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"Keepin'it real"

VW Jetta GLX VR-6 Wins Championship

The Greenbelt Volkswagen "Keepin'it real" sponsored VW Jetta GLX VR-6 of the Midland based Schmidt Racing Team has won yet an other Canadian Automobile Sport Club Racing Championship.

Driver Gunter Schmidt won his third GT-B and second GT overall Championship in three years.

"The car is just amazing, said Schmidt and continued, the VR-6 engiene is running like clockwork. I am racing this car now for 5 years and it's just incredible how reliable it is. This makes winning a championship "real" easy.

During the 1999 Canadian Automobile Sport Club Sprint race championship series Schmidt won 11 of his 19 races and finished in the top five 7 times with one DNF(broken shifter linkage).

The Annual Awards banquet in Ottawa Schmidt was also presented with the CASC Presidents trophy, which is given to most outstanding driver of the year.

 

 

 

VR-6 Corrado

wins Canada GT Challenge Cup Race

Mosport

"Finally we did it", said Gunter Schmidt after his win in the last Canada GT Challenge Cup race of 1999.

After two years of developing the 400hp Supercharged VR-6 engine and some special suspension, we finaly got the car perfect and we gave all those Corvettes, Porsches and Camaros a fit.

Being close to a podium finish all year long, and sharing the driving duties with Peter Carpenko, Schmidt drove the last two races solo. This move payed dividends with Schmidt finishing third in late September and taking first place in the season ending race.

This first place also marked the first ever Volkswagen to win a Canada GT Challenge Cup GT-2 race.

With this win Schmidt also captured third place in the Canada GT Challenge Cup Drivers points standing, and became the only driver of 79 competitors in GT-1 and GT-2 to finish all 12 races in the 1999 series. An other triumpf for Volkswagen reliability and parts.

Sponsors of the Schmidt Racing team include:

  • Greenbelt Volkswagen, Unionville
  • "Keepin'it real" Volkswagen Parts and Service, Aubern Hills
  • Advanced Motorsport Solutions,Costa Mesa Ca
  • Castrol Canada, Mississauga
  • DYNO Power Services, Scarborough
  • Wheel Fix, Scarborough