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as a follow up to this story I found this at the Autosprt site
Sportscar technical veteran Tony Dowe has resigned from Dick Barbour Racing, the top GT team in the American Le Mans Series, after the team's disqualification from class victory at Le Mans. The Englishman was responsible for measuring the fuel tank of the winning car prior to the race, according to team owner Dick Barbour, but the car was subsequently removed from the results for the tank being oversize.
The team claimed that the ordinary rigours of 24-hour racing, added to the unusually high temperatures at Le Mans led to the tank being found to be oversize. Nevertheless, Dowe has voluntarily stepped down from the team.
"Tony offered his resignation, and I accepted it," said Barbour. Dowe's replacement will be Rod Benoist, formerly of TWR
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