[s-cars] Re: Laguna Seca

[William Noland]

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And, there was Paul Lambert, local boy and rookie, who led the
Speedvision Touring Car race pole to pole in an A4. Paul managed to
light up all four tires at the standing start and, as is always the case
with the GT S4 Comp's, ROCKETED away. Paul drove an impressive race w/
champion Pierre Kleinubing 3-4 car lengths behind and gave Audi some
cred in the TC ranks. Trivia: Kleinubing drives an S4 on the street.

Bill

Great time at Laguna Seca though. Weather was beautiful (plenty of sunscree=
n), women were beatiful (plenty of glitter suntan lotion, particularly on t=
he Hawaiian Tropic girls), racing was beautiful (Audi dominated ALMS).

Highlights: 1) feeling that B5 S4 TORQUE (stock) at sea level, 2)touring th=
e Audi garage / trailer in the paddock (close enough to touch,and touch we =
did, the R8s as they were being assembled for the race). 3)Bill Auberlin's =
girlfriend. 4) Hanging out at the fabled corkscrew all weekend. 5) seeing t=
he GTS class corvette burst into flames and come to a rest ~ 15 feet away (=
I beat a hasty retreat back to the spectator fence). 6) Getting autographs =
& shooting the shit with Derek Bell (who was working a ~20 year old. Yeah, =
it's good to be the king!) and Michael
Galati (in Italiano, certissimo) and 7) Best of all, standing trackside for=
 the ALMS GT standing start. For those of you who haven't witnessedthis fir=
st hand, it is quite the site to behold. Those S4 Competitons
are viscous outta the hole.


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