Finally, though Audi will not be racing at LeMans this year, Reeves Motorsport and specifically Kim Rogers, one of the principles at Reeves, has specifically reached out with an invitation to the ACFL members to join them at their "Dropping of the Flag" event to be held at their Porsche venue for the start of this historic racing event, Thank you Kim. Additional information in the May newsletter.  

One of our ACFL members, Steve Zongker, had the opportunity to get an up close and personal viewing of the 12 hours of Sebring, as a team member for Land Motorsports Audi R8 LMS and here is his report.

Being able to see how a world class motorsports organization works, especially Audi, is something to behold. Each team member has a specific job duty, from inserting the air hose that lifts the car, to the person responsible for pulling the tear-off from the windshield. These team members have trained and practiced multiple times to provide a pit stop to rival any team up and down the lane.  

The engineers, the car chief, the crew chief, all monitor a bank of monitors that rival any military operation in scale. The men, and women, keep track of the amount of fuel in the car, the oil pressures, the tire pressures, and various other sensors that will allow the R8 to operate at optimal conditions for 12 hours.  

In the end, Land Motorsports did not win a podium position in this years Sebring 12 hours, but I promise you, this team will win races, and championships no matter where in the world they decide to race.

Gulf Coast Region 
Cars and Coffee Reeves Motorsport 6:30-8:30 
Reeves Motorsport Tampa  

Gulf Coast Region Brats and Beer Hofbrauhaus St Pete 
7:00 PM RSVP by noon April 1, to bob@audiclubfl.org for our first week night meet  
Hofbräuhaus St. Petersburg  

First Coast Region 
Luncheon Schnitzel Haus German Restaurant 
13475 Atlantic Blvd, Jacksonville Email Kerry Green by Friday 12:00 noon April 7  
greenkerry@att.net, to RSVP for a head count  

Gulf Coast Region 
Cars and Coffee Audi Clearwater 8:00-9:30  

Gold Coast Region 
Barrett-Jackson Auction Palm Beach Meet up at the front gate Time TBD  
Contact Andreas at andreas.r@audiclubfl.org, for additional information  

Gulf Coast Region 
Drop the Flag for the 24 Hours of LeMans at Reeves  

Unfortunately, until such point that wind farms take over the generating of electricity from coal, most electric cars will at least be partially coal fired. Now with a little tongue in cheek, below is an example of a real self contained coal fired German Adler limousine of World War II vintage. The electric generator, battery and electric motor were left out of this vehicle. Not needed, here is an example of the real McCoy, which is on display in the Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum, München just up the hill from where the Oktoberfest is held. . Note the coal bags on the roof, totally self contained operation with a gas generator canister at the rear. The car runs on gas vapors generated from heating the coal thus creating the volatile coal gas then feeding it to the front where it is mixed with air in a carburetor prior to being fed to the engine. In addition, an example of a Ford Model A coal fired flat bed truck is at this museum. There were also cars that ran on charcoal using the same principle but I do not recall any at this museum though I believe there is one in Sinsheim not far from Neckarsulm.