08.08.2004 After the Krohn-Barbour Lamborghinis developed handling abnormalities due to deformation of the cars' rear suspension wishbones the decision was taken to withdraw from today's ALMS RACE AT Mosport

Following yesterday morning's practice session for the sixth round of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) at Mosport International Raceway, Ontario, Canada, the Krohn-Barbour Racing team has taken the decision not to run its two Lamborghini Murciélago R-GTs in Sunday's race.

In Friday's and Saturday's 90-minute and 60-minute practice sessions at Mosport, the cars of David Brabham/Peter Kox and Tracy Krohn/Scott Maxwell developed handling abnormalities which were found to be due to a partial and gradual deformation of the cars' rear lower suspension wishbones.

The cars' straightline tracking was affected, requiring the drivers to hold the steering wheel off-center to drive in a straight line. If the cars were to continue running, the condition would likely worsen.

Team manager Dick Barbour explained: "We've made this decision only after a lot of careful consideration, and of course with regret. But I've been racing more than 25 years, and that's long enough to know these kinds of things happen.

"The Mosport circuit is the most demanding we've been to yet, and the Lamborghini is a new race car that we only took delivery of six weeks ago. The early days of this program were always going to be a learning process, and today we've learned that one particular component needs modifying.

"The only place to manufacture that modification to the high standards that Krohn-Barbour Racing and Lamborghini would demand is back at the race shop. Unfortunately, that means this weekend we've had to take an early shower."

The Krohn-Barbour Racing cars will return to action in the next round of the ALMS at Road America, Wisconsin, on August 20-22.