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APR Presents Commemorative Sale Honoring VW’s First and Second Win in Professional North American Road Racing in Over 25 Years!

Sale June 22 – July 31

APR is pleased to present our Summer Power Sale in honor of APR Motorsport’s back to back wins in the Koni Sports Car Challenge!  APR’s entire product line is on sale from Ecu Upgrades to Stage 3 Turbocharger Systems.  Back by popular demand, APR’s Buy One Program Get A Fully Loaded ECU is once again available during our Commemorative Sale!

ECU Upgrade Sale:

• All 2.0T FSI or TSI or 2.7T - $599 For a Fully Loaded ECU! Normal Price $1203
• All 1.8T - $499 For a Fully Loaded ECU! Normal Price $1103
• All VR6, 2.5L, 4.2L, are $100 off! Normal Price $499-599
• All Porsche ECU Upgrades are 10% Off!
• Existing APR Software customers may upgrade to a Fully Loaded ECU for $149.
• Customers Interested in a Single Program Only may take $50 off the Retail Price!

A Fully Loaded ECU Includes your Choice of 4 of the Following Programs:

• Stock Mode :: Exact Original Mapping and Performance
• 91 Octane Performance
• 93 Octane Performance
• 100 Octane Performance
• Valet Mode :: Limits RPMs and Power Output

A Fully Loaded ECU Also Includes:

• Fault Code Erase :: Erases Fault ECU Fault Codes
• Security Lockout :: Locks Advanced Functionality of Cruise Control, Password Protected
• Anti-Theft :: Disables Throttle to Render Vehicle Inoperable, Password Protected

APR Hardware Sale:

• Carbonio Carbon Fiber Intakes 10% Off!
• APR Stage 3 and Ko4 Turbocharger Systems 10% Off!
• APR Exhausts Systems 10% Off!
• APR Intercooler Systems 15% Off!
• APR Bipipe 15% Off!
• APR R1 Diverter Valve 15% Off!
• All APR Motorsport Items including Silicone Hoses and APR FSI Fuel Pump 10% Off!

Please Visit http://www.goapr.com for Details!

To Find the Closest Authorized APR Dealer Near You http://www.goapr.com/dealer/

LEXINGTON, Ohio (June 21, 2009) - Dion von Moltke took advantage of APR Motorsport teammate Ian Baas’  misfortune Sunday at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, taking the lead with seven minutes remaining and holding on for his second consecutive Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge Street Tuner victory.

Click here for the full race results.

Baas and pole-winning co-driver Josh Hurley led 66 of the opening 78 circuits on the 2.258-mile circuit, when Baas suddenly began to slow with an electrical problem in the No. 171 Gunther VW Volkswagen GTI. Von Moltke quickly took command and led the final six laps, giving the team’s No. 181 APR Tuning/BBS Volkswagen GTI shared by Mike Sweeney its second consecutive victory.

Randy Pobst finished second in Compass360 Racing’s No. 74 034 Motorsport/Skunk2 Honda Civic Si, 4.114 seconds back, while co-driver Christian Miller extended his point lead with only four events remaining.

Kristian Skavnes and Andrew Aquilante took third in the No. 111 Subaru of America Subaru Legacy, and moved up to second in the standings, 24 points behind Miller (207-183). Skavnes was

Fourth went to Will Turner and Paul Dalla Lana in the No. 95 Turner Motorsports BMW 328i. Andrew Carbonell and Rhett O’Doski came from a lap down to place fifth in the No. 146 Mazda/Freedom Autosport Mazda MX-5.

Baas soldiered on to finish 11th behind his winning teammates.

“It definitely was not easy,” von Moltke said. “I was pushing every lap. I looked over about twice a lap and saw Randy coming. I was pushing very hard. What really helped us was we came here focused on two corners - the Carrousel and the Key Hole. They are very similar corners, and we were able to get a good grip on the car there. If you can get a good run out of both of those corners, it’s very hard to be overtaken.”

After a slow start to the season, APR Motorsport learned a trick or two about setting up their Volkswagens three races ago at Lime Rock Park, and the team has been coming on strong ever since. The team put on a clinic throughout much of Sunday’s race, before Baas’ late-race misfortune.

Hurley captured his second pole of the season in Friday’s qualifying, and led the opening 40 circuits before his pit stop. Sweeney then led two circuits before pitting. While Guy Cosmo, Chad Gilsinger and Charles Putnam had turns out front before their stops, the lead recycled back to Baas - who led the 26 laps.

“We found something in the back end of the suspension that the car really, really likes midway through the event at Lime Rock,” Sweeney said. “Last year we had a lot of power but couldn’t seem to do anything with it. This year it seems people have caught up with the power, but we’ve finally got the Volkswagen handling really well. We made a few changes, and the car just woke up. We had our plan today, which was to run as close as we could but to save brakes a little.”

The victory was also a homecoming event for APR Motorsport crew chief Jeff Mishtawy, who is from nearby Columbus, Ohio.

