Lamborghini Murcielago @ ALMS

[Daria]

I attended the local BMW club monthly meeting last night here in Toronto.
As a guest speaker they had the Scott Maxwell (he drove the Lamborghini Murcielago in the GTS class at the ALMS this year - I have attached his picture).

He had awful things to say about the Lambo! First and foremost, it broke down so much that they pulled it from the races near the end of the season. At Mosport, both Lambos broke the rear wish-bones at turn No. 1. When the replacement ones broke again (at the same corner) they packed it in for the weekend - it was becoming a driver safety issue.

Scott never did like the team he said, but he didn't have many options for this season. His main concern was the safety issues of the car. At the beginning of the year he asked the team how they expected him to get out of the car in the event of a roll-over (In order to open, the doors on the GTS Lambo slide up just like the street version). The team had no answer for him!

Anyway, he had great stories and kept us entertained for over an hour.
Daria

 

[PHOEN$X]

Too bad, the car looks great!

 

[Dave Hardy]

Also the best sounding car in all of ALMS. Better than all the Prototypes. The C5R was close, but I give it to the high revving Lambo.

 

[Casper91]

Looks AWESOME!!!

 

[nsx-animal]

sweeeet!!!

 

[RP-Motorsports]

Corp. Lambo also DID NOT support the team like they said they would prior to the season began. The were useless in factory help. What a waste. They will NEVER come close to the Ferrari, or even BMW and Porsche in international racing. They prove that they are a car for a rich owner that does not give a rip for tradition, or heritage.

 

[NSXDreamer2]

If you think about it, Audi owns the Lambo company, and they already did pour millions of dollars into the ALMS... What's the point of supporting a private team which compete with Corvettes, Saleen?? Yes, I do agree that the sound is so sick on that Lambo... It actually sound better than the 360!!!

 

[Jin1976]

Lambo should include "incase of emergency break the safety glass" in the car not just during racing.

 

[jgtcnsx]

damn thats nice

 

[Meeyatch1]

I would be kind of upset as well if they could not have an answer as to how to get me extracted from the car in case of rollover....YIKES!!