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[ENDURO] Promising start for gas Scirocco
Promising race debut of the Scirocco GT24 powered by natural gas
19 April, 2009
The Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 fitted with a CNG (compressed natural gas) engine caused a sensation at its race debut in the second round of the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship: In qualifying, the 300-hp, CNG-powered Scirocco clinched 15th place on the grid out of 182 contenders. Vanina Ickx (B), Peter Terting (D) and John Barker (GB) were leading the class up to the 4-hour race’s midpoint when an electrical defect forced the trio to retire. In a Scirocco GT24 with a petrol engine, Carlos Sainz (E), Florian Gruber (D) and Martin Karlhofer (A) used the event to prepare for running in the 24-Hour Race on the Nürburgring. Before the race, Volkswagen had completed a two-day test on the legendary Nordschleife with a CNG version and two petrol-powered Scirocco cars. They were driven by Jimmy Johansson (S), Klaus Niedzwiedz (D) as well as Terting, Karlhofer and Ickx. A total of two vehicles with CNG engines and three Scirocco cars with turbocharged petrol units will start from the grid of the endurance classic staged on the penultimate weekend in May.
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