QC goes to RA - Event Report

[John Corbishley]

Great summary Scott!!  Really sorry that more of you couldn't make it, its
an awesome track.

My highlights:

Learning a whole bunch of new lines and left footed braking compliments of
Mr. Justusson.

Being in the QSHIP with Scott when he went rallying at the Kink.

Hours of patient "have you checked this" and "why don't you look at that"
from Scott when the Ur-Q suddenly started to consume oil.  No hesitation in
dropping what he was doing and coming over to diagnose a missing idle
adjustment screw (duh) when she started whistling at me in the second last
run. It brings to mind the Mastercard ad line "Priceless".  Thanks again
Scott!!

Seeing Dean Treadway's stunningly quick 20v conversion from QSHIP on the
track. Charlie Day's immaculate 20v conversion engine bay.  I want one just
like it.

The incredibly forgiving handling of the Ur-Q.  It really needs more power
to get me into trouble.

Dave Ritter's refurbished Ur-Q.  Looking good Dave!!  Another US Ur-Q saved
for posterity.

A tremendous camaraderie amongst all the participants.  Lots of great
conversations with total strangers driving all manner of vehicles.  Seemed
much friendlier than two years ago.

John Corbs


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> Qclub, 135 strong, invaded Elkhart Lake WI.  Beautiful turbo weather
awaited
> us both days, here's some of the highlights from this old wagon dude:
>
> *  Best of show:  The ABY (full RS2 spec AAN) of original owner Charlie
Day's
> '82 URQ.  The fresh georgeous black paint only added to a great conversion
> A/C and all.
>
> *  Best of show, A.S. racing roots:  Keith Anderson finally went full race
> with his urq, cage, dash, the works.  Very well done.
>
> *  Best pic:  Dana Thornes massively tweeked S6, the LT1Q, and PDQSHIP on
the
> same cement pad in the paddock.  3 sets of Big Reds sitting side by side,
> attached to 3 totally different black cars in personality and execution.
The
>  3 nutball owners grinning ear to ear.
>
> *  Best ride:  Tie, the LT1Q (darn that torque is awesome coming out of
5).
> Very close was my wife's '87 tq wagon in the instructor group dicing with
the
> fastest of tweeked cars.  Amazed quite a few folks on what a properly
tuned
> street car can do.  The look on Todd's (Vortrag) face as I crossed the
rumble
> strips with nary a twitch from the teletubby chassis was classic.  "How do
> you do that?!?!"
>
> *  Smoker of the day:  A Lingenfelter corvette, in black, the devil
hisself.
> Coming into turn 12 at over 100, I looked into the rear view mirror at
this
> car with a closing speed of over 60mph.  I swore, and jumped my car out of
> his way.  5 seconds later, it was waaay gone.  Mercy.
>
> *  Flipper, King of the Gravel Sea:  A very seasoned M3 with 2 seasoned
> drivers/co, found out why RA grabs the best of the best.  A miscalculation
> got the car upside down in the gravel at the end of the first day.  Egos
> bruised the only damage.  Kudos to the owner for coming back to the track
on
> day 2.  I took Bill out the first run of the second day.  Gave a rolling
> commentary of where I watched some pro drivers go off during my visits to
> this track.  "Here's turn 5 where I watched Willy T take his Indy car on
an
> attempted shortcut..."
>
> Best "hunh?":  Finding something on the floor of the totally emptied wagon
> scratching my leg in turn 5.  Somehow the car managed to cough up a piece
of
> some long forgotten happy meal toy, I suspect.
>
> *  Cars:  Lots of '00 S4's, several TT's, more A4's than I cared to count.
> Waning:  Urq's.  Besides Keith, there was only lister John Corbs great
(very
> stock with chip only upgrade) and 1 other 10vt cars.  That said, Dean
> Treadway's 3BX2B was mighty quick, and Charlie Day's RS2URQ was to drool
for
> (needs a suspension tho Charlie;)
>
> *  Best reminiscing:  Kent Anderson and I talking about the progression of
> the qclub over the years.  10 years ago, folks were drooling on a 5ktq
with a
> "chip" mod, and you could sign up the day of the event.  We were laughing
as
> we surveyed the toys in the paddock, and the 135 car event was already on
a
> waiting list 2 weeks prior.
>
> *  Downshifts anyone?:  Cost Mr. Dupree a vette motor at turn 5.  Bob was
> running very well, the car dry and very fast.  Driver error on downshift
> caused the rpm's to rise to the 7k mark.  Still driveable, but something
got
> munched.  Still, given what we both have been thru on that 1off, the car
was
> running better than it ever had.  We both really weren't all that bummed,
the
> car's performance was where we'd been targetting all along.  Bob's been
> drooling in my Summit Racing catalog for 2 days now.  Stand by...
>
> *  Best fun:  Todd's race A4 chasing down my wagon at the kink.  A bit of
> rally driving (hey todd it really was a passing block:) as my HTRZII's let
> loose a bit, then Todd's did too.  The video in Todd's car catches it
well.
>
> *  Best Tires:  Those HTRZII's.  For a street tire, they do very well,
you'd
> never know there were laps on them.  That said, when they get hot, those
slip
> angles get tricky, you either make it or your *don't*.  Still, for an
> all-round tire:  Great!
>
> *  Best not too seriously award:  Dana Thorne's magnetic flames on his
Black
> S6.  All laughing aside, that car was darn quick.
>
> *  Best dinner:  Osthoff dinner on Monday night.  Biggest crowd I've seen
for
> a non national event.  Great food to boot.  A bit of dessert was the short
> and kinda sweet presentation by Audi US.  I think after the lambasting the
> performance guys gave Audi a couple years ago, they are a bit timid at the
> stand.  At Mid OH, he lasted about 3 minutes, here about 6.  Here's hoping
it
> only gets better for them and us qheads...
>
> *  Best head scratcher:  The absolute and total chassis upset of the '00
S4's
> when a wheel climbed the rumble strips.  A few of us noticed it, a real
> potential biter there.  A discussion for the Torsen list I suppose.  Not a
> comforting feeling at all.
>
> *  Best gesture:  Discounted helmet intercoms available by qclub.  My
voice
> is still intact after the 2 days.  Great addition to any helmet bag.
> Batteries *included*!
>
> *  Sibling rivalry, common cause:  Great to see all the vendors and shop
> dudes all  helping those in need.  Vortrag, Anderson, Blau, and myself all
> found plenty of folks to help out.
>
> Thanks list (always gets bigger):  Larry Boyer, great event as always.
> Karen, great behind the scenes (and she looked very relaxed this event;).
> Jim Blau, always willing to put his resources to work in his back yard to
> make sure all keep their toys working.  Keith Anderson, for the turbo hose
> that kept me running.  John Corbishley, for keeping his ur, ur, great car,
> lots of fun working with him as a student.  Dana Thorne, for the immediate
> toss of the keys to the truck and trailer for the blown LT1Q, and for
> remembering to bring the beer.  Bob D, the leader of Team LT1Q, for the
prep
> help pre, at, and post event...  I'm thinking shift light Bob;).  To my S4
> student (who's name I can't find anywhere now) a first-timer with a
chipped
> '00s4.  The progression of learning during the 2 days was great.  To my
wife,
> for lending me the grocery hauler for a couple days, and taking care of my
> 2Moutons2B.  Finally, to whoever ordered and recieved the absolute best
track
> weather I've seen at RA in 20years.  What did we offer to the audi gods
for
> that?
>
> :)
>
> End of Report
>
> Scott Justusson
> '87 5ktqwRS2 -10vt mit Big Reds
>
>
>
>
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