VW Won’t Race In NASCAR, But Pondering Indy Car And ALMS

Teni Sow | October 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

Volkwagen has made it clear that the automaker has no plans to dive into NASCAR, but that doesn’t mean that the company is turning its back on American motorsports altogether. According to TheDetroitBureau.com, Wolfgang Durheimer, head of Volkwagen Group motorsports, says his company is currently investigating a number of U.S. competition venues, including the American Le Mans Series and Grand Am, as well as Indy Car and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. As you may recall, Audi took to Pike’s Peak last year to show off the company’s autonomous vehicle project, and Volkswagen has enjoyed good success in Colorado Springs with their diesel-powered Touareg race trucks.

In fact, TDB reports that Durheimer wasn’t even completely against the notion of a NASCAR effort. Instead, the executive merely said that going full-bore into America’s favorite motorsport would require too large of an investment and that those funds could be more successfully applied elsewhere. Of all of the options on the table, Durheimer has only completely nixed drag racing as a suitable Volkswagen venue. The executive is expected to bring his proposals before the automaker’s top management soon.

Join the forum discussion on this post

Make Current

RedditStumbleUponDeliciousTumblrDiggBlogger PostMister-WongLinkedInShare

Related posts:

  1. Bentley Considering New LMP1 Race Car
  2. Danica Patrick prepares to jump to NASCAR full-time
  3. America’s sexiest racing driver ” Danica Patrick” switches to NASCAR full time
  4. Former Price is Right Model Maryeve Dufault Set to Make NASCAR Debut
  5. During The NASCAR Race Joshua Greene Left A Raccoon In His Car

Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Category: Auto

Comments (0)

Trackback URL | Comments RSS Feed

There are no comments yet. Why not be the first to speak your mind.

Leave a Reply

«
»
Increase your website traffic with Attracta.com