Maker Race, 70% (7 vehicles) of 10 Honda Korea rental cars participated. In addition to
, benefits are provided if you participate through Honda Korea's official team. The entry fee (180,000 won) will be fully provided to the first participating customers, and consumers can receive a 15% discount if they purchase a participating vehicle.
Meanwhile, the 2025 Honda One Maker Race will be held for a total of four rounds in about seven months, starting with the first round held on the 27th. Round 2 will be held on June 22 (Sun), Round 3 will be held on August 10 (Sun), and Round 4 will be held on October 19 (Sun).
Reporter Kim Hyung-joon hj.kim@carguy.kr
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
