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Re: Nurbergring the Ruf Way

To: "Eric Salem" <eric@mail.brown911.com>,
Subject: Re: Nurbergring the Ruf Way
From: "Woody" <woodym3@erols.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 08:30:06 -0500
My son says it was Walter Rohr.  Rally driver and raced the Audi Quattros in
IMSA's GTO series a number of years ago.  If you watch the full 10 minute
video carefully, you will see there are lots of splices.
Woody Hair

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Salem" <eric@mail.brown911.com>
To: "Brian Berryhill" <brianberryhill@flashmail.com>; <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 3:20 AM
Subject: RE: Nurbergring the Ruf Way


> <<I'd sure like to try though. ;-)  Well, maybe it wasn't the fastest way
> around, but it was still pretty danged fast!  I *seriously* doubt the
> majority of us 'cone dodgers' could match that time on our best day
ever.>>
>
> Not being the sharpest tool in the shed I'll fall back on the advice my
dad
> gave me back when I didn't know what car stuff to do first: "Any good Solo
> driver can road race, but lots of good road racers can't Solo." The more
> time spent around cars the truer that is.
>
> That said, the video in question was floating around on the porsche mail
> lists a few months ago and the driver was identified as a former Porsche
> Factory driver. don't remember who -- Mike or Paul do you?
>
> thanks,
> e

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