Little Heart Attack: A Fresh Start for an RS3

The excitement is palpable as Rick and Dom prepare to tackle their first race with a brand new, still-under-construction Audi RS3. The car's fresh build is a sight to behold, and it shows that the team has been working tirelessly to get everything just right. As they load up on the trailer, there's an air of anticipation in the air - will this be the one that finally gets them the results they've been chasing?

As they arrive at the track, the tension is palpable. The car's performance is still unknown, and the team is keenly aware that they're about to embark on a potentially disastrous journey. But Rick and Dom are undaunted, confident in their ability to get the job done. "We adjusted the launch a little bit," Rick explains, "made it a little bit harder, try to make it hit a little bit better. So hopefully, lower that 60-foot, get the short track a little bit better, and maybe hit 88 or something."

The team is focused on making progress, not perfection. They know that this won't be an easy feat, especially with the car still in its infancy. "We're just trying to back up that first eight," Rick says with a grin. "As long as they get an eight, they'll be excited." It's clear that the team is more interested in getting results than chasing personal bests.

But despite their best efforts, disaster strikes. The car fails to shift into fifth gear, hitting the limiter and sounding like it's down on power. Rick quickly assesses the situation, deciding that it's not worth risking a full-blown breakdown. "I didn't want a chance," he admits, "try to drive it back." In the end, they're forced to tow the car back to the pits, leaving them with a mountain of work ahead.

The team will spend the rest of the winter tinkering with the car, trying to iron out its kinks. It's a long road to recovery, but Rick and Dom are undeterred. They know that this is what it takes to succeed in racing - patience, perseverance, and a willingness to put in the work. And as they pack up their gear and head home, they can't help but feel a sense of excitement for what's to come.

The Team at Router Race Lab

As we bid farewell to Rick and Dom, it's clear that there's something special about this team. From the outside looking in, it seems like they're destined for greatness. And with their fresh build RS3 leading the charge, there's no reason why they shouldn't be. We've caught up with Router Race Lab on social media, and their enthusiasm is infectious.

"We're just trying to back up that first eight," Rick says, his voice full of conviction. "As long as they get an eight, they'll be excited." It's clear that this team is all about progress, not perfection. And with their sights set firmly on the finish line, there's no telling what they might achieve.

Instagram

We can't help but check in with Router Race Lab on social media. Their Instagram account is a treasure trove of behind-the-scenes peeks into the world of racing. From engine swaps to track prep, it's clear that this team is dedicated to giving it their all.

And it shows. Their fresh build RS3 is a sight to behold, and they're not afraid to share their progress with the world. We can't wait to see what the future holds for this talented team.

A New Era for RS3

The world of Audi RS3 racing has undergone a seismic shift in recent years. Gone are the days of struggling cars and inconsistent performance. Today's crop of drivers is armed with cutting-edge technology and a fresh, competitive attitude.

Router Race Lab is at the forefront of this revolution, pushing the boundaries of what's possible with their innovative approach to racing. And as they take on the competition, it's clear that they're not afraid to think outside the box.

