[s-cars] Audi/Red Bull air races

[Tom Green]

I drove through Monument Valley Arizona on Saturday for a scenic tour  
with the wife, only to find the parking lot at the Navaho visitors
center full of Audis with Michigan plates--didn't see Keith Maddock  
or missed him.  :-)  Lots of new S and Q vehicles, though, and no
transporters, and a large group of white shirt and tie guys outside  
the Audi tent.  It seems Audi is a sponsor of a pylon air race series
of one class racers, I think.  It wasn't unlimited racing like the  
Reno air races, anyway.   I knew of the red bull air races but did  
not know
Audi was involved.

They were busy setting up for practice that afternoon and races  
Sunday with a grader busy plowing new parking lots in the desert  
dust, and
crews setting up the speaker system and inflatable pylons in the  
valley with large ads in the center.  They sure overwhelmed that small
visitor center and the local Kayenta airport.  Even with a flight  
instructor and ATP rated wife, we did not stay for more festivities  
since we
had reservations in the Mesa Verde NP to climb some cliff dwellings.   
Besides, the shade was limited to a few umbrella tables and those  
bodies from the Michigan climate were sure to turn red after 30  
minutes of that Arizona sun.  :-)

Anyone view the spectacle in person or on TV?