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Honda will continue supplying IndyCar with engines

INDIANAPOLIS -- A rough 2015 season couldn't chase Honda out of IndyCar racing.

Instead, the longtime engine-manufacturer is redoubling its efforts and its commitment to the series.

Honda Performance Development President Art St. Cyr announced Tuesday that his company had signed a new contract to compete in IndyCar through at least 2017 and possibly through the 2020 season, if Honda exercises a three-year option.

"We want to race and this is a premiere series in North America, so it's very important for us to have a presence in this type of racing," St.