After a sensational win in the 2007 12-race American Le Mans Series (ALMS) road racing’s season opener, aptly called the 12 hours of Sebring, the three new Acura teams have build quite a solid first season and are hoping to maintain the lead. These brilliant Acura sports car teams include the Andretti Green Racing, Highcroft Racing, and Lowe’s Fernandez Racing.
And now with the Generac 500 race at Road America, the 8th race in the series, coming this Saturday, Acura officials are quite hopeful to cinch another victory under its belt. This may be Acura’s debut season in this road racing campaign, but the company made sure to bring its top racing units, together with an equally-superior lineup of Acura drivers.
Robert Clarke, President of the Honda Performance Development stated: “Winning the first race at Sebring, with Andretti Green in the LMP2 class and second overall, was quite an accomplishment for the new Acura program. We would like to win another race this year. When you win the season opener, you feel that you can win some races. But we were realistic about the 2007 season. We weren’t looking for on-track results. This was a learning year for us with the Acura program and the three Acura teams. The Porsches are very fast. So it is tough.”
With regards to the upcoming race in Road America that is worth four miles, Clark is quite positive on the chances of Acura’s chosen squads: “At Road America, overall speed is important and I think we have the power to be very competitive. We are not really in the championship battle this year. Learning the series and sports car racing in general was the goal in 2007 for Acura.”
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