Upping the Ante // R8 at the Nurburgring

If the Audi R8 isn’t impressive enough, if the Audi R8 V-12TDI didn’t do it for you, how about the recently released Audi R8 Nurburgring 24hr race car, is that good enough? Take the R8, an already super supercar, shave 0.2 liters off the 4.2L V8 that comes standard in both the R8 and the RS4, take the mind numbing 530bhp and 353lb/ft of torque, squeeze it into the mid-engine compartment, strip the interior, roll cage, proper fire suppression and you are ready for twenty four hours of grueling fender to fender racing. Being raced in the SP7 class not by Audi themselves, but by a German automotive group calling themselves the 24h-Project 2008: Blue-Tec, an unknown quantity, racing a proven supercar. Weighing in at under a ton, the R8 will surely show off at “the ring” mixing with the likes of the yet released Lexus LF-A and Volkswagen Scirocco. Keeping you posted // Cold Track Days.com