[urq] 90q20v Audi @ 2009 LeMons Gator-O-Rama

Fluhr ejfluhr at austin.ibm.com
Wed Mar 4 15:44:01 PST 2009


Herr Hopton writes:
>>Looks like a lot of fun! But why the wing mirror on the rear door?
>>I ask because you obviously spent a lot of time on the aero-package.
>Doh, I get it, along with the grill and blow up driver, the opposition
>didn't know if you were coming or going, cunning and brilliant at the
>same time :)

Yes, our theme was "Any Which Way But LOSE!"

To understand the necessity of this theme, you have to 
hearken back to this picture from Day 1 of the 2008 race:

     http://photos.fluhrhotel.net/main.php?g2_itemId=4108

Ultimately for the mishap, we were penalized an hour at the beginning
of the second day of driving.  So we figured, if the judges couldn't
tell which way we were facing, no penalty.  The judges loved the
theme.  Also, you cannot see in the pictures, but our "co-driver" has
his right hand up flipping the bird out the back window.  His hand moves 
back and forth while driving, and the steering wheel rotates in corners
(courtesy of a pendulum hanging off the bottom).  We heard from
other drivers that the effect was hilarious to watch when chasing us.

Regards,
Eric
'82 urq


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