The final round of the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge begins today with APR Motorsport looking to finish the season on a strong note. After a 6-week lapse between New Jersey and Mid-Ohio, APR was able to work quickly to bring a couple new contenders to the challenge. It’s shaping up to be an action packed three-day weekend here in Grand-Am.
Continue reading ‘APR Motorsport: High Hopes for Season Finale at Mid-Ohio’
We recently introduced you to Audi racing Veteran Don Istook. Don is a great friend of QuattroWorld and has been racing cars since 1977. When Don heard about the Audi TT RS he immediatly began to lust for one. Audi answered that call and provided Don with the very first TT RS in the United States. Audi asked Don if he would be available to film the car. Don arranged to get Eric Harten’s 1983 Audi quattro, Colin Cohen’s very rare Sport quattro, and his World Challenge TT race car to help in the filming at Texas Motor Speed. The below video is the culmination of all of their hard work.
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QuattroWorld Founder Josh Decker interviews Johan de Nysschen President, Audi of America at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.
We apologize for the quality of the audio but as you can tell from the clip the show floor is a very busy place. Here’s a quick breakdown of the video:
Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer introduce the World to the new Audi S6,S7 and S8!
QuattroWorld is live at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show (IAA) and we are bringing you live footage and photos from the 1st day of the event!
The week started off with an absolutely huge event last night which was the official VW AG group event where each company (Audi, VW, Porsche, Lamborghini, Skoda, Seat, Bugatti, Bentley, etc..) showed off their wares in dramatic fashion one by one. The highlights of this event for the Audi team was the A2 e-tron Concept, the RS5, and the A5 DTM car.
I am absolutely blown away by the amazing purpose built temporary facility that Audi AG built for the show. It is the size of a small soccer stadium and has inside of it a 500 Meter test track with cars lapping around the “Audi Ring” during the show! You can even take a test drive of the cars (usually in the passenger seat however) right here if you want to!
At 11am this morning the Audi theater was packed to capacity as they showed off some amazing new cars including the S6 Avant, S6, S7 and S8 V8 twin turbo’d powerhouses and the A2 e-tron Concept. We even ran into the Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer who recognized me from Le Mans and came over to say hello. There was a really cool film shown of them racing each other in the S6, S7 and S8 around a test track. We’ll be uploading the video from the presentation here shortly so check back! Continue reading ‘Audi at Frankfurt Auto Show 2011′
On the eve of the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt Audi presented its new DTM vehicle: After the V8 quattro (1990 to 1992) and the A4 (2004 to 2011) the brand with the four rings has opted to use a two-door coupe in the most popular international touring car series for the first time.
The new Audi A5 DTM, which bears the internal project name “R17” at Audi Sport, conforms to the new Technical Regulations that will come into effect in the 2012 season. The project was premised on three key aims: the safety of the vehicles, reduction of the costs by up to 40 percent and a spectacular exterior design.
The RS 5 Coupé is the star athlete of the A5 family. It offers the power and handling of a powerful sports car packaged in the body of an alluringly elegant coupe. The design has now gained several new, sharp accents, with numerous features that characterize the other A5 models also making their way to the RS 5.
The Audi RS 5 Coupé uses a high-revving, normally aspirated V8 displacing 4,163 cc. This engine is closely related to the V10 that powers the R8 high-performance sports car. The 4.2 FSI delivers 331 kW (450 hp) at 8,250 rpm, with the peak torque of 430 Nm (317.15 lb-ft) available between 4,000 and 6,000 rpm. The engine has a specific output of 108.1 hp per liter of displacement. The potent response, the eager revving and the rich, melodious sound mark the V8 as a thoroughbred racing engine.
We learned this morning of the passing of 26 year-old Dane Christian Bakkerud stemming from a car crash on Saturday evening in Wimbledon, UK.
His last major start came at the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans with Privateer Team Kolles Audi racing the R10 TDI. Bakkerud had gotten his start with Audi the previous year in DTM before joining the Kolles team.
He had build up his racing career starting in Formula BMW, British Formula 3 and GP2 between 2002-2008.
He was a podium finisher in Formula BMW in Germany and the UK, and his career highlight was a British F3 win for Carlin at Mugello in 2006.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Family & Friends on this tragic occasion.
Editors note: We are very honored to bring you this first hand tribute from one of our own forum members who witnessed 9/11 first hand and is sharing his story and photos for the very first time.
Remembrance….
It is 10 years. We all know what that means. For me, it is 10 years from that morning where I had to run as fast as I could to save my life. Nobody expected the towers to collapse. And when the South tower started to come down, it came down fast. It is 10 years of the nightmares, and the flashbacks. This “anniversary” as it is referred to is different though for me. Not because we are finally seeing some progress at Ground Zero. Not because Osama Bin Laden has been killed either. It is because I am finally able to open up and talk about that morning.
Twenty four hours later I realized how lucky I was to be alive. That did not make me happy though, as the reality of how many close friends were not alive. The one that hurt the most was the loss of my childhood friend from the age of eight. She was my best friend, my soul mate and my rock. We went through elementary, middle and high school together. She helped me make it through when my father passed on at a way too early age. And then, on that day she was taken away.
