Hey, man, glad to see you back on here! Actually, these (with the exception of the 1988 Trans Am Long Beach race, which belong to Buggy Boy, whose channel was also deleted) were from 11Reynard11's channel, which I didn't notice until a few days ago was suspended by YT's Copyright Hounds. I happened to DL these just in case, so here they are. Just thought I would point that out.
I am from Germany and was born 1988. My dad told me about the quattros when I grow up and were older. Told me things like his first ride with a Audi 90 2.2E and quattro. He said it was a lot of fun and especially the 20V Turbos. Of course he told me about the Gto and group B. He said it was a great time, so many things were much easier than today. When I see the imsa or trans am series, man what can I say, its so sad I couldn't see the awesome races. Of course the 5 cylinder sounds so great but also the massive V8 sound is wonderful
Also, if you would like to experience these on PC, there are free to download mods for Assetto Corsa. Audi, Cougar, XR4Ti, 300ZX,. Also the GTO Mustang and RX-7 from later seasons. Plus early 90s Trans Am so you can add those as well.
Thanks for posting. This was a great race and a great series. A truly golden age of motoesport. The problem was many times these races were tape delayed then shown at 11pm or some odd tune slot. Could have been much bigger with a live TV schedule like NASCAR enjoyed. Once in a while this or Trans Am would get a live network race but not enough.
Fantastic uploads! If you have any IMSA related videos or even some of the Sebring or Daytona events in the 90's, i'd love to see them! Any way to help out if possible?
Don't kid yourself, Imsa was slower than Modern GT3 in terms of overall laptime. The Audi was not the fastest of its class, that was Mercury Cougar that was several seconds faster. What Audi did was better Tire wear due to the better Chassis and AWD system, their 1 lap pace and straightline speed wasn't that good compared to the competition, much less modern GT3.
@@youngrody2386 Speed and lap times are different though... Look at Lemans. New Lemans cars don't match the top speed of older Lemans cars (because of regulations) but that doesn't mean newer cars dont set new distance records... same like GT3 endurance races
@@Vazin The Audi cars were built for Group B Rally that completely changed the rules after the Fans in Portugal were killed and the death of 3 drivers in one year. The Audi was lighter, had more power and 7 years of development. With AWD these cars had an advantage with tire wear. You could see the Cougars were faster, could stop and turn better. Unfortunately the tire wear for non AWD cars was not as good as the Audi. The Audi was not a very sophisticated car. Just well developed. The Ferrari was MUCH more advanced than the Audi. An F150 had a better AWD system than the Audi. The Audi had Rally racing for 7 years to develop the car.
@@dohcsmr1175 But the Audi's were some of the heaviest and lowest horsepower cars on the grid, especially in Trans Am. They got handicapped left, right and center with added weight and restrictor plates. Plus, Quattro system was actually pretty damn amazing. Torsen limited-slip diffs, viscous couplings, and torque vectoring units were employed based upon the circuit’s needs. They left the V-8 brigade at a technological standstill. Not to forget that the Audi 200 Trans Am's were unibody shells up against pure race-specced tube-frame cars.
@@Vazin I worked for Roush during this era. NOTHING you just said was true except for the AWD system. Where do you get your information from? The GTO cars were 150lbs lighter than the Cougar. There was no “restricter plate” on the motor. The waste gate determined the power. Again your ignorance is typical. All series made BoP adjustments. As I stated earlier the biggest advantage was tire wear. If you want to know the truth about this era I have a book for you to read.
@@dohcsmr1175 Oh dear oh dear. You did see I wrote "especially in Trans Am"? The SCCA tried to dial back the 200 Quattro's performance first by increasing the weight from 1,100 to 1,200 kg and later by mandating a tighter air restrictor.
They had up to 675hp, with the V8 installed. For this race, and other tight courses, the "Cougars" had a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. The one source I found said it was a 2.5L engine with 600hp.
@@ALSPEHEIR Yeah I get that but basically in order to keep up boost, you need to keep your foot in it. So in order to control your speed and drive the car, you ride the brakes a lot. At least that’s my guess as to why the brake lights were lit up
Great to see you still at it. I'm making a comeback after my 1st channel got taken down. Looking forward to seeing what else you got.
Hey, man, glad to see you back on here! Actually, these (with the exception of the 1988 Trans Am Long Beach race, which belong to Buggy Boy, whose channel was also deleted) were from 11Reynard11's channel, which I didn't notice until a few days ago was suspended by YT's Copyright Hounds. I happened to DL these just in case, so here they are. Just thought I would point that out.
Classic IMSA on ESPN. Can't get better than this.
Best parts at 10:57 & 23:32, can't beat the sounds that Audi makes!
I am from Germany and was born 1988. My dad told me about the quattros when I grow up and were older. Told me things like his first ride with a Audi 90 2.2E and quattro. He said it was a lot of fun and especially the 20V Turbos. Of course he told me about the Gto and group B. He said it was a great time, so many things were much easier than today. When I see the imsa or trans am series, man what can I say, its so sad I couldn't see the awesome races. Of course the 5 cylinder sounds so great but also the massive V8 sound is wonderful
DTM Audis had the V8
The cougars in full war bonnet in their day looked wicked . Thank you Mercury.
