Fall-Line Motorsports Press
Release
Buffalo Grove, IL
(November 25, 2013) - Fall-Line Motorsports finished up the four-day TUDOR
United SportsCar Championship pre-season test that took place at Sebring
International and Daytona International Speedways November 16-20. They tested
with 18 other cars in the GTD category in preparation for the season-opening
Rolex 24 at Daytona in late January.
Fall-Line
confirmed drivers Charlie Putman and Charles Espenlaub just last week and the
pair were on hand to test their Audi R8 LMS along with Al Carter, Bryan
Sellers, and Audi factory driver Christopher Mies.
The test went
according to plan and the team turned many miles over the course of the four
days on both tracks. They had a rigorous testing program to implement and
engineers and team principals were pleased with the results and everything was
executed perfectly.
With so many cars
to compete against, pre-season testing is as important as ever heading into the
race at Daytona. Competition is tight and the field is impressive and the team
has their work cut out for them but is pleased with progress thus far.
Charlie Putman: "The test was exciting
and we certainly accomplished a lot. As drivers, we are starting to make
friends with the car, which is much improved over where we left off last year!
There is still a mountain of learning to be done both engineering-wise and
driver-wise, but we are off to a good start. We are going to be very busy
over the holidays and right up to the Daytona 24. It is great to see
everyone on the team so excited and motivated by this project."
Charles Espenlaub: "We are
coming off a great season with Fall-Line right into preparation for what looks
to be some great GT racing next year. The Sebring and Daytona tests provided us
with a lot of data to make the Audi R8 a top competitor. The always-awesome
team at Fall-Line has been working non stop, and yet the laughs and good times
continue as our camaraderie grows even stronger. I feel that 2014 will be
another great year."
Michael Harvey,
Team Manager: "It was great to be back at the track to
start testing with our 2014 program. We had a detailed test plan which we
successfully accomplished at both tracks. The car performed very well and we
managed to cover a lot of miles, which was important for both the drivers and
engineers. Obviously the first two events are big ones so car preparation and
track time for the drivers is extremely important. As always, the Fall-Line
crew did a great job and with the amazing support we receive from Audi sport
customer racing this test was a great success."
Fall-Line
Motorsports is a premiere
builder and fabricator of race cars for all levels of competition. Fall-Line
specializes in BMW, Porsche, Audi and other high-performance makes. Fall-Line
Motorsports unveiled their Grand-Am team in 2006 and won the GRAND-AM
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge GS Championship title in 2010. In
addition to fielding 3 GS BMW M3's in the Continental Tire SportsCar
Challenge, and one Audi R8 in the TUDOR Untied SportsCar Championship,
Fall-Line also prepares and fabricates cars for other CTSCC teams, SCCA and
NASA drivers, track day prepared and high performance street vehicles. www.fall-linemotorsports.com
ABOUT AUDI OF AMERICA AND THE AUDI R8 LMS
Audi began a new chapter in 2009 with the
introduction of the Audi Sport customer racing program. For the first time
it was possible for motorsport customers to acquire a race car designed for
customer racing events. Since its inception, the success of the R8 LMS has been
significant throughout the GT3 racing format worldwide, including victory in the
GT class in the 2013 edition of the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The Audi R8 LMS shares
more than 50% of its parts with the Audi R8 street car including the naturally
aspirated V10 5.2 Liter engine, the Audi Space Frame and a variety of other
components.
Audi of America, Inc. and its U.S. dealers offer a
full line of German-engineered luxury vehicles. AUDI AG is among the most
successful luxury automotive brands globally. Audi was a top-performing luxury
brand in Europe during 2012, and broke all-time company sales records in the
U.S. Through 2016, AUDI AG will invest about $17 billion on new products and
technologies.
Visit www.audiusa.com or www.audiusanews.com for more
information regarding Audi vehicle and business issues.
