Videos: Supercharged V6 on song in the Audi S4

By Johan Laubscher

Few things in this world sounds as good as a roaring V6. The Audi S4 has a tremendous supercharged 3.0 V6 and these types of Audis are being raced in two countries in the world, one in the northern hemisphere and the other in the southern hemisphere.

APR Motorsport in North America were the first to develop a Audi S4 B8 race car, which debuted in the Continental Tire Sports Cars Challenge during 2010. 

A year later and the S4 model also debuted on race tracks in South Africa, and went on to win the 2011 and 2012 South African Bridgestone Production Car Championships. In total four Audi S4 cars compete in South Africa and one so far in America.

The cars are beautiful and sound even better. Here are two onboard videos from which to sample the sounds of that glorious V6, one from APR and the other from South Africa.

More information: 

APR website

Gennaro Bonafede FB page

Audi Motorsport South Africa FB page

APR Motorsport Audi S4 - Road Atlanta 2011 - Ian Baas

South African Ferodo Audi S4 - Kyalami 2012 - Gennaro Bonafede

Photos by GoAPR.com and Audi Motorsport Blog. 

APR Motorsport's Audi S4 Challenging Daytona

By Tarek Ramchani :

The new Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season kicks off this weekend at Daytona. APR Motorsport is entering no less than 5 cars. The Audi S4 in the upper GS (Grand Sport) class, all the others are VWs in the lower ST (Street Tuner) class.

Last year the team raced the Audi S4 in the first rounds of the season. The car being damaged, the team built a new S4, and only returned for the final rounds with some strong performances. It raced also the finale of the SCCA Pirelli World Challenge at Road Atlanta, doing  very well against the series regulars.

For the 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season, APR Motorsport is fielding the only Audi racer of the series. Team's star and regular Ian Baas will share the #41 machine with new comer and rookie Nelson Canache. Last year Baas raced for APR but in the VW Golf GTI in the ST class, with a fantastic 2011 season. The AWD quattro B8 racer will face strong competitors from Ford, Chevrolet, BMW, Porsche and Subaru. Most of them are factory backed cars, while the Audi S4 is a fully privateer effort and built racer. An amazing 81 cars field is entring the 200 miles round at the world famous Speedway. 40 cars in the top GS class, so hard fight and great battles on track ahead for the Audi S4.

The race is set for this Friday, a day before the 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona. Best of luck for APR Motorsport.

Photo Credits: APR Motorsport