After its inaugural season in 2010 the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup heads into 2011 with an exciting calendar. The eco-friendly Volkswagen one-make cup encompasses eight DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters) events with ten races including a new addition to the 2011 event schedule: the Red-Bull-Ring at Spielberg, Austria. The season opener and the finale for the biomethane-powered [...]
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Biomethane-Powered Program Promises Exciting 2011 Scirocco R-Cup
February 16, 2011 – 4:04 am
Germany, Wolfsburg
Team AutoGasco Celebrates Success in Dakar 2011
January 29, 2011 – 7:19 pm
Chile and Argentina
Chilean gas distributor Gasco and Argentinian manufacturer of vehicle conversion components Pelmag GNC demonstrated for the second year running the effectiveness of natural gas as a vehicle fuel through strong results in the extreme 2011 Dakar Rally. Building on last year’s experience, the AutoGasco team’s compressed natural gas (CNG) powered vehicles placed 25th, 29th and [...]
Dakar Rally Features Gasco CNG Entries
January 5, 2011 – 7:41 pm
Chile
Gasco has entered three vehicles converted to operate on compressed natural gas (CNG) in the 2011 Dakar Rally. They are entered in the T-1 category, for alternative fuelled vehicles, and are the only vehicles entered in this category. Nevertheless, Gasco intends by its participation to demonstrate the effectiveness of natural gas as a vehicle fuel. [...]
Vettel Drives CNG Scirocco R-Cup to Nations’ Cup Victory in Race of Champions
November 30, 2010 – 2:02 pm
Germany, Dusseldorf
The end-of-season Race of Champions at the Arena in Düsseldorf has witnessed new Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel behind the wheel of the near 275-hp compressed natural gas (CNG) powered Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup. Together with record world champion Michael Schumacher the driver from Heppenheim (Germany) won the Nations’ Cup for the fourth time in [...]
Volkswagen brings Biomethane Power to Race of Champions
October 28, 2010 – 2:01 am
Germany
Volkswagen’s biomethane-powered Scirocco will crown this year’s one-make racing season with the Race of Champions in Dusseldorf, Germany. On 27 and 28 November 2010 Formula 1 heroes like Sebastian Vettel (Germany), motorcycle champions of the calibre of Mick Doohan (Australia) or Le Mans legends of the likes of Tom Kristensen (Denmark) will engage in duels [...]
Biomethane Powers Sciroccos to Success at Knutstorp (STCC)
September 22, 2010 – 3:54 pm
Sweden
Biomethane-powered Team Biogas.se has had a memorable day at the penultimate leg of the 2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC), held September 18. Driving VW Sciroccos, the first race was won by Fredrik Ekblom, with Patrik Olsson in eighth place. In the second race Olsson finished second while Ekblom made fourth place. Print PDF
Team biogas.se Leads STCC Team Championship
September 13, 2010 – 2:27 am
Sweden
Biogas fuelled Sciroccos too fast! Handicaps imposed. Despite tough conditions in the Danish Jyllandring on September 4-5, Team biogas.se, driving biogas fuelled VW Sciroccos, retained it position as leader of the STCC’s team championship. Best individual performance in the event was by Fredrik Ekblom, with two fifth places, enough to reinforce his third place in [...]
Lessman Racing Prepares for World of Speed Meet, September 2010
August 25, 2010 – 9:01 am
USA
After a disappointing end to their 2009 campaign the CNG-powered Lessman racing team is ready for another season of record-breaking attempts. New GFI/Impco fuel regulators are installed along with the new Clean Air Power (CAP) injectors in the Lessman/Lucas Streamliner which is entered for the World of Speed meet at Bonneville September 15-18, 2010. The [...]
OMV CNG Rally Team 2nd in Schneebergland Rally
July 31, 2010 – 12:16 am
Austria
Stohl 0.2 seconds behind rally leader after all 15 stages completed In the fifth round of the Austrian National Rally Championship, the Schneebergland Rally, the OMV CNG (Compressed natural gas) Rally Team has scored it’s biggest success in this year’s season. They reached second place overall in the CNG-powered car, which conforms to Division I regulations. [...]
Team biogas.se – Three Podium Places in Three Races
July 1, 2010 – 3:38 pm
Sweden
Ongoing testing, development and racing has seen Team biogas.se achieve exceptional results in the 2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC), culminating in three podium finishes in the Gothenburg City Race, round 4 of the event, in early June. Fredrik Ekblom and Patrik Olsson, drivers of the biogas-powered VW Sciroccos, are now placed third and fourth [...]
Volkswagen CNG Scirocco Presented at Le Mans
June 13, 2010 – 2:45 am
Germany and France
Volkswagen’s Scirocco GT24-CNG, successful at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife, was presented to the motorsport public at Le Mans. Before the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Jacky Ickx (Belgium), seven-time winner of the famous motorsport marathon, drove the Scirocco GT24-CNG during demonstration runs for cars equipped with environmentally friendly drive concepts. Print PDF
Victory for Team biogas.se at Karlskoga STCC
May 27, 2010 – 11:20 am
Sweden
First STCC victory of a biogas-powered car Racing before 10,500 spectators at Sweden’s Karlskoga Motor Stadium, Team biogas.se driver Fredrik Ekblom won the third round of the STCC (Swedish Touring Car Championship) in his biomethane-powered VW Scirocco. Ekblom claimed pole position for the first of the two race event after qualifying fastest and was never [...]
Motor Racing News – VW Sciroccos Victorious at Nürburgring 2010
May 17, 2010 – 1:10 am
Germany, Nürburgring
Fastest Lap Time for Front Wheel Drive Cars 1st, 2nd, 3rd in Alt-Fuel Class Three 330 hp turbo engine VW Scirocco GT24-CNGs contested this year’s Nürburgring event, powered by natural gas. All three finished without mechanical incident. In the alternative fuel class Car 117 driven by Vanina Ickx (Belgium), factory driver Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qatar), Dieter Depping (Germany) [...]
Motor Racing News – Debut of Natural Power Scirocco Cup
May 16, 2010 – 4:10 am
Germany, Hockenheim
The successful world debut for the one-make Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup, using biomethane fuel, has taken place at the renowned Hockenheim circuit in Germany. Maciek Steinhof (Poland) won the captivating season opener of the eco-conscious racing series, in front of Kris Heidorn (Germany) and Formula 1 legend Martin Brundle (Great Britain). The field of 24 entrants consisting of [...]
Motor Racing News – Podium for Team biogas.se at STCC
May 15, 2010 – 4:33 am
Sweden
Team biogas.se is competing in the Swedish Touring Car Championship for the second year running, having proven the competitiveness of its biomethane-powered VW Scirocco GT24 in its debut year in 2009. The most recent event, at the 39.3 km circuit at Knutstorp on May 7-8, saw driver Patrik Olsson finish third in Race 1 and [...]