Sweeney and von Moltke averaged 83.039 mph. The race was slowed by three cautions for 12 laps. The only accident came early in the race, when Sam Schultz escaped injury after hitting the wall in Turn 1 in the No. 23 V-Pack Motorsport BMW Z4.

The KONI Challenge Grand Sport competitors raced on Saturday, with Ken Wilden and Dean Martin winning in the No. 59 RehagenRacingProducts.com Ford Mustang GT. Wilden extended his lead in the championship to 21 points over Bret Seafuse and James Gue (204-183), who finished second.

The next action for the Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge will be July 18-19 at Barber Motorsports Park, with split races for the Grand Sport and Street Tuner classes.

For full notes and quotes packages, please visit the Grand-Am Media Site at www.grand-am.com/media.

LEXINGTON, Ohio (June 20, 2009) - In the Street Tuner class,  Josh Hurley and Mike Sweeney gave APR Motorsports its second consecutive front-row sweep in qualifying for Sunday’s Street Tuner event.

It was Hurley’s second pole of the season in the No. 171 Gunther VW/APR Motorsports Volkswagen GTI, and the third straight pole for the team.

“Ever since Lime Rock (where Hurley won the pole), we’ve figured out something with the suspension, and we’ve been coming on strong,” said Hurley, who co-drives with Ian Baas. “We’re having a little bit of turbo lag, but we’ve found enough in the suspension that we’re doing OK without it.”

Sweeney, who won the most recent race at Watkins Glen International, shares APR’s No. 181 VW with Dion von Moltke. The pair combined to give the team its first victory at The Glen.

“We’ve been really focusing on the handling of the cars this year,” Sweeney said. “Last year we had a lot of power but couldn’t seem to do anything with it. This year it seems people have caught up with the power, but we’ve finally got the Volkswagen handling really well. I think we’ve got a very strong driver lineup. It’s great to do two lockouts in a row. I just hate starting on the outside of the front row - I’d like to be on the inside.”

Once again APR Motorsport is leading the pack in the Koni Sports Car Challenge. Todays Mid-Ohio race will begin with both APR motorsport cars in the lead after finishing first and second during qualifying.

This has been a strong season for the team, especially after taking home a first place victory at Watkins-Glen two weekends ago.

The race will be televised on June 20th, 5:00 PM ET, on SPEED.

Those interested can view live timing and scoring at the following address:
http://www.grand-am.com/schedule/index.cfm?series=k&cat_id=61

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June 19 - 21
EMCO Gears Classic - Split Classes
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
Lexington, OH

APR Motorsport runs in the ST (street tuner) class with cars #171 and #181

More information about the team here:
http://www.goapr.com/race/

Watkins Glen, NY: Capping off a nearly perfect race weekend, APR Motorsport came away from Watkins Glen with the team’s first-ever victory and the first professional U.S. road racing victory for any VW in over 25 years! The APR team also owned the front row of the Street Tuner grid with an amazing 1-2 performance in qualifying.

Starting from Pole Position was Ian Baas in the #171 APR/Gunther/Motul/IAV/BBS Volkswagen GTI while Mike Sweeney started the #181 APR/Motul/IAV/BBS Volkswagen GTI in second place. From the drop of the flag, both APR drivers were able to establish a small gap to third place and began an intense battle for the lead. “The car was so perfect today. Mike and I had a good fight for the lead but we knew there could be no contact.” said Baas. As the APR team got closer to the pit window a small electrical problem began to cause intermittent power loss on #171 and forced the team into the pits. While completing the driver change and refueling, the APR technicians found and repaired the issue costing little extra time. Josh Hurley then began working back toward the lead, setting the fastest lap of the race in the process. Unfortunately Hurley was given a stop-go penalty with about thirty minutes remaining for jumping a restart. After being relegated back to 18th position, Hurley completed a series of qualifying laps to bring the #171 VW across the stripe in 6th place. Hurley said “I was pushing like crazy to get back to the lead! That penalty was devastating, and I am very sorry for it. APR Motorsport put a car under me that was simply amazing and I tried to recover the most points I could. We should be strong at Mid-Ohio and hopefully we can earn a win there.”

