[urq] urq Digest, Vol 31, Issue 11

[Jon Archibald]

Awesome!!! Makes me want to start teaching my gf's fearless 6 y.o. daughter
how to drive now! 
-Jon

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Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 22:57:36 -0400
From: "Louis-Alain Richard" <laraa at sympatico.ca>
Subject: [urq] RS4 promotional video from Audi France
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The drivers are Jackie and Vanina Ickx, father and daughter, both
professional drivers. Jackie is nicknamed Mr. Lemans (6 wins I think).
The dialogue between the two is humorous, in the vein of "you were
really flying when I passed you..."

The track is the "High Tech Test Track" at Le Castellet, an ancient F1
track in southern France. Now it is a private and very safe track for
private testing. The blue and white zones are rubberized concrete
designed to stop a car in a spin without actually damaging it. No more
sand traps.

Those with Google Earth can see the track from above at latitude
43,247269? and longitude 5,791560?. Very nice venue, and the road that
leads to it is also a spectacular serpentine. Ask Frank Williams, as
it's there he got his accident that left him paralyzed... I did it a
couple times at night in a Renault Clio 100 CV... and it was a blast
that I'll remember forever. 

http://www.audi.fr/actualite/teaserrs4/filmdef/film.htm

And the sound of the engine is just wonderful, albeit not a 5 cylinder
growl...

Louis-Alain