APR BBQ

"Santiago of Escuderia Boricua" (sdiglesias)
10/22/2013 at 23:08 • Filed to: None

My friend invited me to the APR BBQ this past weekend in Auburn, AL. I'm not really a VW guy, but this was an awesome experience.

Besides the sweet tuned Audis they had on display, they had their race cars out. I drooled over this R8 for about three hours. They also had the Golf R's they run in the ST class. The Golf R drivers were there, and they were super cool to talk to. They had a cool two part competition. One part was the fastest lap time in a Golf R around Road Atlanta on Forza 4 with a good steering wheel setup. Part 2 was a pit stop contest, where you have to change one of the tires on one of the Golf race cars with an air gun. I didn't win, but it was awesome.

They gave tours of their facility, which showed everything from development to manufacturing to installation. These guys are better engineers than most of what I've seen at my job.

Thanks for reading, so here's a bunch of smartphone pics of the R8.

DISCUSSION (8)

daender > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
10/22/2013 at 23:10

Oooh, is that the APR Jetta from the TDI Cup?

Aaron Brown > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
10/22/2013 at 23:10

Gotta love APR. Did you see their Mk7 GTi?

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > daender
10/22/2013 at 23:12

In the second pic? No, that's apparently a Jetta that they started the Conti tire ST season with. About halfway through, they gave up with it because it kept breaking and they moved back to the Golf Rs. One of the race engineers there told me when they made the decision, they actually build one of them in six days

Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Aaron Brown
10/22/2013 at 23:13

Yeah, they had everything out. My friend has a 2013 S4 and he convinced them to give us a ride in their prototype stage 3 S4. Holy fuck is that thing fast. Really, everything there was insanely fast.

Aaron Brown > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
10/22/2013 at 23:21

That's awesome. Thanks for sharing all this!

SubiSanchez > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
10/22/2013 at 23:28

Those Grand Am R8s are awesome. I wonder if they're still eligible for the new United Sportscar Racing series

rabbitman > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
10/22/2013 at 23:35

Thanks, your a Lucky guy.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Santiago of Escuderia Boricua
10/23/2013 at 00:39

I got to hang out with them a while ago. Great group of folks.