American Le Mans Series
In 2006, it was announced that AGR would join Acura as one of the official works teams. The team worked with Highcroft Racing on the development of the Courage LC75 chassis. The team debuted the newly-renamed Acura ARX-01a at the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring. The AGR team finished second overall, and took the maiden LMP2 win for Acura with drivers Dario Franchitti, Marino Franchitti, Bryan Herta, and Tony Kanaan. However, during the remainder of the season the Porsche RS Spyders of Penske Racing regularly outpaced the Acuras. For the 2008 season the car was driven full-time by Herta and Christian Fittipaldi occasionally driven by Kanaan at select longer distance events. Acura discontinued their relationship with the team for the 2009 season due to mixed results. The team did not compete in 2009.
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