So how does this all tie in with the British VW Scene? Well the VWDRC have been holding a championship since 1988. Yes, we do have huge horsepower bugs and dragsters but it has always been the budget cars that have made up their numbers. 1996 was the biggest year for the VWDRC with 75 cars fielded in the old classes at Bug Jam and Beetle Bash.

During the VWDRC's history there have been a number of racing classes, and rules that had to be adhered to. For the year 2000 the club bravely swept that history aside and adopted a two class racing format, based on E.T.'s (Elapsed Times - or Dial In times as described above).

In short, if your vehicle can run QUICKER than 12.99 seconds down the quarter mile you enter VW Pro. Slower than 12.99 and you run VW Sportsman. Couldn't be simpler!

In 2002 an alternate engine class VW Alternate Engine was introduced to cater for the growing number of cars wanting to race with alternative engines. Subaru and V8 engines are the most common powerplants in this class which sees growing numbers every year.

Although our biggest fields are always at VW shows, the rest of the championship rounds are held at national drag racing events, so we get to pit and race in the same programme with sub 5 second Top Fuel dragsters and a vast array of fast bike and car classes..... great fun!