WATCH: The 2022 Honda Civic Si prepares for its first race

In a recent video uploaded on Honda’s official YouTube account, the Japanese carmaker revealed that the upcoming 2022 Honda Civic Si is undergoing track testing to prepare for the 25 Hours of Thunderhill.

Watch engineers from the Team Honda Research West prepare the 11th-generation 2022 Civic Si for its first race here.

Shown in the clip is the four-door sedan with a large rear wing swathed in black and white camouflage.

The 25 Hours of Thunderhill is an endurance race held annually in Northern California at the Thunderhill Raceway Park, just outside the small town of Willows. A successor to the Timex 12 Hours of Thunderhill event run between 1998 and 2002, the 25 Hours of Thunderhill has been run since 2003 and is sanctioned by the National Auto Sport Association.

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