The future is bright for this team, and we can't wait to see what they have in store for us. With their sights set firmly on the finish line, there's no telling what they might achieve.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat is up 1320 fans we are here in branson florida at gtr world cup now dtr world cup has a class called dct class dual clutch transmission if you have a dual clutch if you have a dual clutch transmission doesn't matter make models doesn't matter they let you in the class that includes this rs3 behind me this rs3 is brought to us by our friends at rotter race lab it's a brand new build they said they just got done a few days ago this thing looks pretty serious i gotta tell you it went down the track we're like that sounds pretty good we looked at the boards nine six we just learned it's the first pass they've ever done on the car so i'm gonna see what's done to the car and see what the goals are for this weekend all right we're here with ricky first of all from what i understand that was the first time this car's gone over 80 miles per hour yeah that was the uh well yesterday we did a couple just rolling out and then we did a couple gears we had shifting issues out of first yesterday at the end of the day yesterday we sorted that so um we didn't have enough time to run it because the track goes down at that point but yeah so today was the first full pass went 1961. nine on the feet past the car you guys got to be happy with that oh absolutely we uh we didn't expect too much out of it this weekend we literally finished it a few days before we brought it down and weather sucks in chicago so we had zero time to test it up there so you're in the dct class right yep and the breakout for that i'm not saying you're getting to that point but the breakout is eight fifty fifty of them and as far as i know there's only a handful of rs3s built to this level and i know these things are inline five 2.5 liters it's still still 2.5 stock sleep motor um we did a few custom trick stuffs for our for our specific motor built main cabs we bigger head studs stuff like that i see like the sidewinder setup you got for the turbo there yeah what size turbo we look at that's a g42 1450 okay um we might have been able to fit it behind the motor like most people do but um dominic my partner the fantastic fabricator that he is he wanted to let loose on this car so kind of told kyle like we want to use the car to kind of show off the brand sure you know um so that's what we did and that's why it's such a wild setup gotcha how much power is the car making right now right now it's probably around mid 900s mid-900s very nice so um turbo's capable of probably 1300 wheel horsepower we're gonna start to slowly increase it until maybe we can be slightly competitive in this dct class but it's that class is going to be rough there's a lot of almost stock cars that will bracket race at high nines you know for sure but goal for this weekend like i said first time out for this car eights is that a good goal we'd love to just touch into the high eights and then hopefully we have no major issues with the car if that happens we will be over the moon about it well great to talk to you ricky thank you i remember seeing you i used to work for amsterdam okay i remember seeing i've seen you several times before going fast is not new to you guys no no so i'm i'm i'm a volkswagen audi guy so every time i see one of these i'm like please fingers crossed it does sound perfect to talk to you right exactly exactly so i'm excited to see what the car does good luck this weekend thank you we'll see you up there man awesome so you're the owner you're kyle yeah you have you have to make a pass in the car correct you excited yeah very excited very excited how long how long is the carpet being built how long have you been waiting for this thank you very much good luck nobody appreciate it all right first time driving the car first thoughts what do you what do you think my eyes went in the back of my head really yeah it felt like really just weird i felt like i was on a cloud all the way down the track but it was a good feeling you know i'm like i'm happy i made it to the end you still did it i did it at 115 but ricky had a i think a nine five nine six earlier so it was cool i got it i got the first one out of the way so hopefully i can get the first to get the first hit jitters out of the way and now you can yeah yeah there you go i can only improve them there exactly there you go well good luck good luck the rest of the week thank you very much okay everything's still together it's that everything's all in one piece 965. oh no 157. oh i'm sorry no you're good good you're pretty excited about that you're close to your eight already which is yeah we are actually i think i think we'll get eights maybe the next qualifying pass just creeping up on it here and there it didn't spin it all in the launch so we're gonna add a little bit of power in the launch and see if it holds it just fine i think i think it'll be really awesome very happy all right ricky what are we thinking hopefully we can knock out an eight you think so i think we'll be in the 890 range all right just creeped up the power a little bit added some power in the launch gave it a little more power second plus see what it does good luck man but how excited are you right now really excited we can't like i said before you can't be more excited about the card what pass was that fourth fourth pass fourth or full pass and it did at 898.89 oh absolutely okay now that you've hit your eight yeah pie in the sky goal for the weekend what are we looking at we want to be competitive in that class so we're going to call it tonight for qualifying over the car really well tomorrow because we haven't really had time to check everything check everything out some bolts and then hopefully we can uh put up a fight oh yeah yeah i gotta say really impressed i've seen these rs3 cars struggle before it seems it feels like you guys have