[Motor Sport Visions Photography]

In a message dated 9/5/00 Henry Harper writes:

<< Yesterday I saw two Audi Sport Team Joest tractor-trailers
(presumably 
with R8Cs #77 and #78 on board) and a small shuttle van (do they pick up 
the drivers from the airport with it?) on I-80 just east of Evanston, 
Wyoming. Presumably they were enroute from Texas to Portland, after the
1-2 
finish in Texas - caught the last 40 minutes or so of NBC's coverage in
my 
hotel while at a bike race in Casper.

One transporter (the first one passed) was a Mercedes-Benz with German
tags 
- what's the MA region, Maastricht is the only thing that pops to
mind... 
Prompted me to wonder what sort of hoops (ala S2-import-musings) were 
required to drive this on our fine USofA public roads... The second was
a 
more US-normal Volvo/WhiteGMC rig. Shuttle van looked kind of odd as
well, 
but I was by it too fast to really notice. Oops. >>

Cool sighitng! That must have been fun.

I think they get a manufacturer's exemption. The shuttle vans I saw at
Sears Point were VW Eurovans painted up in Audi Sport colors. Looked
pretty much like a Eurovan one can order here in the US. I would imagine
that the drivers get rental cars and the vans are used for ferrying
around team members. 

Mike Veglia
Motor Sport Visions Photography
http://www.motorsportvisions.com