Lark and Woodhatch Join Forces for VW Cup Attack

17 February 2005

Ken Lark - a three-time race winner in 2004 - is to return to the Volkswagen Racing Cup as part of a new team alliance.

Lark and his Corrado VR6 will be run by the Grant Motorsport operation, with team chief Grantley Woodhatch at the wheel of a Beetle RSi for a serious assault on the championship title.

Said Woodhatch: 'Grant Motorsport will be running at least four cars - for Ken, myself, Craig Inskip and John Quartermaine - and hopefully some others in addition. It should be a formidable team.' Woodhatch has bought the Beetle which Mike Neuhoff drove to championship victory in 2001 and has equipped it with a new Grant Motorsport-prepared 2.8-litre engine.

Lark's Corrado won at Croft last year and twice at Snetterton, and the Hertfordshire-based 48-year-old finished third overall. 'I should have won the championship last year,' he said, 'and I'm going to give it my best shot this season. The old Corrado is still well on the pace and it's going to be hard to beat at the quicker circuits.'

Ex-Rover racer Quartermaine has installed a fresh 2-litre, 16-valve engine in his Mk III Golf GTI for his campaign.

Also returning to the Cup for 2005 are father-and-son racers Barrie and Martyn Culley with their matching Vento VR6s.

Meanwhile, Giles Lock - who cut his racing teeth alongside his brother Julian in the Big Boys Toys Beetle Cup in the '90s - is to return to the track with a TDI-powered Caddy van. Lock is the MD of Surrey firm Top Print and runs a fleet of road-going Caddys.

The Volkswagen Racing Cup enjoys the support of Augustus Martin, Castrol, ECM Vehicle Delivery, Europcar, Experian, gedas UK, Inchcape Automotive, ISG Occupancy, K&N Filters, Sabelt, Milltek Sport, Mondial Assistance, Pirelli, Proximity London, KW Automotive, Sony UK, Superchips, TMD Friction, TNT Logistics, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen Financial Services UK. The opening rounds are at Donington Park on 2/3 April.
 

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