Nearly every Audi crazy in the net knows Tommy from Finland who constantly has the most extreme cars available. But what he just sent me knocked me out! It is the Type44 quattro of his compatriot Hannu Ruohorinne. A 10V engine propells the radically modified bullet. Power is reported to be between 600 and 650PS, an Audi TransAm engine served as the base. Wings and widening are so extreme that you must compare it to the Batmobile.
He won the championship of the Finnish touringcar class "Super Saloon" in '99 and 2000.
Here is the data from 2000: |
Raceday | Track | Date (month.day) |
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1 | Ahvenisto | 5.12.-5.13. |
2 | Kemora | 6.9.-6.10 |
3 | Jurva | 7.21.-7.22 |
4 | Alastaro | 9.1.- 9.2. |
5 | Ahvenisto | 9.1.-9.16. |
Here are the results for the season: Hannu Ruohorinne won the championship despite not making any points in the very last run. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place | Driver | Seura | Car | 1a 1b 2a 2b 3a 3b 4a 4b 5a 5b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1. | Hannu Ruohorinne | JohUA | Audi Quattro | 32 50 50 50 45 45 50 50 50 0 |
And now the pics: | |
That is how the car looked in its first season. Thanks to the paint job and the styling, it commonly referred to as "Audi V8 quattro" in Finnland. So do not get confused! |
For 2001 Hannu Ruohorinne, who built and raced the car, has found another area in motorsport: 2litre touring cars. |
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Once again a look at the huge rear end. |