At the moment we are building a Mk5 Golf Gti to attack the 2007 VW Racing cup with and I thought I'd keep you posted (with pictures obviously...) on all the developments of the car and hopefully it will be an enjoyable thread as the championship kicks off in about 3 months time! 

I'll start off with some background information:

Last year Regal Autosport and Tony Gillham entered the Volkswagen Racing Cup in a New Beetle 2.8 24v VR6 backed by GIAC and VF Engineering. The lime green Beetle was a firm favourite with the fans, and Tony's skill as a driver meant that it was always up there with the front runners, but an unavoidable Startline accident early on in the season menat that the car needed to be repaired and unfortunately this held us back from a really firm title challenge.

Tony managed to grab a number of podiums, including one race win at Brands Hatch, and finished 4th in the championship.

Here's a picture of last year's car:

Tony was pleased with the car, but it simply didn't have the straight-line speed needed to be fully competative at most circuits in the UK, so wishing to stay in the VW cup in 2007 he needed a new car. The Beetle has been sold to someone who is going to run it in the championship this year, and the proceeds have gone towards our latest championship contender, a UK MK5 GTi Road car.

We plan to update our blog with progress reports of development on our MK5 GTI continues. Stay tuned for updates!