Re: 2wd A4 races

[Hunting Wolf <qwe@wam.umd.edu>]

It was in Spain I believe. But the two cars served their purpose of
letting Audi with options to continue in racing.

On 16 Nov 1996, Neil Swanson wrote:

> Saw this in AutoSport mag,
> 
> Audi ran two 2wd A4s at a race in Italy?  Don't remember where but by running in
> that setup they are now allowed to switch to 2wd in '97 if they want.  It is a
> rule thing but leaves them open to change.
> 
> The bad news is that both cars only went about three laps and then broke.  I
> think it was drive or tranny failure for each.  We can assume they will fix that
> for next year.  They had just disconnected drive to the rear diff for the event.
> I guess if they race 2wd then the whole rear suspension will then change too.
> 
> Oh and they were 13 secs. off the pace.
> 
> FWIW
> 
> Neil
> 
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