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  1. Misc. Professional Racing
    Global Rallycross champ Scott Speed has hit a virtual wall, getting a suspension from iRacing's online racing simulator for taking out other drivers. Speed, who drives a Volkswagen Beetle GRC for Volkswagen Andretti Racing in the Red Bull Global Rallycross championship, has taken some heat for...
  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
    Frank Welsch, VW’s head of Technical development, has revealed that Volkswagen is on a steering group to develop an all-electric rallycross championship. The VW Group’s motorsport boss Wolfgang Durheimer, meanwhile, revealed that VW is building a prototype for such a series, to prove that the...
  4. 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...
  5. Misc. Professional Racing
    The Red Bull Global Rallycross season ended in LA this weekend, with a double header at the Port of Los Angeles. Going into the season’s final double-header, it was known that Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross would take home the manufacturer’s title, but which of its drivers would come out on top...
  6. Misc. Professional Racing
    To celebrate the team’s first manufacturer’s title in the Red Bull Global Rallycross series, Volkswagen is painting its Beetles pink to help raise awareness for breast cancer. Designed to look like Volkswagen’s new #PinkBeetle, points leader Tanner Foust and reigning world champion Scott Speed...
  7. Misc. Professional Racing
    After a disappointing result in Dallas, team Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross (VARX) were looking to get back onto the top of the podium, and despite rocky first race, Tanner Foust and Scott Speed managed to finish first and second in the second round of the Daytona Rallycross. This weekend’s...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. Volkswagen News Blog
    Herndon, VA — Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team principals and Scott Speed today announced an extension of the driver’s contract ahead of the seventh round of the 2015 Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship. The three-time X Games Gold Medalist and five-time GRC race winner will continue to...
  13. Misc. Professional Racing
    Tanner Foust and Scott Speed will push to gain vital championship points in the first double-header of the season Herndon, VA — This weekend the Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team travels to Daytona Beach for the first of four important double-header weekends, where twice the valued Red Bull...
  14. Misc. Professional Racing
    Herndon, VA  — The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team is eager to get back on the podium to kick off the second half of the season in the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship. This weekend the rallycross series heads to Daytona International Speedway where the cars will race on a custom GRC...
  15. Misc. Professional Racing
    Round one of the Global Rallycross season is in the books, and the Polos of Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross look to be incredibly fast.  The win went to former F1 driver and current Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross ace Scott Speed, who commented that his car "had the pace right away."  Volkswagen...
  16. Misc. Professional Racing
    Volkswagen has paired up with Andretti Sports Marketing to bring the Red Bull Global Rallycross series to the nation's capital for an event at RFK Stadium taking place on June 21st and 22nd.  The event, dubbed Volkswagen Rallycross DC, will be the third round of the series and is scheduled to be...
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