January 29th, 2013
Following its successful debut season with the Volkswagen Racing Cup, Britain’s most competitive and best-supported one-make saloon series, the US Volkswagen Group road-car and motorsport specialist APR is to return to the championship as title sponsor for the coming year.
The APR Volkswagen Racing Cup kicks off on Easter Monday (1 Apr) at Oulton Park, and the field gathering to contest the championship looks the strongest in the 14-year history of the series. APR vice-president Keith Lucas cannot wait for the start lights: “The 2012 season was a fantastic introduction …
March 9th, 2012
Former Volkswagen Racing Cup Champion turned BTCC racer Tony Gilham is to return to the series in which he made his name. The 32-year-old from Kent will lead a multi-car team into battle in the APR Volkswagen Racing Cup, and says he is relishing the chance to compete in a series he loves.
Gilham is facing a busy season – in addition to his Cup challenge at the wheel of a Tony Gilham Racing-prepared Golf GTI, he is to continue his British Touring Car Championship campaign with an ex-Team Dynamics Honda …
February 27th, 2012
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.
“I’m very much looking forward to the new season,” said 41-year-old Kieran, “and will still be racing in the Scirocco. No dramatic changes are planned beyond trying to develop the car to make it more competitive.” The car will …
January 20th, 2012
Aaron Mason, a third-place finisher in the APR Volkswagen Racing Cup twice in the last three years, is to return to the championship in 2012 with a three-car assault on the title.
The 32-year-old from Doncaster expects to start the season at the wheel of an AWM Motor Sport Golf GTI similar to that which netted him four race victories in 2011, but says he could switch to a Scirocco.
“There are a few options open to us,” says building company MD Mason, “and one of them is to build a …
