Racing Toward Victory -- Race Car at Laguna Seca Raceway, California
by Darin Volpe
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Racing Toward Victory -- Race Car at Laguna Seca Raceway, California
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Darin Volpe
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Photograph - Photography
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The top light announces that this Acura ARX-02 is in the lead as it dives down a hill on the Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca. Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud drove this car to a first place finish in 2009's American LeMans for the LMP1 class.
De Ferran Motorsports was owned by 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner Gil de Ferran. In the 2009 racing season it was chosen by Honda Performance Development to run Acura's new ARX-02 car in the American Le Mans Series.
The American Le Mans Series was a sports car racing series in the United States and Canada consisting of a series of endurance and sprint races. In 2014 the series became the United SportsCar Championship when it merged with the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series. The rules in the American Le Mans series were basically the same as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Modified production sports cars and purpose-built closed-fendered race cars were driven by multiple drivers and all cars competed together simultaneously.
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a paved road racing track near Monterey, California It is used for both auto racing and motorcycle racing. The track is 2.2 miles long with eleven turns. The race track was built in 1957 and saw a major change in 1988 with the addition of two turns and a third of a mile of length.
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September 10th, 2016
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