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Scott Speed Scores Second Consecutive Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship

In a thrilling showdown between Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross teammates, Scott Speed walked away with his second Red Bull Global Rallycross Driver’s Championship in LA Sunday, narrowly beating teammate and fellow two-time Red Bull GRC Champion Tanner Foust to the title. Speed’s crown marks the second championship of Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross’s season, after the team secured the Red Bull GRC Manufacturer’s Championship Award for VW in Seattle last month. The season-ending honors denote

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Watch snowmobile champ Keith Curtis get a cool ride from Tanner Foust

To celebrate the newly formed collaboration between Volkswagen and Warren Miller Entertainment, the two iconic brands teamed up to give their respective athletes a taste of each other’s sports at the recent Red Bull Global Rallycross race in Seattle. Warren Miller snowmobile rider Keith Curtis visited the GRC doubleheader to take in the rallycross action, and rode alongside Tanner Foust in his 600-horsepower Beetle GRC. Snowmobile hillclimb is a timed form of racing, in which riders tackle a

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Tanner Foust and Volkswagen give one school an unforgettable show and tell

Each year, students in Jim Cowhey’s second grade class at Highlands Elementary School in Spring Valley, Calif., write to different companies across the U.S. to learn more about the business world and how various organizations operate. When their letters reached the desks of the Volkswagen PR and Marketing departments, a plan was hatched to surprise the kids with a special visit to their classroom. “The night before these letters found their way to my desk, I was telling my son how important i

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Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Wins Red Bull Global Rallycross Manufacturer’s Championship

With Tanner Foust’s race-winning performance in Seattle, Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross clinched VW's first Red Bull Global Rallycross Manufacturer’s Championship title, the latest in a long list achievements the team has accumulated in only three years of competition. Volkswagen becomes only the second manufacturer in series history to claim championship honors, despite running only two cars through each Red Bull GRC round in 2016—fewer than any other competing brand. Winning the Manufactur

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Foust takes hard-won third for Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross at Nitro World Games

Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross battled a tough track and intense competition to gain a podium spot in their first visit to the Nitro World Games. Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross’s Tanner Foust grabbed a third-place finish in a wild Nitro Rallycross Final. A coming together of the race leaders on lap one knocked Scott Speed out of the event and opened the door for a hard-charging Foust to reach the bottom step of the podium. “This was a crazy weekend for everyone at Volkswagen Andretti Rally

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Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Takes 1-2 Finish at Memphis Season Opener

Looking every bit the champions that they are, Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross returned to the season-opening round of the 2017 Red Bull Global Rallycross championship in fine form, claiming a 1-2 finish in Saturday’s Final at Memphis International Raceway. Scott Speed led teammate Tanner Foust across the line, earning his 13th career win to take the early lead in the 2017 championship battle and granting him title of winningest driver in Global Rallycross history. The Beetle GRCs picked u

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Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross Wins Wet and Wild Race at MCAS New River

Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross (VARX) driver, Scott Speed, scored the only victory of an abbreviated Red Bull Global Rallycross doubleheader weekend at Marine Corps Air Station New River in a rain-soaked Final which tested the limits of drivers’ patience and car control abilities. Sunday’s Final was canceled after lightning and a torrential downpour made conditions unraceable in the afternoon. The VARX Beetle GRCs started the weekend off with a bang, qualifying 1-2 on Saturday. Tanner Fou

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Tanner Foust explains the art and fun of drifting

Drifting is unlike any other discipline in the world of motorsport. Winning isn’t determined by time on a clock or who reaches the finish line first, but rather by a panel of judges who select a victor based on car control, style, and speed. In the United States, the sport has surged in popularity since its introduction from Japan. Fans love the excitement of the show, out-of-the-box cars, and approachability of drivers that is a hallmark of U.S. drifting events. Tanner Foust is one of the go

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