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04-21-2009, 07:53 PM
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| Audi Looks to Dominate Nurburgring 24 Hour Race with 4 R8s
Audi to Campaign Four R8 GT3 Cars at Nürburgring 24 Hour Race : Auto News  Quote:
Audi has its sights set of the Nürburgring 24 Hour race and it intends to not only take home the top spot but perhaps the entire podium as it has announced plans to campaign a fleet of R8 LMS GT3 cars.
Teams ABT Sportsline and Phoenix Racing will bring two cars apiece with factory support from Audi. The 500hp cars are built for racing and Audi has stacked the deck with a long list of some of the greatest drivers in mortorsports.
The No. 100 ABT Sportsline car will be piloted by reigning DTM Champion Timo Scheider, along with his DTM teammate Mattias Ekström and three-time Le Mans winner Marco Werner. The second ABT Sportsline car, No. 97, will be driven by Christian Abt, Jean-François Hemroulle, Pierre Kaffer and Lucas Luhr.
As for the two Phoenix Racing cars, the No. 98 R8 will be driven by Frank Stippler, Mike Rockenfeller and Marc Basseng, a man who has help the Nürburgring fastest lap record several times.
The No. 99 Phoenix Racing R8 will be piloted by Frank Biela, Marcel Fässler, Emanuele Pirro (an Audi Sport R8 and R10 TDI driver) and none other than Hans-Joachim Stuck, a man who has won the Nürburgring 24 Hour race three times.
“The 24 Hours is not only one of the biggest motorsport events in Germany,” says Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. “The Nürburgring-Nordschleife is considered one of the world’s toughest and most demanding race tracks. Similar to Sebring for the sports prototypes, it is superbly suited for revealing the final improvement potential of any new race car. This is exactly what we’re planning to do at the 24-hour race before delivering the R8 LMS to customers, starting this fall.”
The 37th running of the Nürburgring 24 Hour race will begin May 23rd and conclude May 24th.
Normally the Nürburgring 24 Hour race is a Porsche dominated affiar, but we have a feeling this year migth be a little different.
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04-21-2009, 11:03 PM
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is it just me or the front tires look really tiny
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04-22-2009, 02:04 AM
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with the current reccession.. audi is still very baller...
wow.. i would love to own a r8 lms
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04-22-2009, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by TypeRNammer  is it just me or the front tires look really tiny | all 4 are smaller.... prob 17's to enhance tread life
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04-22-2009, 09:21 AM
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#5 | | what manner of phaggotry is this
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they may as well just call it the 24 hours of audi.
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04-22-2009, 09:51 AM
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Wow, that No. 99 car has an awesome driver lineup. 3 factory team drivers, 2having won the 24 hours of Lemans a few times, and Hans Stuck, the ring legend himself. Can't think of a better lineup for that race.
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04-22-2009, 09:57 AM
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Spoiler is ridiculous and i feel the paint takes away a lot of the sexiness and style and the grille is really bad
still looks pretty kick ass though
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04-22-2009, 10:02 AM
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Do they usually have the nurburgring 24hr playing in bars or restaurants around here?
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04-22-2009, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by BNR32_Coupe Do they usually have the nurburgring 24hr playing in bars or restaurants around here? | Nope.
It's not a major race. Sports car racing gets precious little coverage anyways - on Speed you'll catch ALMS and coverage of Le Mans and that's about it.
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04-22-2009, 10:42 AM
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Never seen races cast on a TV in any places.
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04-22-2009, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ilvtofu Spoiler is ridiculous and i feel the paint takes away a lot of the sexiness and style and the grille is really bad
still looks pretty kick ass though | That actually make use of the wing, not like some 100 hp civic
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04-22-2009, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by q0192837465 That actually make use of the wing, not like some 100 hp civic | Then where would the 100HP come from???? RS sticker???
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04-22-2009, 12:59 PM
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looks like s shweet lineup, does the 24hr of Nurburgring only go up to GT3 or do they have gt2 and gt1?
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04-22-2009, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ilvtofu Spoiler is ridiculous and i feel the paint takes away a lot of the sexiness and style and the grille is really bad
still looks pretty kick ass though | It's a full blown race car, not a tuner's modified car...
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04-22-2009, 06:06 PM
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of course the wing is useful
its probably the overall style of the R8 just isn't that appealing,
a gallardo with a gt3 wing looks pretty mean
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