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WALKER WINS AT OULTON AND TAKES SERIES LEAD
May 2012
A brace of dramatic opening rounds at Oulton Park - contested by a field of 25 cars - kicked off the new season of the APR Volkswagen Racing Cup in style today at Oulton Park.
Despite the worst the Easter Bank Holiday Monday weather could throw at proceedings, both races were incident-packed thrillers. Aaron Mason and James Walker shared the spoils and leave Cheshire in joint possession of the championship lead.
A dramatic first-corner clash, which involved both pole man Mason and Walker, and several others, marred the start of Round 1. It was triggered when Cambridgeshire youngster Dominic Pettit made a slightly better getaway from second on the grid in his Vindis-backed Jetta to overhaul the AWM Golf GTI of Doncaster driver Mason on the run towards Old Hall. Mason and Pettit made contact, and then Mason and Walker were in collision, Nottinghamshire driver James then clouting the barriers in his new KPM Scirocco.
Amazingly Walker bounced off the barriers and back on to the track, pointing more or less in the right direction, and was able to get going again in seventh. Alas his return to the track triggered a chain reaction which saw the Golf of 16-year-old Nikhil Chopra and the Scirocco of Kieran Griffin in collision. Chopra was able to get going again but Griffin’s race ended against the barriers, with the safety car called into play while the debris was cleared.
Undeterred by the bumps and bruises, Mason regained the lead from Pettit on the opening lap, before the safety car started its three-lap procession period. Mason looked in no danger of losing his advantage after the restart until a fired-up Walker and his battle-scarred Cooke and Mason-backed Scirocco appeared in his mirrors on lap five, James having battled past Joe Fulbrook’s Bora, Peter Wyhinny’s Leon and Pettit on the way through to second.
James and his KPM-prepared machine hunted down Mason until two laps from the end, when a slow puncture slowed his progress. Aaron was 10s clear at the flag, and said: “It was a bit of a rough start - I got squeezed a bit by both James and Dominic - but it was OK after that until James came back at me a bit strong.”
SPA DATE Added FOR 2012 VOLKSWAGEN RACING CUP
January 2012
Twin races at the exciting Belgian Grand Prix circuit of Spa-Francorchamps have been added to the Volkswagen Racing Cup calendar for the forthcoming season, it is confirmed today.
The championship has been invited to make its first visit to Spa by Volkswagen Belgium, sponsor of the annual 25-hour Fun Cup race which will headline the 6/7 July event. The addition of the two Belgian races completes the provisional calendar for the 2012 Volkswagen Racing Cup, which will comprise 14 races spread over seven meetings.
Championship manager Sam Roach of Volkswagen Racing UK says the Spa races will be popular: "The Volkswagen Racing Cup competitors thoroughly enjoyed their first overseas visits in 2010 and '11, to Zandvoort, and I know that they will be blown away by the opportunity to compete at the best circuit in the world at what will be a large and popular event. It's great news and a real honour for the championship to have been invited."
The championship's six other meetings offer the cream of UK race dates - a supporting slot alongside the German touring cars at Brands Hatch in May as well as British F3 and GT dates at Oulton Park, Rockingham, Snetterton, Donington and on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit.
A new championship information brochure can be downloaded now from the series website vw-cup.co.uk
The Volkswagen Racing Cup is supported by Hankook Tyres, FUCHS Lubricants, Paragon, Milltek Sport, Superchips, Ceva Logistics and ECM Vehicle Delivery.
2012 Volkswagen Racing Cup provisional calendar
To see the full line up of events click here
DTM DATE FOR 2012 VOLKSWAGEN RACING CUP
Dec 8th 2011
Next year's Volkswagen Racing Cup will feature two races on the bill at the fabulous German touring car meeting at Brands Hatch.
The provisional Cup calendar for 2012 features seven events with two races at each, most of them alongside the British F3 and British GT championships.
