[s-cars] Toys for Davey

[David Kase]

Nice story Patrick!

I had pictures of "the Audi" at the Glen - in the rain.  Our camp befriended
the guy running the traps (soda/water during the day and a beer right after
the last car of the day) and he would give us speeds during the weekend
practices and qualifying.
The track was soaked and it was raining during qualifying.  The Cougars
rumbled by then the Audis hit the track.  As soon as Stuck went by, the trap
guy spun around and yelled 170!  That's right, 170mph in the rain.  How
sweet it is.
I took the pictures with me up to the Glen for a race a couple years later.
Hans was there running a 911.  I searched out his trailer and poked my head
in.  I asked if he would sign a photo.  "Sure" he said, come on in.   I
pulled out a picture of the Audi in the back straight, in the rain.  I will
never forget what he said - "OHHHHHH, da Audi in da rain!"  He had a big
grin, grabbed the picture and took it to show his wife.  He signed them and
then I got a picture with him.  Way cool...
Big Stuck fan right here!
BTW - I got my model.  REAL NICE!

Kase


On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Patrick Moores <pfm2316 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Too cool Dave, great video too.....brings me back to when I first fell in
> love with all things Audi....I fell in love with Audis reading about the
> sport quattro in Autoweek(still have that issue with the one on the
> cover)(red)....(I was lucky enough to buy a 1985 4000Q(red) in '87)...one
> time, don't remember the year('89? I wanted to go up to Road America to
> watch Audi stomp everyone, while there on a saturday I was cruising the
> paddock and walked up to the Audi area and then behind me there is a blast
> of exhaust and the car shuts off brakes squeeking but it didn't have enough
> momentum to carry it up a small incline to a platform in a tent, the driver
> jumps out are rips off his helmet clearly agitated and in a hurry and tries
> to push the car up the ramp but it starts sliding back and he turns to me
> and yells "push zee cahr!....You!....help me push zee cahr!" so I dropped my
> gear and ran behind it and pushed on the tail alongside of him up the ramp,
> he turns to me sweating and a huge smile breaks out on his face and he slaps
> me hard on the shoulder and shakes my hand says "szank you..", I walk away
> smiling having just met Hans Stuck....later that day you could watch that
> car launch and get air under the front wheels over the smallest of inclines
> perhaps it was around turn 4.....those were my favorite Audi races, IMSA
> GTO...re:the video @ time 2:25, kind of looks like the Audi is at Road
> America, coming up the hill out of turn 5(or I want it to be)
> patrick
> 1995 Audi S6(red)
>
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