18 Jun 2020

The First of Many: Audi Celebrates 20 Years Since Its Victory at Le Mans

[gallery link="none" columns="1" size="full" ids="48535"] source: Audi Australia, photos:Audi Sport Two decades ago this month, Audi celebrated the first of what would become the most dominant performance in endurance racing in the modern era. It was the start of one of the most extraordinary chapters in motorsport. A story of dominance that  has rarely been seen and will perhaps never be seen again. In only its second attempt at the race acknowledged as the most gruelling endurance race on...
Thu, Jun 18 , 2020 Bill
1 Jul 2019

Classics at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

source: Audi AG Audi Tradition in the Mecca of historic motorsport with the Audi Rallye quattro A2, Audi 90 quattro IMSA-GTO and the Audi 200 quattro TransAm World rally champion Stig Blomqvist, Le Mans winners Frank Biela and Benoit Tréluyer behind the wheel At this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed in southern England (from 4th to 7th of July), Audi Tradition will be on the starting line with three historically important cars. The Ingolstadt-based company will be sendin...
Mon, Jul 01 , 2019 Bill
27 Apr 2018

#TBT: Watch the Audi R8R First Race at 1999 12 Hours of Sebring

There's no doubt that Audi Sport's prototype racing era marks one of the greatest periods of sports car racing and racing dominance for the brand of the four rings. When you consider this portion of Audi Sport history, it all began at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1999 when Team Joest arrived to field the very earliest iteration of the R8R. While it's fascinating to look back at still photos of the time, it's even more fascinating to watch the car take to the track. Now, thanks to IMSA's agg...