Volkswagen enters Race Touareg 3 in Dakar Rally

NEW SHELL: Volkswagen develops an evolution model of the Race Touareg for the Dakar Rally 2011 in South America. The Wolfsburg based automobile manufacturer will enter four RaceTouareg 3 with radically reworked aerodynamics in the desert classic throughArgentina and Chile in January 2011. Like the Touareg ll from theproduction line the cross country rally prototype possesses its excellenthandling characteristics with a more sporting outer skin. Hidden beneath isproven and extremely successful technology: Both the near 300 hp TDI power plantand also the suspension and chassis remain untouched.Fredrik Ekblom and Patrik Olsson take important championship points Fredrik Ekblom scored a brace of fourth places and claimed 24 championship points in the process during the fifth race weekend of the Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) at Falkenberg. As a result, Ekblom holds third place in the standingsafter four of the nine races. His team mate Patrik Olsson moved up from 14thposition in the opening race to eighth place in the second race and clinchedfour points. Both Swedes drive a Volkswagen Scirocco CNG fielded by theBiogas.se. team.Porsche Supercup René Rast second atSilverstone Volkswagen Junior René Rast finished second in the PorscheSupercup race held as part of the Formula 1 race support programme atSilverstone. Rast, who started the race from second on the grid, was only beatenby local matador Nick Tandy. The German, who has already celebrated fourvictories this season, holds a commanding lead of 16 points in the championshipstandings.Volkswagen Endurance Cup First victory for Morien Match The Morien Match team with drivers Ronald Morien and Ferry Duivenvoorde dominated the fourth round of the Volkswagen Endurance Cup. The champion from the 2008 season used the neutralisation phases of the five hour race in Assen, Holland perfectly for the mandatory driver changes. The winner of the first three races, team Oranjedak/DB Motorsport, finished second only four seconds behind and ahead of Team United with Jaap van Lagen and Edgar van der Ende.