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The stage is set for a thrilling finale to the Volkswagen Racing Cup following today’s exciting Silverstone rounds of the Hankook-backed championship, from which championship leader Joe Fulbrook took a race win and, more importantly, twice finished ahead of his only remaining title rival, Jamie Perry. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Racing Cup: Fulbrook & Dziurzynski at Silverstone’
A race winner from seasons past is to return to the Volkswagen Racing Cup next weekend (16/17 August) when the Hankook-backed championship swings into Silverstone for the penultimate meeting of the season.
The returnee is Steve Walker, who was an outright race winner in 2002 in a Golf VR6 and claimed second in the overall championship. He last competed in the Volkswagen Racing Cup in ‘04 but believes the time is right for a return: “I’ve done a lot of club events in recent years and decided it was time to try the Volkswagen Racing Cup again. The championship looks good, is professional and my Golf is going well thanks to a recent engine overhaul. We thought we’d give it a try and if everything goes well I’ll be back for a full-season attack next year, possibly with my son-in-law, Daniel Crossley, in a second car.” Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Racing Cup: Race winner Steve Walker back to the Cup’
The award-winning Volkswagen Caddy van is a popular sight on our roads, but it’s also delivering great results in a more unusual location - the race track.
A 260 PS racing version of a Caddy 2.0-litre TDI van has claimed a podium finish three times so far this season in the hotly-contested Volkswagen Racing Cup. Continue reading ‘Van-tastic Season For Volkswagen Caddy Racing’
With two wins apiece for Joe Fulbrook, Jamie Perry and Paul Taylor, the Volkswagen Racing Cup in association with Hankook is as close this season as it’s ever been and Brands Hatch, the venue for the 12/13 July rounds of the championship, always brings out the best - and sometimes the worst - in the competitors. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Racing Cup: Brand Hatch for the Racing Cup regulars’
Two superbly exciting Thruxton Volkswagen Racing Cup events brought the Hampshire circuit’s British F3/GT meeting to life today (Sunday) as Golf drivers Jamie Perry and Paul Taylor shared the victory honours. A brace of podium finishes for Bora man Joe Fulbrook ensured his continued hold on the lead on the Hankook-backed championship. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Racing Cup: Perry & Taylor thrill their way to victory’
Race #1 went to Jamie Perry in his Golf GTI, followed by Joe Fulbrook in 2nd and Steve Chaplin in 3rd.
| Round 7: Thruxton 29/6/08 | ||
| 1 | Jamie Perry | Golf GTI |
| 2 | Joe Fulbrook | Bora 1.8T |
| 3 | Steve Chaplin | Beetle RSI |
| 4 | Adrian Dziurzynski | Golf GTI |
| 5 | Mike Kurton | Golf GTI |
| 6 | Liam Griffibn | Golf GTI |
| 7 | Peter Wyhinny | Caddy TDI |
| 8 | Paul Taylor | Golf R32 |
| 9 | Barrie Culley | Vento VR6 |
| 10 | James Walker | Golf TDI |
| FL | Steve Chaplin | 1m28.363s Record |
| Pole | Joe Fulbrook | 1m27.940s |
Joe Fulbrook rocketed into the lead of the Volkswagen Racing Cup today thanks to twin wins at Snetterton at the wheel of his turbocharged Bora. Joe took the first of them on the final lap after shooting to the front of a four-car fight, and then had the second win drop almost in his lap when leader Jamie Perry struck car trouble almost within sight of the flag. Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Racing Cup: Double top for Fulbrook at Snetterton’
In March we saw the first round of the Volkswagen Racing Cup take place. Almost two months later (May 26th), we had Round 3-4 taking place. Talk about getting the withdrawl shakes!
Continue reading ‘Volkswagen Racing Cup: Rockingham wins for James Walker and Jamie Perry’
We’ve been putting together calendars from all racing series that we watch and repot on. This will include the American Le Mans Series, DTM, WTCC, BTCC, Le Mans, FIA GT, Speed World Challenge, Volkswagen Racing Cup, Volkswagen Polo Cup, Formula 3 Euro Series, Grand Am and more. Dakar was in but…
There are some good solutions out there but in the end we came back to Google Calendar. We will also set direct links up to the iCal (.ics) file. Here is a list of apps that support iCal format. In the end Google is web based and you can have access to it from wherever.
Click on over to our 2008 Racing Calendar page. Right now we have ALMS, BTCC, WTCC and the DTM program schedule on SpeedTV (last race Feb. 2)
Enjoy! Oh and if you have a series you’d like to see, let us know!
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WOW! This looks incredible in the rolling shot. This model will be racing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup the TDI Cup will be here in the states! It’s debut will be at Oulton Park, Easter Monday (24 March). We can’t wait for both! We hope to travel to a good amount to shoot for the fans out there! Read up and drool over the gallery.
Volkswagen’s latest track challenger, a supercharged and turbocharged Jetta saloon, was unveiled today in Britain.
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The Jetta TSI Sport made its bow at the Autosport International racing car show at Birmingham’s NEC, centre stage on the British Racing and Sports Car Club stand. The new machine will make its race debut on Easter Monday (24 March) in the opening round of the Hankook-backed Volkswagen Racing Cup, at Oulton Park.
In road-going form the Jetta’s 1.4-litre, 16-valve engine produces 170 PS but the engineers at Volkswagen Racing UK, with the help of their technology partners at Superchips, Milltek Sport and Turbo Dynamics, have boosted this to 230 PS.
The TSI power unit was proven in competition last season under the bonnet of a Golf; Volkswagen Racing UK’s Melissa Wright believes that the Jetta TSI is a potential race winner: ‘We learned a lot about the engine during the course of 2007 and we have incorporated that knowledge into the new installation,’ she said. ‘In the right hands and with some development mileage under it, the new car will be a front-runner, I am sure.’
