30/05/2008 06:51. The new Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 celebrated its race premiere with
a one-two in its class at a well attended 24-hour race at the
Nrburgring. In front of a crowd of about 200,000
spectators the brace of 325 hp Sport-Coupes driven by Jimmy
Johansson (S), Florian Gruber (D), Thomas Mutsch (D) and
Hans-Joachim Stuck (A) and Carlos Sainz (E), Giniel de Villiers
(RSA), Dieter Depping (D) and again Hans- Joachim Stuck (A) claimed
first and second positions in the well-represented class for cars
with two-litre turbo engines. In a field of 219 cars and in front of innumerable more powerful
sports and touring cars the teams occupied positions 11 and 15
overall. The third factory entered Coupe of Dr Ulrich Hackenberg
(D), Bernd Ostmann (D), Matthias Malmedie (D) and Altfrid Heger (D)
completed the... //
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