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Audi now added to APR’s Motorsport line-up

Written by Dion on October 26, 2009 – 12:56 pm -

Details from this weekend’s APR BBQ are still pouring out of Alabama, but the most exciting news (so far) was about APR’s new Audi addition to their motorsport team… (source: http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Motorsport_News/article_5390.shtml)

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Opelika, AL – Building on a highly successful 2009 campaign, APR Motorsport is proud to announce the launch of an entire new platform for the KONI Sports Car Challenge GS Class. For the 2010 season, APR Motorsport will run a second squad of two Audi S4 sedans in the GS Class. Audi’s new S4 is being hailed as an amazingly competitive car in comparison to its typical showroom rivals. Independent tests against its competitors in class are overwhelmingly in favor of Audi’s newest generation. APR Motorsport is the first professional motorsport team to build its future around this new chassis full of technological advances. The new S4 is certain to prove competitive to the standard fare of Porsches, factory-prepared Mustangs, Challengers, Camaros, BMW M3’s and more in Grand Am Road Racing.

APR Motorsport is a professional racing effort created by APR, LLC, an engineering firm dedicated to enhancing the performance of vehicles from Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen. APR Motorsport has performed quite well since entering the KONI Sports Car Challenge ST class in 2008 with a team of Volkswagen GTIs. The team has produced a slew of wins and a long list of accomplishments in only their first two years of competition including winning the most races of any KONI Challenge team in 2009.

APR Motorsport simultaneously announced their intentions to upgrade and continue their Volkswagen GTI efforts with the newest generation Mk 6 chassis introduced as the 2010 model. APR Motorsport seems to have their hands full, but as those who attended the announcement at this Saturday’s Annual Customer Appreciation BBQ held at APR headquarters near Auburn, AL can attest, APR has plenty of talent, experience, equipment and engineering prowess to gallantly field both efforts. APR Motorsport Principle and APR, LLC President Stephen Hooks commented, “The accomplishments of the race engineers and the Software, Electrical and Mechanical engineering teams at APR have at times been simply amazing in their success and opportunity for continual break through from cooperation.”

Audi’s new S4 comprises a completely new power plant with their 3-liter supercharged, direct injected narrow angle V6 producing 331hp in production form. The new S4 also benefits from Audi’s latest version of quattro all-wheel drive and MLB architecture that moves the engine behind the front axle. APR Motorsport Director Jeff Mishtawy says, “The new S4 is exactly the platform our engineering teams have been very eager to get their hands on for a GS
effort. Weight distribution, power output, mechanical grip and driver setup opportunity is very favorable for the class once properly developed and we expect to be competitive almost immediately given a proper set of rules from Grand-Am”.

Representatives from Grand Am were on site at the announcement at APR’s Alabama facility which signifies support of the new entrants. APR Motorsport seems to be leading the effort to bring some newer trends in sports car racing development to Grand Am Road Racing through the use of new cars that are of typically smaller engine displacement and use forced induction. The 2010 season of the KONI Sports Car Challenge may see some other new force inducted, all wheel drive entrants as well.