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"The first half of this series has been nothing short of exhilarating with a different winner at each race demonstrating the parity in the series," said Clark Campbell, motorsport manager, Volkswagen of America, Inc. "The drivers are becoming more comfortable with the cars and are learning the benefits of racing a TDI clean diesel engine equipped with a DSG transmission. I think there is still room for some surprises from these young drivers in the second half of the season."
"The first four races in the clean-diesel series, the first of its kind in the United States, have been seen by more than 55,000 spectators and fans," said Campbell. "The response we've had at every race has been great -- our drivers are competitive on the track and the Jetta TDI's are drawing interest from fans who are amazed at how quiet, yet fast, the cars actually are."
The Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup series features 30 up-and-coming drivers ages 16 to 26 driving a factory managed 2009 Jetta TDI, with the goal to find the driver with the most talent and help them break into the world of professional motorsports.
Races have taken place at VIRginia International Raceway, Mosport Raceway, Portland International Raceway and Lime Rock Park, after the driver selection that took place at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix, Ariz. The Jetta TDI Cup series, the first all clean-diesel race series, is sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing Inc. Sponsors for the race include: Aggreko, Athlete's Performance, Bondurant, Bosch, ful(R), Holder, Hoopla, Ironclad, Kyosho, Oakley, RedBull, UTI and ViON.
2008 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Schedule Date Track With Winner April VIRginia Grand-Am / SPEED Mark Pombo 25-27 International Raceway Touring Car May Mosport International Canadian Touring Car / David Jurca 17-18 Raceway MX-5 Cup July Portland MX-5 Cup Josh Hurley 25-27 International Raceway Aug Lime Rock Park NASCAR Camping World Chris Castagna 14-17 Series Sept. Iowa Speedway USAR Hooters Pro Cup N/A 20 Sept. New Jersey SPEED World N/A 26-28 Motorsports Park* Challenge/ARCA Oct. Road Atlanta ALMS / SPEED World N/A 3-4 Challenge *Two races at New Jersey Motorsports Park
Points Scores, driver's standings after four of eight races
Complete ranking information listed below includes ranking, driver name (points), hometown and car sponsor.
1, David Jurca (113 pts), Federal Way, Wash. - Kyosho 2, Josh Hurley (106 pts), Cooper City, Fla. - Athletes' Performance 3, Chris Castagna (105 pts), South Boston, Mass. - Bosch 4, Mark Pombo (84 pts), Duluth, Ga. - Ful 5, Liam Kenney (83 pts), Sterling, Va. - ViON 6, Caleb Kenney (81 pts), Berkeley, Calif. - Aggreko 7, Chris Holman (78 pts), Bulington, ON, Canada - Kyosho 8, Jimmy Underhill (66 pts), Greenwood Village, Colo. - Bosch 9, Michael DeNino (64 pts), Gaithursburg, Md. - Castrol 10, Timmy Megenbier (61 pts), Melrose Park, Ill. - SCCA 11, Wyatt Dallenbach (56 pts), San Antonio, Texas - DC United 12, Derek Jones (55 pts), Philadelphia, Penn. - Oakley 13, Andy Lee (48 pts), Colorado Springs, Colo. - Red Bull 14, Gary Williams, Jr., (44 pts), Dana Point, Calif. - Oakley 15, Taylor Broekemeier (41 pts), Fort Collins, Colo. - Bondurant 16, Chris Kuenning (37 pts), Grand Rapids, Mich. - Aggreko 17, Nick Mancuso (36 pts), Mettawa, Ill. - Specialty 18, Juan Pablo Sierra Lendle (33 pts), Puebla, Mexico - SCORE 19, Andrew Cordeiro (30 pts), Woodbridge, ON, Canada - VW Credit 20, Adam Love (19 pts), Normal, Ill. - VW PreLoved 21, Jake Dallenbach (10 pts), San Antonio, Texas, Auto Logistics 22, John Shim (10 pts), Starkville, Miss. - VW Credit 23, Adam Kretschmer (9 pts), Brampton, ON, Canada - VW P&A 24, David Heinz (8 pts), Pittsburgh, Penn. - VW PreLoved 25, Chad Brassfield (6 pts), Scottsdale, Ariz. - UTI 26, Adam Crepin (6 pts), St. Louis, Mo. - SCCA 27, David Richert (3 pts), Niverville, MB, Canada - Hoopla 28, Ryan Buetzer (1 pts), Long Beach, Calif. - ViON 29, Evan Pflock (0 pts), Redondo Beach, Calif. - SCORE 30, Noah Arundel (0 pts), Tonka Bay, Minn. - VW P&A
Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Volkswagen of America, Inc. recently announced Electronic Stability Program (ESP) as standard equipment on all its 2009 vehicles. As a result, Volkswagen is one of the only original equipment manufacturers to offer an electronic stability control system on their entire product line -- ahead of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) deadline requiring vehicles in the 2012 model year to include stability control systems. Volkswagen's ESP technology works in conjunction with anti-lock brakes and helps reduce loss of control and rollovers to avoid crashes. NHTSA predicts nearly 10,000 lives could be saved each year if automakers included stability systems as standard equipment.
Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc. is headquartered in Herndon, Va. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is one of the world's largest producers of passenger cars and Europe's largest automaker. Volkswagen sells the Rabbit, New Beetle, New Beetle convertible, GTI, Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, GLI, Passat, Passat Wagon, Eos, Tiguan and Touareg through approximately 600 independent U.S. dealers. Visit Volkswagen of America online at vw.com.
SOURCE Volkswagen of America, Inc.
http://www.vw.com
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