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19 Mar 2004, 16:37 (Ref:910900) | #1 | ||
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Barbour is back!!
Dick Barbour will debut a two-car R-GT team at the ALMS Mid-Ohio round. HELL YEAH!!!!!
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19 Mar 2004, 17:03 (Ref:910918) | #2 | |
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wait R-gt thtas what the lambo was called. Can you give us more information?
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I saw that this morning. This is definitely good news for the rather skimpy ALMS GTS class.
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19 Mar 2004, 17:46 (Ref:910965) | #5 | |
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Good to see some of the rumoured cars now begining to arrive.
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Terrific news !
But just a thought, even if it does'nt fit very well with the topic : SaleenS7R predicted some months ago that GT cars were the future of rock n' roll... I think he could be right... |
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I thought that the Lambo R-GT had perfecting problems ?
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21 Mar 2004, 18:23 (Ref:914149) | #9 | ||
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He's involved with some "Tracy" something or other , whats that all about ?
GTS needs this entry big time at least in the ALMS . I thought that the GTS battle at Sebring left a lot to be desired !!! Great news , Now I got a Dick Barbour Juniour Porsche Team jacket , what will I do with that !!! |
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Barbour returns with Lambo
Veteran sportscar boss to run two Murcielagos in the ALMS Barbour's last ALMS team won the 675 LMP class in 2001 Veteran sportscar team owner Dick Barbour will team up with US businessman and racing driver Tracy Krohn to run a pair of semi-works Lamborghini Murcielago R-GTs in the GTS class of this year's American Le Mans Series. The newly-formed Krohn-Barbour Racing team was unveiled at Sebring on the eve of the 52nd annual 12 Hour race and will make its debut in the second round of the ALMS at Mid-Ohio in June, with a view to completing the rest of the nine-round calendar. Although it will be a privateer team, Krohn-Barbour will be officially affiliated with the Lamborghini factory. Krohn will be one of the drivers, but the rest of the line-up is as yet undecided. Barbour, who will return as a team owner for the first time in three years, will be attempting to become the first man to win ALMS titles in three different classes, having won the GT crown in 2000 and the 675 LMP class in '01. Barbour, who will operate the team from his base at Road Atlanta, said: "I've been searching for the right opportunity to get back into racing and I'm very grateful to Tracy Krohn and Lamborghini. The battle for the GTS class just heated up in a big way Scott Atherton "The Lamborghini is a glamourous and popular car off the race track and our goal with the car is to take a good battle to the Corvettes and other cars in the GTS class on the race track." Krohn, who will drive a Porsche for PK Sport at Sebring this weekend, said: "We are going to field a first-class racing team, and we look forward to mixing it up with the other competitors." Scott Atherton, president and CEO of the ALMS, said he was delighted to welcome Lamborghini to the series as a constructor. "Many manufacturers and teams are looking at the GTS class and we feel it is going to be an area of tremendous growth," he said. "Anyone who knows Dick Barbour knows he only races to win - races and championships. With this in mind, the battle for the GTS class just heated up in a big way." |
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Wow, Krohn Barbour will discontinue their ALMS Lambo program :confused:
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Crud .... I was looking forward to seeing the Lambo's at Laguna...
Maybe Joest will come back and run a factory Lambo GTS program? |
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I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an ACO-spec Lambo.
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28 Sep 2004, 19:14 (Ref:1109692) | #14 | |
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I assume that the main problem is the fact that the R-GT is largely a private project by Reiter, with some (limited) support from Lamborghini (and Audi Sport), comparable to Prodrive Ferraris, and not a factory effort, like Porsches and Ferrari 360 and 575 GTCs.
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28 Sep 2004, 19:17 (Ref:1109697) | #15 | ||
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The main problem is horsepower.
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and big belches of black smoke whenever the car was downshifted as it went into corners...
Maybe he is eyeballing one of those "Shaw Chassis Technologies" chassis for a full assault in 2005... Last edited by Tim Northcutt; 28 Sep 2004 at 19:30. |
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This really is too bad. The team wanted to be successful. Either they couldn't cut it, or in reality they were not supported as promised. Hopefully they do find a new platform for 2005 and will return to the series. And while the cars "belched" black smoke I was still looking forward to seeing them at Laguna in person. Magnificent looking cars. We sure could use the support in GTS. I'd like to see Krohn-Barbour rerturn in that class with a solid car.
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I saw them as tehy rolled through their first IMSA scrutineering at Mid-Ohio on the Friday morning of that race weekend.......
It was just me, my son, the team and the IMSA officials....got a GREAT look at the Lambo, inside and out... It was beautiful.... and it is too bad our West Coast fans who are going to Laguna won't see it.... |
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the main problem is Reiter is a small company and they are outsourcing almost everything and at the same time they just have no money to spend as the funding comes only from the sale of road going lambos.
This leads to small development speeds and after reading an article over reiters Project maybe they are a bit lacking knowledge/experience as well.The whole project would need to get concentrated and guided by a strong leadfigure and could well do with some additional funds. Horsepower ....is seldom the course for non success. |
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...and the very main problem is probably $$$$, as there is no sponsor on the lambo...
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money is not always a guarantee for success .....look at toyota in F1....they are up against the likes of Sauber and Jaguar who spend less money together than Toyota on their one project....
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The #6 car belched black smoke on downshifting into Turn 7. The #5 car did not seem do the same.
They were beautiful. They sounded great. The #5 was a lot faster than the #6, it was pretty obvious when Krohn was in the car. Errgh, there was something else I was going to add and right out the window. . . . |
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Oh yeah, shame the #5 got DQ'd at Turn 10. It was running third at the time. Spun in someone else's oil. Stalled and didn't restart. The crew came over and handed the driver a wrench which was NOT even used by the driver and they DQ'd it on the spot. Didn't even let him drive in.
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