Sand and mud instead of hot tarmac: Audi driver Martin Tomczyk swapped his Audi A4 DTM for a Volkswagen Race Touareg from the Dakar Rally for the first time. After brief instructions from Volkswagen factory driver Dieter Depping Martin Tomczyk bravely put the pedal to the metal at an offroad area near the Nürburgring.
“It’s incredible how fast the Race Touareg can be driven in rough terrain. At the wheel you immediately feel that you’re sitting in a thorough-bred rally vehicle,” marvelled the DTM star from Rosenheim, Bavaria. “The test drive was huge fun and I’m already looking forward to the next opportunity.” Martin Tomczyk will have it on 16 August: At the Red Bull X-Fighters freestyle motocross competition in Wuppertal he will pilot the 280-hp rally prototype again.
It has been two month’s since the last race. Hope these guys have been keeping fit!
Portland International Raceway to Host the Third Race
Entering the third race of an already competitive series, the VW Jetta TDI Cup will make it’s only stop on the West Coast at Portland International Raceway on July 27. The clean diesel race series is anticipating an enthusiastic welcome in what is widely known as one of the greenest cities in America. Continue reading ‘Jetta TDI Cup: Series kicks back this weekend at Portland’
On 16 August, the legendary Red Bull X-Fighters will make their German debut of defying gravel, dust and rough terrain to show premium-class freestyle motocross sport at the Oetelshofen quarry near Wuppertal. The Volkswagen Race Touareg will be part of the action. Continue reading ‘Red Bull X-Fighters meet Race Touareg’
Carlos Sainz/Michel Périn (E/F), Volkswagen Race Touareg 2By fielding three Race Touareg vehicles, Volkswagen is tackling another new challenge in cross-country rally racing while preparing for the 2009 Dakar Rally: The second rally of the Dakar series, which will lead through Portugal from 09 to 14 September, will be contested by the factory duos of Carlos Sainz/Michel Périn (E/F), Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz (RSA/D) and Dieter Depping/Timo Gottschalk (D/D) with the diesel prototype that has already been victorious twice in 2008. Continue reading ‘Dakar Series: Three Volkswagen Race Touareg to start in Portugal’
