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ALMS: Into the sunset for season finale at Laguna Seca (Spoiler Alert)

The 2009 ALMS season came to a close last night with a four-hour race into the sunset at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. While several championships still needed to be decided going into the race, much of the attention during the weekend was given to Gil de Ferran, who was competing in the last race of his career. His uniquely-liveried Acura ARX-02a not only looked fantastic, but it was quickest by a slim margin in qualifying. It seemed everyone hoped de Ferran would go out on top, but the sister Acuras in P1 and P2 were determined to make it ... Read more →

ALMS: Gil de Ferran grabs Laguna Seca pole in final qualifying of his career Drew Phillips

The ALMS race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend is Gil de Ferran's final race of his career, and he plans to go out on top. The Brazilian captured pole position yesterday in his Acura ...

Gil de Ferran to step out of the cockpit and expand team to IndyCar Sam Abuelsamid

Shortly after grabbing the overall pole position for Saturday's American Le Mans Series Race at Mid-Ohio, Gil de Ferran announced that he would again hang up his helmet at the end of the 2009 ...

Gil de Ferran coming to ALMS with his own Acura-backed team Noah Joseph

Marco Andretti gets a second shot at F1 Frank Filipponio

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ALMS: Into the sunset for season finale at Laguna Seca (Spoiler Alert) 2 months ago on Autoblog

ALMS: Gil de Ferran grabs Laguna Seca pole in final qualifying of his career 2 months ago on Autoblog

The ALMS race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend is Gil de Ferran's final race of his career, and he plans to go out on top. The Brazilian captured pole position yesterday in his Acura ARX-02a, which features a unique livery to honor Jim Hall, the man who de Ferran first raced for. The ...

Gil de Ferran to step out of the cockpit and expand team to IndyCar 4 months ago on Autoblog

Shortly after grabbing the overall pole position for Saturday's American Le Mans Series Race at Mid-Ohio, Gil de Ferran announced that he would again hang up his helmet at the end of the 2009 season. Instead of driving, de Ferran intends to expand his race team, adding a second sports car in ...

Gil de Ferran coming to ALMS with his own Acura-backed team 1 year ago on Autoblog

Gil de Ferran hasn't had quite enough of winning just yet. The accomplished former racing driver and team manager announced today that he's coming out of retirement to contest the American Le Mans Series. With Team Penske, de Ferran won back-to-back CART titles in 2000 and 2001, the Indy 500 in ...

Marco Andretti gets a second shot at F1 2 years ago on Autoblog

Looks like Honda Racing was pretty impressed with Marco, too. Marco Andretti, the teenage son of former CART champ and one-time F1 pilota Michael, and grandson of former F1 and CART campione, Mario, will be back in the saddle of the Honda RA 106 for a couple of days. Marco had a brief run at Jerez ...

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