Re: 88, 89 imsa cars

[Brendan Rudack <rudack@ucsub.colorado.edu>]

In Autoweek(May 23,1988)  there is an article about Haywood and the 200 
TQ racing in the SCCA TransAm series.  
Brendan Rudack
On Sat, 16 Dec 1995, Daniel Hussey wrote:

> 
>       Hey guys,
> 
>           I'm sure y'all know more about this stuff than I do, but I seem to re
> member a 200TQ (Group 44) IMSA race car.  I believed it raced in the IMSA GTO s
> eries....the same series as the Roush Mustangs, Camaros, and Vettes!  I hear fr
> om y'all that Audi raced a 5000TQ in '88, in Trans Am, but I think they raced t
> he 200TQ in '89 in the GTO/GTU series.  Any comments?  Or, am I just crazy?
> 
>            I just seem to remember it being in the Audi ads for the 200TQ....an
> d maybee that just confused me.  Anyways...I thought there was a 200TQ race car
> too.  There are pictures of that car hanging all over my mechanics shop and it
> looks pretty much like a tube frame car with a fiberglass body, large wheel wel
> ls, and a large spoiler on the back with QUATTRO script on it!  Sweet!
> 
>            Another comment: A friend of mine from NY says that some guy on Long
>  Island or Statton Island has one of these and races it.  Any one seen it aroun
> d at local New England race tracks, like Lime Rock?
> 
>                                                          Later,
>                                                          Dan
>