Nears Completion of Season with Back-to-Back Races
The Jetta TDI Cup Series will make its second to last stop this weekend at Thunderbolt Raceway at New Jersey Motorsports Park with a schedule that includes back-to-back race days on Saturday and Sunday. Chris Castagna, South Boston, Mass., currently leads the championship point standings, but with a different winner at each of the five previous races, the championship is still up for grabs in the last three races of the season. The 30 minutes sprint races will take place on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 11:20 a.m. and Sunday, Sept. 28 at 8:15 a.m.
“Five races with five different first-place winners and incredible racing by these young drivers has made for a fantastic start to the series,” said Clark Campbell, motorsport manager, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “The conclusion of our season will be the most challenging for the drivers and team members, with back-to-back races starting last weekend in Iowa, our double-header in New Jersey and the conclusion in Atlanta on Oct. 4.
As all the cars are factory maintained, it is solely up to the drivers skill and our drivers are giving fans incredible racing to watch, which only continues to increase the interest in this new series and clean diesel racing.”
Shane Williams from the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup in Germany will be a guest driver in both races in New Jersey. Williams, 21, from Capetown, South Africa, was the mid-season points leader in the Volkswagen Polo Cup, and is part of the Volkswagen student exchange, a program established to link Volkswagen’s international one-make cups in China, Germany, Japan and the USA.
Points Scores, driver’s standings after five of eight races
Complete ranking information listed below includes ranking, driver name (points), hometown and car sponsor.
1, Chris Castagna (137 pts), South Boston, Mass. – Oakley
2, Josh Hurley (134 pts), Cooper City, Fla. – Athlete’s Performance
3, Mark Pombo (132 pts), Duluth, Ga. – ful®
4, Jimmy Underhill (126 pts), Greenwood Village, Colo. – Bosch
5, David Jurca (125 pts), Federal Way, Wash. – Red Bull
6, Caleb Kenney (115 pts), Berkeley, Calif. – Hoopla
7, Liam Kenney (107 pts), Sterling, Va. – ViON
8, Michael DeNino (104 pts), Gaithursburg, Md. – Castrol
9, Chris Holman (104 pts), Bulington, ON, Canada – UTI
10, Andy Lee (68 pts), Colorado Springs, Colo. – Kyosho
11, Chris Kuenning (67 pts), Grand Rapids, Mich. – Aggreko
12, Wyatt Dallenbach (64 pts), San Antonio, Texas – SCORE
13, Timmy Megenbier (61 pts), Melrose Park, Ill. – SCCA
14, Derek Jones (59 pts), Philadelphia, Penn. – Bosch
15, Gary Williams, Jr., (58 pts), Dana Point, Calif. – Bondurant
16, Taylor Broekemeier (51 pts), Fort Collins, Colo. – Oakley
17, Andrew Cordeiro (46 pts), Woodbridge, ON, Canada – Castrol
18, Juan Pablo Sierra Lendle (39 pts), Puebla, Mexico – Aggreko
19, Nick Mancuso (36 pts), Mettawa, Ill. – Auto Logistics
20, Jake Dallenbach (29 pts), San Antonio, Texas, Select 1
21, Adam Love (19 pts), Normal, Ill. – SCORE
22, John Shim (10 pts), Starkville, Miss. – VW Credit
23, Adam Kretschmer (9 pts), Brampton, ON, Canada – VW Credit
24, Chad Brassfield (8 pts), Scottsdale, Ariz. – Kyosho
25, David Heinz (8 pts), Pittsburgh, Penn. – VW PreLoved
26, Adam Crepin (6 pts), St. Louis, Mo. – SCCA
27, Evan Pflock (6 pts), Redondo Beach, Calif. – DC United
28, David Richert (3 pts), Niverville, MB, Canada – ViON
29, Ryan Buetzer (1 pts), Long Beach, Calif. – Hoopla
30, Noah Arundel (0 pts), Tonka Bay, Minn. – VW P&A
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