“Audi, meh, I have no feelings one way or the other about them. They always struck me as an upscale VW...”
If you follow American LeMans and the originl 24 Hours of LeMans you will learn the Audi Turbo diesel has dominated its class for several years, and won last year.
In other racing, going back decades Audi’s quattro system was so effective that other brands got rule changes to disallow Audi.
There is talk of Volkswagen in NASCAR, and as an engine supplier to F1.
All in all, VW Group is full of performance brands, up through the $1.7 to 2 million Bertone holding top speed records for production cars. This car uses a W16 engine originally developed by VW.
I do follow ALMS and have for years. They make great race cars, but that doesn’t change my lack of enthusiasm about Audi. They were pioneers in WRC too.
Its just one of those things I think—all the biggest a-holes I knew in high school or college drove...Audi. Colored my opinion of the make ever since.
Petit Le Mans pre-race show right now. I’ll be checking in on it throughout the day as I clean up from our stormy week here in the northeast.
Porsche hybrid talk right now.
Chode did you go to Watkins Glen this summer? I think next summer (if they have them again) I’ll do Lime Rock and Watkins Glen.