built this car and it's been around for like a year with how easily it's just going out there and doing these things yeah the build was a long time but we haven't had zero chances to test it at all or drive it even so well i'm happy to see you guys doing well this early so hopefully you're good for tonight and then tomorrow turn up the wick a little bit we might have uh jake look at the logs have hank help out the logs and see what they think about it and if it's like okay you know the cars can't take a bunch more in second or third or whatever what have you then we'll do it but um i think we have a chance to be competitive where it's at especially if we get out on someone on a tree oh yeah yeah absolutely well congrats on the eight minutes appreciate it huge we'll see you boys tomorrow we filmed a few of those high horsepower rs3s around the track it seems like they have nothing but issues when we when we film them so to see this thing come out here and do what it did today crazy to me absolutely crazy they're a new shop they just put that car together they said they finished it as it was loading onto the trailer a few days ago and it comes out here runs at eight on its fourth pass i can't wait to see what it does tomorrow i'll tell you that for free all right ricky eliminations who you got first round oh car 53 it's a black gtr i think it went like low tens gotcha hopefully we don't have too much trouble with it might work for you right light work as long as i don't mess up the car doesn't mess up oh that's that's that's right there all right well good luck to your first round oh yeah ricky kind of slept on the light there for a little bit but he did reel him in pretty good moving on to the second round give you a little heart attack mary he he's not getting double lighted up oh is that what it was it looked like he definitely wasn't expecting to go yeah dude the guy double lighted him and he caught it man all right i could tell you weren't exactly ready for the light there he did come up with double bobby i think no dude that's fine but what happens what happened was it was in launch control mode it didn't go on launch control so i had to like rush to put it back and drive and then manual then get it back on launch control again so it was i was like i need at least get on launch control i'm going to lose you reeled him in pretty good though yeah we just passed the eighth i think was it maybe a little bit yeah oh congrats moving on the second round yeah he had to work for it too honestly congrats man hell yeah racing rs3 they're going up against the sisio build gtr see what they can do um racing gets knocked out but they shouldn't hang their heads low because i've never seen an rs3 do that it's first time out i've always seen rs3s have problems it's a new platform so that's understandable i've never seen one do that just perform all weekend they just finished that build like right before they loaded on the trailer that's pretty awesome all right well you didn't win but are you excited how the cars played this weekend still healthy so if they allow any sort of test and tune or anything today we're gonna get out there and maybe turn up the wick a little bit um same thing habit then go on launch control right and the car needs a second or two on launch control to be you know good on the launch so that's why it left so slow i only had you know a half second to put it back on launch control right but you know started reeling them in but just wasn't nearly enough i would say eight's the first time out with a car ever yeah pretty damn good and it's still healthy so absolutely you can still drive it on the trailer yeah hell yeah well congrats awesome uh if you don't make any pass later we'll see you at 2k uh probably not okay we'll see you we'll see you sometime in the future absolutely all right man see you right here all right i know ricky and dom are excited are you excited with the car dead first time around i mean fresh build eight's first time out and they said we were basically working on it until we loaded in the trailer yeah so yeah yeah uh was it uh we came out here wednesday so i mean close to midnight on tuesday night um we were working on it got it out here four runs when in aid yeah and how how much better can it get you know on a fresh new build that's exactly amazing exactly you know we gotta we gotta we got some work to do you know we gotta figure out the uh the launching with this car you know and uh stuff like that but uh i think when we do i think it'll definitely be a contender to iran's and you know we got a good relationship with hank has a good relationship with us so super pumped oh yeah man i'm excited to see what the car did like i said before these rs3s are pretty hit or miss what i've seen yeah to see this thing hit hit hit every time and it ate first time out that's huge man well the key is to have one uh that goes down the track yeah there you go there you go well congrats we'll see you we'll see in the future all right ricky what's the game plan for this last hail mary try to back up that eight eight second pass another eight yeah we adjusted the launch a little bit made it a little bit harder try to make it hit a little bit better so hopefully lower that 60 foot get the short track a little bit better and maybe hit 88 or something good luck man thank you oh yeah all ricky and dom want to do is back up that first eight so as long as they get an eight they'll be excited they're not going for a personal best or anything like that that'd be cherry on top but just another things happen or what was the issue there too serious just the car didn't shift into fifth hit the limiter and then it sounded like it was down a cylinder or something i didn't want a chance try to drive it back so we just towed it back pulled apart we have all winter now the rest of the winter until summer to fix it so well that's what happens right congrats on the eight and backing it up that is officially an eight-second car you and your team at router