Showing posts with label Hill Climb Racing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hill Climb Racing. Show all posts

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Saturday, May 11, 2013

Video: Audi R13 in the Spanish Hillclimb Championship

  Saturday, May 11, 2013      

By Johan Laubscher

The Spanish Hillcimb Championship has been the scene for many Audi race cars in the last decade. The Audi A4 STW (Super Touring) has been a very popular choice of car amongst the competitors. For 2013 a very special Audi race car has been added to the series.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Monday, April 15, 2013

Gallery: Audi quattro cars at Bergrallye Pöllauberg

  Monday, April 15, 2013      

By Tarek Ramchani

Austria hosted the Bergrallye at Pöllauberg last weekend. A number of Audi quattro cars took part in the event, with some great results. The famous Audi A4 quattro STW of Andreas Marko not only won its class, but also won overall against much faster cars.

Friday, April 5, 2013

The SVC Vitver Racing ABT-Audi TT-R returns to the hills of Europe

  Friday, April 05, 2013      

By Johan Laubscher

During 2012 photos emerged of a modified ex-DTM ABT-Audi TT-R. The car was driven by Vláďa Vitver in the FIA Hillclimb Championship and performed very well. The modifications made to the car were the first of its kind on one of these older Audi DTM cars, and it was certainly very interesting.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Gallery: Audi quattro cars at Bergrallye Lödersdorf 2013

  Wednesday, March 20, 2013      

By Tarek Ramchani

Austria hosted the Bergrallye hillclimb event at Lödersdorf last weekend. Two Audi cars were at the event. The famous Audi A4 quattro STW from Andreas Marko and an S2 quattro from Karl Werner. Both cars did extremely well. Andreas Marko #61 A4 was victorious in the 2000cc class. Karl Werner #8 S2 was third in the upper 2000cc 4WD class.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Pure sound: Audi 50 Hillclimb racer

  Sunday, March 03, 2013      

By Tarek Ramchani

The Audi 50, a very iconic car. It was produced between 1974 and 1978 and exclusively for the European market. The Audi three-door hatchback is gone, however it was the 50 who gave birth to the legendary Volkswagen Polo. Now there are several Audi 50 cars racing in hillclimb events around Europe.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Audi Super Touring action in the Hills of Europe

  Thursday, January 10, 2013      

By Johan Laubscher

There are many categories and formulas in the world of motorsport. Many of these formulas have come and gone, but sometimes a formula becomes so popular that even years after its demise people still talk about it fondly. One such formula took over the world during the 1990’s. It was raced across almost all of the continents in the world. It was the FIA Class II formula, or more commonly known as, Super Touring. It provided spectacular racing as the sedans from all the major manufactures battled it out on track in the win on Sunday, sell on Monday grand prix.

Audi was one of the front runners in the formula and with quattro four wheel drive they dominated for many seasons with the Audi A4 quattro STW. The car was so good that it eventually lead to the abolishment of four wheel drive within the rules, to negate the “unfair advantage.” Now in current times the Super Touring formula has been gone for just over a decade, but many of the cars still compete. A popular endeavour for these cars, especially the Audi with quattro, is Hillclimb racing. The Audi is a particular favourite among drivers in European Hillclimbing. We have included a video below which demonstrates why. The videos shows the excitement from these events as Santi Abad pushes his Audi A4 STW to the limits in the Galician Hillclimb Championship. The video is well worth the watch for the action and that unmistakable engine note of the Super Touring A4. 

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

FOR SALE: Monstrous Audi A4 Hillclimb racer

  Wednesday, November 07, 2012      

By Johan Laubscher

A very interesting Audi race car is for sale. The car is a mixed combination of sorts, an Audi Sport developed A4 B7 STCC/S2000 chassis coupled with an Audi RS4 transmission (from Audi Sport Italia) which is mated to a V6 twin turbo pushing out over 500HP. The end result of this combination is spectacular. The car has been campaigned by Heinz Göllner in the Romanian Hillcimb Championship where it has achieved much success. Along with the visual impact the car also produces a tremendous sound, which echoes beautifully in the hillclimb stages. It is a very special machine and an excellent purchase for prospective hillclimb competitors.

Interested parties can view the listing of the car at AutoRennsport.ch via the link HERE.

