Source: ALMS Gil de Ferran has announced he will own and drive a fourth Acura ARX-01b in the 2008 American Le Mans Series. Acura Motorsports will enter a fourth Acura ARX-01b sports car in the LMP2 class of the 2008 American Le Mans Series, company officials announced today. The newest Acura entry will be campaigned by De Ferran Motorsports, a newly formed team owned by former Indianapolis 500 winner and two-time CART Champ Car champion Gil de Ferran. In addition to ownership of the Acura factory-backed organization, de Ferran will return to the cockpit as the team's primary driver of the ARX-01b. A co-driver of the De Ferran Motorsports machine will be announced in the future.Headquarters for De Ferran Motorsports will be in the Indianapolis area, and veteran racing executive John Anderson has been named the team's general manager. Sponsorship of the De Ferran Acura will be announced in the future.While the original three Acura teams will compete in all 12 American Le Mans Series events, the De Ferran team could enter the Series as early as the Long Beach Grand Prix on April 17-19.The 2008 Acura American Le Mans Series program's four cars will feature the new ARX-01b chassis developed by Honda Performance Development (HPD) and Wirth Research, as well as an updated, 3.4-liter normally-aspirated V-8 engine.
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