Was: Re: Nascar press conference Is: Quattro in racing

[Lawrence C Leung]

Whoops, HATE not having Speedvision (not availible in my "viewing area").
And Autoweek really doesn't do any justice to the World Challenge. So, my
goof. 

LL - NY

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:18:57 -0800 Motor Sport Visions Photography
<msvphoto at pacbell.net> writes:
>In a message dated 2/21/2001 Lawrence C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> 
>writes:
>
><< >No body races with AWD 
>
>Well, no longer on pavement. The last AWD pavement racers were AUDI's 
>in
>IMSA GTO. They so dominated, they were ballasted, and when they still
>won, they were outlawed. >>
>
>AWD Audi quattro do still race on pavement. Look no farther than the
>Speedvision World Challenge GT Championship of the Motorola, er GA(?)
>Cup series' For reference, here's a shot
>(http://motorsportvisions.com/ls00wc_ta/pages/ls00_62.htm) of the 
>World
>Challenge GT Championship runner-up in points (in a development 
>season
>with many problems early on) taken at Laguna Seca last October. I
>understand that our own Todd Candey of Vortrag is going to be running
>these S4 Competitions this year in WCGT. A team for us to cheer on 
>for
>sure!!!!!
>
>While the R8 is a magnificent beast that every Audi fan should get 
>out
>and enjoy, the S4 Competition is a quattro (well sorta...) and the 
>WCGT
>is a great and exciting series to watch, at least I think so.
>
>Mike Veglia
>Motor Sport Visions Photography
>http://www.motorsportvisions.com