RE: AudiFest 1999

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

> >Seriously, we are celebrating our love of Audis! What else? What was it
> that
> >you thought you were celebrating during AudiFest 1998?
> 
> Yeah, in 98 yes, it was jsut for the hell of it.  But 99 seems to have a 
> bunch of "official" celebration...so im just curious.
> 
As I recall the AudiFest location was originally suggested as there were
rumors that Audi was going to make some sort of official presence there ...
remember the discussions about Michele Mouton?  It was advantageous in that
it was a bit more centrally located in the USA than Mt. Washington ... which
really would be a better choice from a factory involvement standpoint ...

The Monterey Historical Races choose a featured marque for each year, the
marque for the coming year is normally announced at the end of the prior
year's event.  There doesn't necessarily have to be some sort of anniversary
that they are commemorating in doing so ... many times there is ... like
last year Porsche got bumped to this year because there was some sort of
anniversary ... 

Frankly, I'm a bit surprised to see that Audi would be chosen as the
featured marque for the historical races ... Audi/Auto Union really hasn't
had much of a racing presence here in the USA ... and with a few recent
exceptions the racing history that Audi does have has not been at race
tracks ...

... you don't hear me complaining though!  I'm dreaming about the cars that
Audi is likely to be assembling for the event ... Avus Quattro, Pikes Peak
car, IMSA and SCCA racers.  It'll also be a bit of fun to take the QTC
around the track ... :)

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)