{"id":56272,"date":"2021-09-21T08:17:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T02:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/?p=56272"},"modified":"2021-09-21T08:17:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T02:47:53","slug":"team-honda-hrc-manager-erik-kehoe-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/team-honda-hrc-manager-erik-kehoe-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Honda HRC manager Erik Kehoe to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Just over a week after Jett Lawrence wrapped up the 2021 AMA Pro Motocross 250MX Championship, American Honda and Erik Kehoe announced that he would step down from the position of Manager of\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Team Honda HRC, the manufacturer\u2019s U.S. factory motocross\/supercross squad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Californian, who has headed the team since 2018.Will be leaving the racing world and focusing on home life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kehoe was a Honda-backed<a href=\"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/to-boost-electric-vehicles-fame-ii-incentive-plan-gets-extended\/\"><strong> professional racer<\/strong><\/a> in the late \u201980s and early \u201990s before managing the Honda of Troy\/Yamaha of Troy race program for seven seasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He also served an earlier stint working for the factory team from the 2002 season through 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During Kehoe\u2019s management tenures.Team Honda HRC earned five AMA Pro Motocross National Championships and two AMA Supercross Championships.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Quote<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThis decision to retire was tough, but at the same time, I know it\u2019s time to slow down my pace,\u201d Kehoe said. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I want to thank American Honda and [Manager of Sports &amp; Experiential] Brandon Wilson for giving me the chance to return to the team this last time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I wanted to help get Honda some positive momentum in supercross and motocross and this past season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The team has enjoyed many successes. I\u2019ve genuinely enjoyed my time here, but it\u2019s time to focus on some personal projects that I\u2019ve been putting off for some time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kehoe will remain on board during the<a href=\"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/rough-crafts-winston-yeh-talks-more-about-the-brand\/\"><strong> off-season to help the team<\/strong> <\/a>transition to a new manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cI\u2019d be lying if I said we weren\u2019t disappointed Erik is leaving,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cAnyone who has been around racing knows how pressure-filled that world can be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But Erik always manages to keep things organized and running smoothly. And do so with a respectful.Diplomatic approach that maintains harmony within the team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While I\u2019ll be sad to see him go.I\u2019m happy for him to enjoy this next phase in his life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On behalf of the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/meeting-the-legendary-ducati-motorbike-hero-troy-bayliss\/\"><strong>team and everyone at<\/strong> <\/a>Honda and HRC. We\u2019d like to thank him for all of his hard work and leadership, and we wish him all the best.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Honda will announce Kehoe\u2019s replacement at a later date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Press release via\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/hondanews.com\/en-US\/powersports\/releases\/team-honda-hrc-manager-erik-kehoe-to-retire?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Team%20Honda%20HRC%20Manager%20Erik%20Kehoe%20to%20Retire&amp;utm_content=Team%20Honda%20HRC%20Manager%20Erik%20Kehoe%20to%20Retire+CID_89a21d8e1017eee5bfbc6c90db13f21c&amp;utm_source=Honda%20Campaign%20Monitor&amp;utm_term=View%20Full%20Release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">HRC<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":56277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22378],"tags":[23497,23294],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56272"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56272"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56278,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56272\/revisions\/56278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}