89 F40 LM. What a beautiful car and I want to say one of the few videos of the 89 LM as the 1990 LM was way different.
Big Big Audi fan here bit that F40 is just about the best looking car ever made
Also, if you would like to experience these on PC, there are free to download mods for Assetto Corsa. Audi, Cougar, XR4Ti, 300ZX,. Also the GTO Mustang and RX-7 from later seasons. Plus early 90s Trans Am so you can add those as well.
Thanks for posting. This was a great race and a great series. A truly golden age of motoesport. The problem was many times these races were tape delayed then shown at 11pm or some odd tune slot. Could have been much bigger with a live TV schedule like NASCAR enjoyed. Once in a while this or Trans Am would get a live network race but not enough.
Fantastic uploads!
If you have any IMSA related videos or even some of the Sebring or Daytona events in the 90's, i'd love to see them! Any way to help out if possible?
Wow! At the 6:03 during the demo lap, the instrumental parts of the song "Stages" by ZZ Top are being used for the background music!
What an era. Thanks for uploading this!
Didn't know Dallenbach raced against the Audi's back then, only knew him from NASCAR.
Oh.. 1989 cars look futuristic, especially the audi.
Awesome! Thanks Randall!
this is freaking awesome! huge thanks
Dr Al Bacon…
He took out my wisdom teeth 30 years ago. 😂😂😂
A Kingsport, Tn native.
They're going as fast as modern GT3 cars, in 1989!!
Probably double the amount of the GT3, the audi was a 4WD!
Don't kid yourself, Imsa was slower than Modern GT3 in terms of overall laptime.
The Audi was not the fastest of its class, that was Mercury Cougar that was several seconds faster.
What Audi did was better Tire wear due to the better Chassis and AWD system, their 1 lap pace and straightline speed wasn't that good compared to the competition, much less modern GT3.
@@youngrody2386 Speed and lap times are different though... Look at Lemans. New Lemans cars don't match the top speed of older Lemans cars (because of regulations) but that doesn't mean newer cars dont set new distance records... same like GT3 endurance races
@@youngrody2386Audi Pole Positions? Especially when Röhrl was driving!
These were the dayspring ones
Beautiful race... thanks for sharing this with us. Do you have 1989 laguna seca race ??? Imsa gto
Fantastic cars!
24hr IMSA races?
Audi quatro 👍
What happened to the end and award ceremony????
Hate to see the Audi loose a motor. Ending would have been interesting.
Exactly! Still incredible to see what Audi Sport's engineers could do with so little time. The cars were monsters!
@@Vazin The Audi cars were built for Group B Rally that completely changed the rules after the Fans in Portugal were killed and the death of 3 drivers in one year. The Audi was lighter, had more power and 7 years of development. With AWD these cars had an advantage with tire wear. You could see the Cougars were faster, could stop and turn better. Unfortunately the tire wear for non AWD cars was not as good as the Audi. The Audi was not a very sophisticated car. Just well developed. The Ferrari was MUCH more advanced than the Audi. An F150 had a better AWD system than the Audi. The Audi had Rally racing for 7 years to develop the car.
@@dohcsmr1175 But the Audi's were some of the heaviest and lowest horsepower cars on the grid, especially in Trans Am. They got handicapped left, right and center with added weight and restrictor plates. Plus, Quattro system was actually pretty damn amazing. Torsen limited-slip diffs, viscous couplings, and torque vectoring units were employed based upon the circuit’s needs. They left the V-8 brigade at a technological standstill. Not to forget that the Audi 200 Trans Am's were unibody shells up against pure race-specced tube-frame cars.
@@Vazin I worked for Roush during this era. NOTHING you just said was true except for the AWD system. Where do you get your information from? The GTO cars were 150lbs lighter than the Cougar. There was no “restricter plate” on the motor. The waste gate determined the power. Again your ignorance is typical. All series made BoP adjustments. As I stated earlier the biggest advantage was tire wear. If you want to know the truth about this era I have a book for you to read.
@@dohcsmr1175 Oh dear oh dear. You did see I wrote "especially in Trans Am"? The SCCA tried to dial back the 200 Quattro's performance first by increasing the weight from 1,100 to 1,200 kg and later by mandating a tighter air restrictor.
short turn 8?
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Bring these Cars back. Cars so out of controll for a usuall car driver*.*
Kinda odd they both blow a lap apart half way through and hadn’t had problems like that before
Those cars looks like a stock car from NASCAR and it's not even close
How many of these cars had horsepower?
Joni-Pekka Vartiainen i think all of them had horsepower, cus if they didn’t how could they move?
They had up to 675hp, with the V8 installed.
For this race, and other tight courses, the "Cougars" had a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. The one source I found said it was a 2.5L engine with 600hp.
720 PS the Audi
18:46 If they only knew why the brake lights are taking so long so turn off in the Audi 🤣
Legt good braking
Sorry left foot breaking
Keeping the throttle pinned and modulating the brake to manage speed? I’m surprised that doesn’t overheat the brakes.
@@yommish It's more to keep the turbo boost up than the speed per se.
@@ALSPEHEIR Yeah I get that but basically in order to keep up boost, you need to keep your foot in it. So in order to control your speed and drive the car, you ride the brakes a lot. At least that’s my guess as to why the brake lights were lit up