Knestis to Debut Jetta TDI in STU @ VIR Majors

[Ralf]

Is this a scratch build car or a former TDI Cup car? And, what did VW do with all the TDI Cup cars? Sitting in some warehouse?

[Greg Amy]

Is this a scratch build car or a former TDI Cup car? And, what did VW do with all the TDI Cup cars? Sitting in some warehouse?

I tried to get one of the TDI Cup cars a couple years ago, and VW was very adamant that these cars would not be made available to the public.

Cameron and Tristan have been building cars from scratch for the World Challenge series for a couple years now (Brimtek Motorsports) and no doubt have access to cars, parts, and technology that quickly exceed that of the TDI Cup series cars... - GA

[Terry Hanushek]

Ralf

And, what did VW do with all the TDI Cup cars? Sitting in some warehouse?

I believe all (or most) of the TDI Cup cars are at NJMP. The apparently belong to a third party who intends to run 'arrive and drive' schools. I'm not sure when these schools are scheduled or how many are scheduled.

Terry

[zchris]

I remember the first TDI cup race I watched. It was at NJMP and it had just rained or was raining and it was the biggest smash up derby I had ever seen. I was thinking how body shops were going to get rich over the series. And more importantly how the VW execs were saying to themselves WTF have we gotten into. Probably not the best advertising for there product as not many stayed on track.
Chris