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  1. Misc. Professional Racing
    Although not long for this world, the Beetle is being allowed to fight for one more year. The Beetle will be making its triumphant return to Americas Rallycross (ARX) this year. The 2019 season will only be the series’ second, but the Beetle has been competing in American rallycross racing in...
  2. Misc. Professional Racing
    The Red Bull Global Rallycross Series has announced its events calendar for the 2018 racing season. This year the growing race series will kick off with an event in Louisville, Kentucky on May 19-20, before heading to a yet-to-be-announced location for the second event of the season on June...
  3. Misc. Professional Racing
    For the first time ever, American rallycross fans will be able to see the FIA World Rallycross Championship at home, as the series has announced that next year’s calendar will include a race at the Circuit of the Americas. For years, the closest American fan could get to seeing the European...
  4. Volkswagen News Blog
    A tough weekend for Scott Speed meant that his teammate, Tanner Foust, managed to move into first place after this weekend's Canadian round of the Red Bull Global Rallycross season. Speed's Beetle GRC needed an engine swap before the first race on Saturday, keeping him out of that race and...
  5. Misc. Professional Racing
    Scott Speed is helping the boffins at iRacing to bring the Beetle GRC to sim racers everywhere. The team behind iRacing, a popular online racing simulator, recently expanded its offerings to include low-grip racing. Known as the dirt-racing expansion, it includes Sprint Cars and rallycross...
  6. Misc. Professional Racing
    Rumors of Volkswagen’s departure from the top rung of the World Rally Championship yesterday are now being confirmed by an official release from Volkswagen. The record setting Polo R WRC will no longer race as VW refocuses itself on customer and electric racing. "The Volkswagen brand is facing...
  7. Misc. Professional Racing
    Scott Speed and Tanner Foust have been on fire so far this Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship season. The two Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross drivers have, between them, won four of the first six races so far. Now, the dynamic duo are headed home for the Washington DC rallycross, taking...
  8. Misc. Professional Racing
    The Red Bull Global Rallycross 2016 season is only one weekend and two races deep, but things are looking pretty good for team Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross. Both races in Phoenix two weeks ago were won by Tanner Foust, while his teammate Scott Speed was never far behind. This weekend, the team...
  9. Rally Racing
    No matter how good your weekend was, Tanner Foust’s was probably better. The rallycross, drift, and TV star dominated the leaderboard this weekend, eventually winning the first two races of the season, both of which were held this weekend at Wild Horse Pass in Phoenix. Foust has already had a...
  10. Rally Racing
    Volkswagen is pretty excited for the start of the Red Bull Global Rallycross season this weekend and to celebrate they’ve released a video featuring their drivers Tanner Foust and Scott Speed. The video shows two-time Red Bull GRC Champion Foust teaching last year’s champion, Speed, how to draw...
  11. Misc. Professional Racing
    Professional rubber sommelier, Tanner Foust, is having a very busy month of May. In just four weeks he will have competed in three different racing series, in three different cars, in three different locations. It all started last weekend in Georgia, when Foust participated in Formula Drift’s...
  12. Rally Racing
    Florida is internet famous for its crazy news stories and now Global Rallycross (GRC) is back among them. Red Bull GRC just announced that it will return to Daytona International Speedway from June 17 to 19. This is the third straight year that the course is on the GRC calendar. It’s a...
  13. Misc. Professional Racing
    VW's Frank Welsch says that rallycross racing is the perfect arena for all-electric competition. Indeed, the head of technical development for the Volkswagen brand told Autocar that he is already discussing the idea with organizers. “I can certainly imagine a championship done with all-electric...
  14. Rally Racing
    Los Angeles, CA - Red Bull Global Rallycross returns to the East coast with a brand new event in Atlantic City, New Jersey on August 28. The race will take place at Bader Field, the first municipal airport licensed to serve both airplanes and seaplanes, and more recently a host to numerous...
  15. Rally Racing
    Los Angeles, CA (February 9, 2016) - For the first time in series history, Red Bull Global Rallycross will visit the state of Arizona during the 2016 season. Red Bull GRC Phoenix, the season opener and first of four doubleheaders on the schedule, will take place at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports...
  16. Rally Racing
    Red Bull Global Rallycross and NBC Sports Group are pleased to announce that Red Bull GRC coverage will once again return to NBC and NBCSN in 2016. For the second consecutive season, NBC will broadcast live coverage of all 2016 GRC Supercar races. In addition, NBCSN will telecast encore...
  17. Rally Racing
    LOS ANGELES, CA -- Red Bull Global Rallycross will take their revolutionary action motorsport to multiple new markets this year, while also returning to fan favorite locations as part of the 2016 championship schedule announced today. The 12-race schedule spans from May to October and will once...
  18. Misc. Professional Racing
    Scott Speed earns his first GRC championship, with a third-place finish, and the inaugural crown for Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross  Herndon, VA — In the glow of the iconic Las Vegas strip, Scott Speed and the Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross (VARX) team celebrated the 2015 Red Bull Global...
  19. Misc. Professional Racing
    Team enters season finale with a lock on the 2015 championship title Herndon, VA — No matter the result on track, Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross (VARX) will be celebrating at the Red Bull Global Rallycross season finale in Las Vegas. After four consecutive wins and double podium finishes, VARX...
  20. Misc. Professional Racing
    A pair of double podiums in Barbados guarantees a championship for either Scott Speed or Tanner Foust at the final round in Las Vegas Herndon, VA — The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross (VARX) team scored its fourth double-podium in the second round of a double-header in Barbados, wrapping up a...
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