Gwyndaf Joins the VW Racing Cup

15 September 2006

British rally legend Gwyndaf Evans is to join the grid of the Volkswagen Racing Cup next weekend (23/24 Sept).

The 47-year-old Hankook Motorsports ace has been invited to swap his four-wheel-drive rally machine for the championship's Polo GTI 'celebrity car' for the Silverstone rounds of the championship.

Gwyndaf is looking forward to the experience: "I'm not entirely sure what I may have let myself in for, but I'm hoping it will be a nice weekend! It was bit of a surprise to be asked because my racing experience is very limited, but I am going to get some tips from Barbara Armstrong and try to enjoy the race."

Volkswagen Racing Cup co-ordinator Armstrong is a former British Ladies Rally Champion and was once team-mate to Evans with SEAT.

Volkswagen Racing UK director Sam Roach said: "We are looking forward to seeing him out in the Polo GTI. It's a car which has shown promise in the hands of various racing journalists this season, and I think with Gwyndaf at the wheel it is really going to turn some heads.

"It's also nice to see a driver of Gwyndaf's stature agreeing to compete. Jason Plato raced with us a couple of seasons ago; the other competitors enjoy the chance to share the circuit with them."

Evans, from Dinas Mawddwy, won his first rally title in 1988 when he claimed the British Group N crown for the first time. He went on to win the outright British Rally Championship crown in 1996, and was twice more the Group N victor.

He is fresh from success on the Ulster Rally, on which the SJR Hankook team driver was the top British Rally Championship finisher.

Gwyndaf's previous racing experience is limited to a sports car event at Silverstone and a saloon outing with SEAT at Brands Hatch.

See 2006 series calendar for VW Racing Cup

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