race lab right gotta race live check these guys out instagram instagram awesome that was scariest oh my godwhat is up 1320 fans we are here in branson florida at gtr world cup now dtr world cup has a class called dct class dual clutch transmission if you have a dual clutch if you have a dual clutch transmission doesn't matter make models doesn't matter they let you in the class that includes this rs3 behind me this rs3 is brought to us by our friends at rotter race lab it's a brand new build they said they just got done a few days ago this thing looks pretty serious i gotta tell you it went down the track we're like that sounds pretty good we looked at the boards nine six we just learned it's the first pass they've ever done on the car so i'm gonna see what's done to the car and see what the goals are for this weekend all right we're here with ricky first of all from what i understand that was the first time this car's gone over 80 miles per hour yeah that was the uh well yesterday we did a couple just rolling out and then we did a couple gears we had shifting issues out of first yesterday at the end of the day yesterday we sorted that so um we didn't have enough time to run it because the track goes down at that point but yeah so today was the first full pass went 1961. nine on the feet past the car you guys got to be happy with that oh absolutely we uh we didn't expect too much out of it this weekend we literally finished it a few days before we brought it down and weather sucks in chicago so we had zero time to test it up there so you're in the dct class right yep and the breakout for that i'm not saying you're getting to that point but the breakout is eight fifty fifty of them and as far as i know there's only a handful of rs3s built to this level and i know these things are inline five 2.5 liters it's still still 2.5 stock sleep motor um we did a few custom trick stuffs for our for our specific motor built main cabs we bigger head studs stuff like that i see like the sidewinder setup you got for the turbo there yeah what size turbo we look at that's a g42 1450 okay um we might have been able to fit it behind the motor like most people do but um dominic my partner the fantastic fabricator that he is he wanted to let loose on this car so kind of told kyle like we want to use the car to kind of show off the brand sure you know um so that's what we did and that's why it's such a wild setup gotcha how much power is the car making right now right now it's probably around mid 900s mid-900s very nice so um turbo's capable of probably 1300 wheel horsepower we're gonna start to slowly increase it until maybe we can be slightly competitive in this dct class but it's that class is going to be rough there's a lot of almost stock cars that will bracket race at high nines you know for sure but goal for this weekend like i said first time out for this car eights is that a good goal we'd love to just touch into the high eights and then hopefully we have no major issues with the car if that happens we will be over the moon about it well great to talk to you ricky thank you i remember seeing you i used to work for amsterdam okay i remember seeing i've seen you several times before going fast is not new to you guys no no so i'm i'm i'm a volkswagen audi guy so every time i see one of these i'm like please fingers crossed it does sound perfect to talk to you right exactly exactly so i'm excited to see what the car does good luck this weekend thank you we'll see you up there man awesome so you're the owner you're kyle yeah you have you have to make a pass in the car correct you excited yeah very excited very excited how long how long is the carpet being built how long have you been waiting for this thank you very much good luck nobody appreciate it all right first time driving the car first thoughts what do you what do you think my eyes went in the back of my head really yeah it felt like really just weird i felt like i was on a cloud all the way down the track but it was a good feeling you know i'm like i'm happy i made it to the end you still did it i did it at 115 but ricky had a i think a nine five nine six earlier so it was cool i got it i got the first one out of the way so hopefully i can get the first to get the first hit jitters out of the way and now you can yeah yeah there you go i can only improve them there exactly there you go well good luck good luck the rest of the week thank you very much okay everything's still together it's that everything's all in one piece 965. oh no 157. oh i'm sorry no you're good good you're pretty excited about that you're close to your eight already which is yeah we are actually i think i think we'll get eights maybe the next qualifying pass just creeping up on it here and there it didn't spin it all in the launch so we're gonna add a little bit of power in the launch and see if it holds it just fine i think i think it'll be really awesome very happy all right ricky what are we thinking hopefully we can knock out an eight you think so i think we'll be in the 890 range all right just creeped up the power a little bit added some power in the launch gave it a little more power second plus see what it does good luck man but how excited are you right now really excited we can't like i said before you can't be more excited about the card what pass was that fourth fourth pass fourth or full pass and it did at 898.89 oh absolutely okay now that you've hit your eight yeah pie in the sky goal for the weekend what are we looking at we want to be competitive in that class so we're going to call it tonight for qualifying over the car really well tomorrow because we haven't really had time to check everything check everything out some bolts and then hopefully we can uh put up a fight oh yeah yeah i gotta say really impressed i've seen these rs3 cars struggle before it seems it feels like you guys have built this car and it's been around for like a year with how easily it's just going out there and doing these things yeah the