audi sighting (rally of the tall pines) (long)

Pedro Faria quattrocs at hotmail.com
Mon Dec 1 14:36:31 EST 2003


The audi sporting the christmas colors as you say

belongs to a gentleman named Gerry Brinkman
His co-driver is Mike (i forget last name)

the car is a basic 5k turbo swap, serviced by my mechanic
Constantine from Quattromotion

And Constatntine was also codriving for Scott Garner
in the G60 gulf (JD's car)

I was at the ss1, ss3 and ss6 or 5 dont remember
whichever one was close to service

I was driving a Thunderbird and was going along with
Tibor and another gentleman with the tricked out MINI

it was great fun day.

Carlos, I saw your car at the hotel/motel, but i didnt see you race
what happened? and i didnt see your car the whole event?

And i didnt see your car Luke, had i known you were going i would have
looked for you

Thanks
Pedro



>From: "maytag" <maytagasm at sympatico.ca>
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: audi sighting (rally of the tall pines) (long)
>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:33:45 -0500
>
>well yesterday i took a trip north to the rally of the tall pines.
>i expected a great day and that is exactly what i got.
>frank sprongl, who im sure most people on the list know, dominated
>winning the rally by about 6-7 mins in his mitsubishi evo 6.
>if you dont know frank sprongl shame on you:
>
>(these stats are all in an audi s2 approx 500hp 10vt w/ aluminum block)
>-Six Canadian and four North American rally championships (and numerous 
>related titles)
>-Earned Audi several manufacturers titles in the U.S. and Canada
>-Built the longest winning streak in recent memory in the sport
>The box score:
>-6 Canadian Rally Championship titles
>-8 Canadian Rally Open Class Championship titles
>-4 North American Rally Cup titles
>-3 North American Rally Cup Open Class titles
>-50 National and International Victories
>-1998 season that included 6 wins in 7 starts in the Canadian series
>-1999 season that included 6 wins in 7 starts in the Canadian series
>-Victory and new course record at the SCCA Audi/Mt. Washington Hillclimb in 
>New Hampshire (1998)
>-Domination of the SCCA PRO Rally round in Pennsylvania (1998)
>-Victory in the FIA-sanctioned Ramada Express Casino & Hotel (1998) 
>International Rally in Nevada
>-1997 season that included winning the Canadian and North American 
>championships, two wins in three starts in the SCCA PRO Rally Series in the 
>U.S.
>
>anyhow... one again he was wearing his audi jacket, in his audi driving 
>suit in his evo :)
>i got to see dave hord's car and more importantly hear his exhaust...
>i liked... his rally dash is very nice... as is his new rally paint job.
>his exhaust sounded... it sounded quite and pleasant but still had a very 
>mean edge.
>i think it would sound amazing on a turbo car. nothing too excessive, nice 
>noise levels
>and a very good sound.
>dave: you should put the muffler on a turbo car and record it and put it on 
>the web.
>
>two audi's competed. a 1988 audi 90tq10v 034efi, custom looking intercooler 
>and radiator...
>javad if you have pictures or more info on this car id appreciate it. the 
>car was in 80's audi factory colours.
>there was also a 4kq (not sure of the year or engine but im sure it was 
>turbo'd due to the grill sticking out
>an extra 3 inches. it was sporting christmas colours in bright neon red and 
>green... the 90 seemed to have
>quit due to a dead clutch and im not sure about the 4kq.
>
>there seemed to be less audi spectator cars this year... i was rather 
>dissappointed.
>audi is crazy to think that rallying wouldnt affect sales; there were 
>probably about 100 subaru wrxs at the
>rally x $35 000 + about 50 other subarus at roughly $30 000 150 000... = $5 
>000 000 worth of subaru's
>attending a single race. a very large portion of the wrxs were 2004. at 
>least half. there were so many wrxs
>that in the parking lot of a 10 000 people event, the 3 cars me and my 
>friends came in were all parked
>beside blue 2004 wrx's (and we all arrived at different times) :)
>audi is crazy to scoff at this market. mitsubishi seems to have caught on 
>and im sure we will see way more
>lancer's in north america in the near future.
>
>well my hands are tired now... so thats it :)
>
>-luke
>90tq
>
>
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