Multiple sports car race winner Dominic Pettit is the latest addition to the burgeoning APR Volkswagen Racing Cup grid. The 21-year-old from Cambridgeshire will race a Jetta with backing from his local Volkswagen retailer Vindis Group.
Pettit’s confirmation swells the grid for Easter Monday’s (7 April) opening rounds to an anticipated 24, confirming the APR Volkswagen Racing Cup as the best-supported junior saloons series in the UK. Continue reading ‘Dominic Pettit enters APR Volkswagen Racing Cup grid’
Kieran Griffin, a first-time race winner in 2011, is to return to the APR Volkswagen Racing Cup this season with the aim of scoring further victories. He will again be at the wheel of the Addison Lee Scirocco with which both he and his younger brother Liam – now a BTCC driver – have enjoyed success. Continue reading ‘VRC: Kieran Griffin Plans Further Scirocco Success’
Finally we can talk about this! Yes, we’ve known about this for sometime but our good friend’s at APR Motorsport would kill us if we leaked it. Good friends, huh! All joking aside, this is great news and opportunity for APR’s world domination.
We cover a lot of the Volkswagen Racing Cup here. It’s such a great racing series with a wide variety of VW models banging doors. From Champion Steve Chaplin and his “Herbie” New Beetle RSI to the sweet looking Caddy that holds it own. Continue reading ‘APR new title sponsor for the Volkswagen Racing Cup’
Gallery after the jump!Reigning champion Steve Chaplin and rapid front-runner Aaron Mason made it four different winners from the first four rounds of the 2011 Volkswagen Racing Cup with FUCHS Lubricants at an action-packed Snetterton in Norfolk over the weekend. Continue reading ‘VRC: Impressive weekend for Steve Chaplin at Snetterton’
In round two Walker came through strongly to grab the lead from his dad, Richard, on the final lap to brilliantly cap a fantastic opening weekend of the championship.
Ever-consistent Chaplin secured a brace of third places to get his title defense off to a good start. For expected front-runner Aaron Mason, though, problems with his rear brake-bias led to a pit-lane start for round one and a finish of just 13th – wholly unrepresentative of the Golf driver’s genuine pace. Continue reading ‘VRC: James Walker secures win in Round 2 from Oulton Park’
