The Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT produced its realised the best-ever result for the Lamborghini marque in international motor racing this weekend, being placed second in the GTS class at the fourth round of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) at Infineon Raceway, California.
The podium placed Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT was driven by the Krohn-Barbour Racing team pairing of Tracy Krohn and David McEntee (standing in for Scott Maxwell) both racing the Lamborghini for the first time, with Krohn in his first-ever ALMS race.
The other Krohn-Barbour Racing Lamborghini, of David Brabham and Peter Kox, was running fourth in the GTS class when Kox was forced to retire the car 25 minutes into the race with mechanical problems.
The Amprex Motorsports Murciélago R-GT was also in action this weekend in the fourth round of the Japan GT championship. The team, with Kuala Lumpur-based Japanese driver-owner, Genji Hashimoto, and second driver German Norman Simon, qualified a second ahead of the main opposition, the Ferrari 550 GTS of Prodrive.
In the race, the R-GT finished in 15th
place at Tokachi Speedway, Hokkiado, after suffering minor accident damage from an off-course excursion during the race, but once again coming home in front of the Prodrive Ferrari.