The 'jewel in the crown' is a double-header on the Brands Hatch Indy track as part of May's DTM festival. "We are very pleased indeed to have secured a slot alongside DTM," said Sam Roach of championship promoter RacingLine. "It will be great for competitors and spectators and is a nice fit for our tyre partner, Hankook, because it supplies the DTM also."
There will be a further five meetings - on the Silverstone and Donington Grand Prix circuits, Snetterton's '300' circuit, at Oulton Park and Rockingham - alongside F3/GT, plus a yet to be confirmed visit to a top European Grand Prix track.
"We are hoping to finalise the overseas date in the next couple of weeks," added Roach, "and that will take the championship to 14 races spread over seven events, which we feel is the right number."
The Volkswagen Racing Cup is supported by Hankook Tyres, FUCHS Lubricants, Paragon, Milltek Sport, Superchips, Ceva Logistics and ECM Vehicle Delivery.
2012 Volkswagen Racing Cup provisional calendar
To see the full line up of events click here
KPM PLANS SIX-CAR VOLKSWAGEN RACING CUP ATTACK
Dec 8th 2011
KPM Racing is to expand its challenge in the Volkswagen Racing Cup next season to field at least six cars - two of them new-shape Sciroccos. The squad, which is headed by former Honda F1 technician Kevin Poole, is also building a current-model Mk VI Golf GTI.
James Walker, who won three races for KPM in 2011 on his way to runner-up spot in the championship, will lead the Silverstone-based team into action again, forsaking the Golf GTI which he has campaigned for four seasons for a Scirocco.
The 25-year-old from Nottinghamshire, son of truck-racing champion Richard Walker, will be a title contender, says Poole: "James's Golf was a race-winning car last season and what we are doing is building the best parts of that car into a new Scirocco shell, and that should make all the difference for the coming year. James is one of the quickest guys out there."
A second Scirocco is in build at KPM for Craig Milner, who enjoyed his first taste of the Volkswagen Racing Cup at the end of the 2011 season; the former bike-racing champion turned to cars two years ago in the Ferrari Open sports car series. Both Milner's and Walker's Sciroccos will be powered by the race-proven 2-litre TFSI turbocharged engine.
There will be twin KPM Racing Mk V Golf GTIs for championship returnees Mark Howard and Philip Morris. Howard, the 1993 victor of the Renault 5GT Turbo championship, returned to racing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup at the start of the 2011 season and went on to claim championship ninth, with a best race finish of sixth. Morris is returning for his third year in the series having broken into the top 10 on occasion this season.
Cameron Thompson will be fifth man in the squad with his Beetle RSI, and there is a sixth car - a new TFSI-powered Mk VI Golf GTI - in build at KPM as a race-rental machine. "Six cars is an ambitious plan," says Poole, "but the team will be carefully structured at race meetings to ensure that everything runs smoothly. We were delighted by our results in 2011 and hope very much to build on that success next season."
Championship manager Sam Roach of RacingLine added: "KPM's six-car vote of confidence in the championship is heartening. It will be great to see more Sciroccos on the grid also."
The Volkswagen Racing Cup is supported by Hankook Tyres, FUCHS Lubricants, Paragon, Milltek Sport, Superchips, Ceva Logistics and ECM Vehicle Delivery.
May 2011
At the Oulton Park event at the end of April, KPM Racing finished in strong positions in both races, the results were:
- 2nd place in the first Race
- 1st place in the second race
Not only did we finish in great places we also got the Fastest lap on both rounds.
April 2011
Volkswagen cup announce dates and venues for the 2011 vw racing cup. All the dates and events for the VW cup can be found on our site under the events section. 2011 looks to be a promising year for KPM.
KPM set to build a new mk5 GTI
March 2011
This will be available for rent in the 2011 season. Kpm has recently aquired a mk 5 golf gti so stay tuned.
KPM plans to attend ultimate dubs
Feburary 2011
On Sunday the thirteenth of March we are off to showcase one of our mk5 race cars, and dependant on timescale our brand new Lupo engine build. Make sure you attend it's going to be a great show!.
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