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On board with Walter Rohrl in Group B Quattro

October 20, 2009

This is a short segment from a video produced in the mid Eighties. If I recall correctly, it was a compilation of highlights from Group B in 83 and 84. The significance here is not the dates. It is not the cheesy Euro porn soundtrack.
This is how Walter Rohrl taught me how to left foot [...]

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Targa Newfoundland Leg 3 Results

September 17, 2009

The 2009 edition of Targa Newfoundland is well under way and while the on route action must be fast and furious, the results and stories are a bit slower to appear. I’m going to assume the lack of hi speed internet in many parts of The Rock slow the transfer of information somewhat.
At the end [...]

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Frank Sprongl makes the world a smokier place with the Uber Quattro

September 26, 2008

Unfortunately, not many of today’s rally enthusiasts have been exposed to the awesomeness that is an early Eighties Group B type Audi Quattro. Certainly not a common sight in Newfoundland!
Fortunately for us at home and even more so for spectators on The Rock, Frank Sprongl brought his old monster out of the barn for this [...]

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Targa Newfoundland 2008: End of Day 1

September 16, 2008

This is the second guest post in a series by Warwick Patterson from flatovercrest.com who is in Newfoundland covering the 2008 Targa event.
End of Leg 1
As the rest of the world clocked into work on Monday morning, Targa Newfoundland competitors punched a different sort of time clock. With the sun rising above the rocky, [...]

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Editorial-Audi: Aren’t We There Yet?

September 12, 2008

In the prestige German sport sedan market, it seems that Audi cannot get itself out of third place from BMW and Mercedes. Who is number one, well, depends on who you are asking. But that’s another editorial. In North America, Audi wasn’t really imported in any meaningful numbers until the 1970’s. At this time, Mercedes-Benz [...]

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Video: How I learned to left foot brake

November 8, 2007

Most rally enthusiasts have seen this video before. Those of you who haven’t are in for a treat. Behold, the master, Walter Rohrl making the legendary Audi Quattro Group B rally car dance. The foot camera was my mentor as I prepared for performance rally. I watched this video on VHS time after time, learning [...]

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Audi R8 Trans-Canada Performance Tour reaches Halifax

September 19, 2007

Our guy on the East Coast, Paul Chenard was lucky enough to be tipped off that the Audi R8 Trans-Canada Performance Tour had stopped in Halifax on Monday night. So Paul did what any self respecting car nut would do, he grabbed his camera and headed down to the local Audi store to grab a [...]

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2008 Audi R8 on tour around Canada

September 14, 2007

Audi has something good going on with the R8 supercar and they know it. The problem is, there isn’t enough of them to go around. In order to make sure as many enthusiasts as possible get to lay eyes on the new machine, Audi is sending 15 journalists on a cross Canada jaunt from Cape [...]

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50th Celebration of Canadian Rallying

January 24, 2007

A couple of weeks ago, the Canadian rally community celebrated 50 years with a Celebration in Toronto. Past Canadian Rally Champion Randy Black tells us about the event.
A FIFTIETH CELEBRATION OF CANADIAN RALLYING
For those who couldn’t make the Celebration, I offer this synopsis. Enter the foyer of the Double Tree Hotel on Dixon Road [...]

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