For #181, the road to victory lane was a little smoother, but not much. Sweeney was beginning to run out of fuel when a full-course caution came out and sent a wave of panic through the APR pits. The team was able to use the rules to their advantage and brought the car in out of sequence for a brief splash of fuel before rejoining the field at the back of the pack. Then a lap later, Sweeney was able to pit in sequence with the rest of the field and Dion von Moltke took the wheel after some fast pit work by the APR crew. Von Moltke made steady progress toward the front of the pack for several laps when another caution bunched the field. When the officials called for the ST cars to pass the pace car and re-catch the field, the APR team was ready for it and sent von Moltke forward gaining a position as other teams failed to relay the “wave-by” information to their drivers. Once the order was sorted out the race was restarted. “I really don’t know what happened at the restart. There was a bit of a shuffle during the wave-by and a little confusion. Once the race was back underway, I pushed very hard and was able to pass Randy going up the hill in the esses.” said von Moltke. From that point on, the #181 GTI was simply untouchable. After taking the lead, rain began to fall on the majority of the track and von Moltke drove cautiously with Pobst closely behind. “It was definitely quite a challenge with immense pressure for the final 30 minutes from Randy Pobst, mixed in with a crazy rain conditions on different parts of the track, so every lap at every corner you had no idea what was coming up next. It took some serious mental toughness so thankfully I had my Performance Drink before I got in the car!” said von Moltke. After the race, Sweeney said “Unbelievable. I am so happy to grab this first win for APR with Dion, but it would have been a little easier on the nerves if the race had been less interesting! There was no stopping my teammate today, and the best crew in KONI now has their first win! Go APR!”

The team would like to thank its partners Motul, BBS, Status, IAV, Team Janica, Performance Drink, and Gunther VW.
Keep up with the latest news and information about the APR Motorsport team at www.goapr.com. The next race is at Mid-Ohio on June 19-21, 2009. Tickets and live timing and scoring for the race can be found at www.grand-am.com.

Dion von Moltke held off veteran Randy Pobst throughout the final half hour, giving the APR Volkswagen team its first KONI Challenge Street Tuner victory. Von Moltke was at the wheel of the No. 181 APR Motorsport Volkswagen GTI started by Mike Sweeney.

“It was awesome, to go up against the best and score our first victory,” von Moltke said. “I was happy to bring home the first victory for APR; they’ve done a lot of hard work to get here.”

Pobst was seeking his third victory of the season in the No. 74 Compass360 Racing Honda Civic Si, but came up .501 seconds short at the checkered flag. Christian Miller, who started the race, managed to extend his ST championship lead to 16 points over Ashley McCalmont (175-159). Compass360 was going for its third straight win at Watkins Glen.

“I think I had the best car, but not in the right places,” Pobst said. “There wasn’t a good place to get around the VW. I was hoping for Dion to make a mistake, but he didn’t. He helped Christian extend his points lead, so we’re pretty excited about finishing second.”

McCalmont scored her second consecutive podium finish, taking third in the No. 01 Georgian Bay Motorsports Chevrolet Cobalt. Jamie Holtom, the 2008 ST champion, took third for the second consecutive race since rejoining his championship team.

Andrew Aquilante and Kristian Skavnes finished fourth in the No. 111 Subaru of America Subaru Legacy, followed by Andrew Burrows and Trevor Hopwood in RSR Motorsports’ No. 198 Cruise America/Fischer Skis Mini Cooper S.

Nine ST drivers exchanged the lead eight times. Ian Baas started on the pole in APR’s No. 171 APR Tuning/Gunther VW Volkswagen GTI and led 26 laps in a car he shared with rookie Josh Hurley.

The next action for the KONI Challenge will be at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with a pair of two and a half hour races June 20-21. The ST class will race on Saturday at 1:45 p.m., while the GS competitors race Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

For additional information, visit www.grand-am.com, or go to www.twitter.com/RolexSeries for weekend updates.

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (June 5, 2009) - Matt Bell paced Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge Grand Sport (GS) qualifying Friday afternoon at Watkins Glen International, earning his fourth pole position in six races in the No. 96 Turner Motorsport BMW M3. The Los Altos, Calif., driver will lead the field to the green flag at 4 this afternoon on the historic 3.4-mile, 11-turn track.

Complete qualifying results can be found here.

Meanwhile, Ian Baas garnered his team’s second straight Street Tuner (ST) pole position, driving the No. 171 APR Tuning/Gunther VW Volkswagen GTI for APR Motorsport. Baas’s car also started on the pole at Lime Rock Park two weeks ago, and was the top-qualifying car in the series’ last visit to Watkins Glen.

Bell’s time of 2:04.576 (98.253 mph) broke a track record, set by Tom Long two seasons ago (2:05.134). Meanwhile, Baas’s time of 2:09.746 (94.338 mph) was more than a second quicker than Aaron Povoledo’s time (2:11.016), set last year in the same car.

Starting alongside Bell is Duncan Ende in the No. 39 TheDigiTrust Group/Adams Polishes Porsche 997. Third and fourth were Dean Martin and Bret Seafuse, hailing from nearby Trumansburg.

Next to Baas will be teammate Mike Sweeney. Point leader Christian Miller claimed third on the charts, next to reigning race class winner Adam Burrows.

The green flag for the two-and-a-half hour TheGlen.com 200 will fly at 4 this afternoon.

APR is pleased to announce the following calibrations are now available for vehicles outside North America.

• 1.4 TSI, Turbo Only
• 1.4 TSI, Twincharger
• 1.8 TSI, Transverse
• 1.8 TFSI, Longitudinal
• 2.0 TSI, Transverse
• 2.0 TFSI, Transverse
• 3.2L R32 VR6

Please click the links above to view more information about each calibration.