RE: AudiFest 1999

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	From:	Buchholz, Steven [SMTP:Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com]
	Sent:	Wednesday, August 12, 1998 3:20 PM
	To:	'Michael Williams'; 'qlist'
	Subject:	RE: AudiFest 1999

	> >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)