By Johan Laubscher
The Audi R8 was and always will be a legend. Much of its success was
achieved on race tracks in North America, however there was one legendary race
track which alluded the Audi R8 during its official race career, Daytona. Thanks
to the vagrancies of North American sportscar racing the series wherein the R8
competed never visited Daytona and thus the R8 never raced there, or at least
not until after the car was retired. Since then various Audi R8s have been seen
on the banking of Daytona in Historic racing events. The annual Daytona
Continental Historic Races were held last weekend. Rogers Motorsport entered
one of their two Audi R8 cars in the event, chassis #405 wearing its 2000 Le Mans #9 livery in which it finished second at the 2000 24 Hours.
Here is an onboard video from the latest event featuring Audi R8 #405 being driven by Doug
Smith at Daytona. This V8 engine has always been a favorite among Audi fans, enjoy.
Photos by Robyn Pass Handy from SascoSports