More information:
autorennsport.ch website
Audi A4 listing

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Gallery: Audi cars at Hillclimb Mickhausen

  Tuesday, October 23, 2012      
By Tarek Ramchani

Great new photos from the 2012 Mickhausen Hillclimb event by our friends at race-action.com. Many Audi cars were entered in this famous German event, such as the Audi quattro S1 replica of Prospeed Motorsport and a few Audi 50 racers












Saturday, October 13, 2012

Video: Audi S1 quattro replica at Bergrennen Mickhausen

  Saturday, October 13, 2012      
By Tarek Ramchani

A fresh new video from 100octane.de featuring the famous and beautiful Audi S1 quattro replica from team Prospeed Motorsport. Here it is at the Bergrennen Mickhausen Hillclimb event in Germany. Nikolay Zlatkov drove the #209 machine from Bulgaria and as usual he was running fast. Enjoy the glorious five-cylinder sound.

More information:
Prospeed Motorsport website
Prospeed Motorsport on Facebook

Monday, October 1, 2012

Gallery: Audi quattro cars at Bergrallye Arzberg in Austria

  Monday, October 01, 2012      

By Tarek Ramchani

 The Austrian Hillclimb Championship season finale was held at the Arzberg Hillcimb last weekend. Three exotic Audis entered the meeting and did very well. The famous Audi A4 quattro STW of Andreas Marko won the demanding 2000cc class. Karl Werner was the driver of #11 Audi S2 R quattro and finished fourth in the top upper 2000cc AWD class. The third Audi was the #956 Audi 80 quattro of Aigner Franz, he was victorious in the special E1,E2-SH class.

Our friends at Race-Action.com were at the event and provided great coverage with some beautiful photos of the Audi racers.

 More information:
Bergrallye website
Race-action.com website







Saturday, September 29, 2012

ABT Audi TT-R destroyed during testing

  Saturday, September 29, 2012      


By Johan Laubscher

The ABT-Audi TT-R of Vláďa Vitver has become well known amongst Audi motorsport fans for its modified styling. The SVC Náchod Motorsport team purchased the ex-DTM Audi and proceeded to modify the car both mechanically and visually. The car now displays the appearance of a Mk2 Audi TT. Vláďa Vitver has been competing with the car in various European Hillclimb series and events, including the FIA Hillclimb Championship.

The team have been preparing for one of the biggest German Hillcimb events, the Mickhausen Hillclimb. However tragedy struck during testing for the event. Vitver was testing at a former Airport at Hradec Králové. A high speed crash occurred which has damaged the car tremendously. We are happy to report that the news from the incident indicate that Vláďa Vitver is unharmed, and that is most important.

The driver is safe, and in this sport that is the most important fact of all. The fate of the Audi TT-R is unknown. If we will see this car racing again is yet to be confirmed. This the second major crash for one of the older ABT-Audi TT-R race cars this year. Doug Gore of Jamaica suffered a big crash at Dover a few months ago which damaged the chassis of his TT-R.

We wish Vláďa Vitver all the best as he recovers from the crash. Hopefully he will be on track racing again very soon. 

More information:
SVC Náchod Motorsport FB page
SVC Náchod Motorsport website
Race-Action.com FB page

Crash images linked from the SVC Facebook page


Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Video: Andreas Marko Audi A4 quattro STW at St. Agatha Hillclimb

  Wednesday, September 26, 2012      

By Tarek Ramchani

Andreas Marko and his successful Audi A4 quattro STW raced a home event last weekend in Austria. The St. Agatha Hillclimb event. The #130 quattro B5 did very well finishing third in the 2000cc class with a time of 02:39.981. Here is nice footage from the Austrian meeting.

Photo credit: race-action.com

More information:

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Gallery: Marko Racing Audi A4 STW returns to Hillclimb

  Tuesday, September 11, 2012      

By Johan Laubscher

Marko Racing Team returned to the hills of Austria last weekend. After an accident earlier in the year the Audi A4 STW was rebuilt and ready to race with a new livery. Andreas Marko made it a victorious return to the Austrian Hillclimb Series as he raced his Audi A4 to a class victory at the Voitsberg Hillclimb. Thanks to Race-Action.com for the great photos.

More information:
Race-Action.com website
Marko Racing Team FB page








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