build was a long time but we haven't had zero chances to test it at all or drive it even so well i'm happy to see you guys doing well this early so hopefully you're good for tonight and then tomorrow turn up the wick a little bit we might have uh jake look at the logs have hank help out the logs and see what they think about it and if it's like okay you know the cars can't take a bunch more in second or third or whatever what have you then we'll do it but um i think we have a chance to be competitive where it's at especially if we get out on someone on a tree oh yeah yeah absolutely well congrats on the eight minutes appreciate it huge we'll see you boys tomorrow we filmed a few of those high horsepower rs3s around the track it seems like they have nothing but issues when we when we film them so to see this thing come out here and do what it did today crazy to me absolutely crazy they're a new shop they just put that car together they said they finished it as it was loading onto the trailer a few days ago and it comes out here runs at eight on its fourth pass i can't wait to see what it does tomorrow i'll tell you that for free all right ricky eliminations who you got first round oh car 53 it's a black gtr i think it went like low tens gotcha hopefully we don't have too much trouble with it might work for you right light work as long as i don't mess up the car doesn't mess up oh that's that's that's right there all right well good luck to your first round oh yeah ricky kind of slept on the light there for a little bit but he did reel him in pretty good moving on to the second round give you a little heart attack mary he he's not getting double lighted up oh is that what it was it looked like he definitely wasn't expecting to go yeah dude the guy double lighted him and he caught it man all right i could tell you weren't exactly ready for the light there he did come up with double bobby i think no dude that's fine but what happens what happened was it was in launch control mode it didn't go on launch control so i had to like rush to put it back and drive and then manual then get it back on launch control again so it was i was like i need at least get on launch control i'm going to lose you reeled him in pretty good though yeah we just passed the eighth i think was it maybe a little bit yeah oh congrats moving on the second round yeah he had to work for it too honestly congrats man hell yeah racing rs3 they're going up against the sisio build gtr see what they can do um racing gets knocked out but they shouldn't hang their heads low because i've never seen an rs3 do that it's first time out i've always seen rs3s have problems it's a new platform so that's understandable i've never seen one do that just perform all weekend they just finished that build like right before they loaded on the trailer that's pretty awesome all right well you didn't win but are you excited how the cars played this weekend still healthy so if they allow any sort of test and tune or anything today we're gonna get out there and maybe turn up the wick a little bit um same thing habit then go on launch control right and the car needs a second or two on launch control to be you know good on the launch so that's why it left so slow i only had you know a half second to put it back on launch control right but you know started reeling them in but just wasn't nearly enough i would say eight's the first time out with a car ever yeah pretty damn good and it's still healthy so absolutely you can still drive it on the trailer yeah hell yeah well congrats awesome uh if you don't make any pass later we'll see you at 2k uh probably not okay we'll see you we'll see you sometime in the future absolutely all right man see you right here all right i know ricky and dom are excited are you excited with the car dead first time around i mean fresh build eight's first time out and they said we were basically working on it until we loaded in the trailer yeah so yeah yeah uh was it uh we came out here wednesday so i mean close to midnight on tuesday night um we were working on it got it out here four runs when in aid yeah and how how much better can it get you know on a fresh new build that's exactly amazing exactly you know we gotta we gotta we got some work to do you know we gotta figure out the uh the launching with this car you know and uh stuff like that but uh i think when we do i think it'll definitely be a contender to iran's and you know we got a good relationship with hank has a good relationship with us so super pumped oh yeah man i'm excited to see what the car did like i said before these rs3s are pretty hit or miss what i've seen yeah to see this thing hit hit hit every time and it ate first time out that's huge man well the key is to have one uh that goes down the track yeah there you go there you go well congrats we'll see you we'll see in the future all right ricky what's the game plan for this last hail mary try to back up that eight eight second pass another eight yeah we adjusted the launch a little bit made it a little bit harder try to make it hit a little bit better so hopefully lower that 60 foot get the short track a little bit better and maybe hit 88 or something good luck man thank you oh yeah all ricky and dom want to do is back up that first eight so as long as they get an eight they'll be excited they're not going for a personal best or anything like that that'd be cherry on top but just another things happen or what was the issue there too serious just the car didn't shift into fifth hit the limiter and then it sounded like it was down a cylinder or something i didn't want a chance try to drive it back so we just towed it back pulled apart we have all winter now the rest of the winter until summer to fix it so well that's what happens right congrats on the eight and backing it up that is officially an eight-second car you and your team at router race lab right gotta race live check these guys out instagram instagram 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