Volkswagen Place 1-2 at Daytona Rallycross After Both Cars Crash on Saturday

After a disappointing result in Dallas, team Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross (VARX) were looking to get back onto the top of the podium, and despite rocky first race, Tanner Foust and Scott Speed managed to finish first and second in the second round of the Daytona Rallycross.

This weekend’s rallycross was a double header, and unfortunately, the first race didn’t go well. After setting the fastest lap in qualifying, Foust started on pole, but was overtaken by Speed. A well timed joker lap gave Foust the lead back, where he looked comfortable until he hit a pothole, damaging his front suspension and eventually sending spinning, whereupon he was hit by the second place Patrik Sandell (in a Ford Fiesta), ending his race.

Scott Speed, meanwhile, had taken the lead back, and he too looked comfortable there, until his engine caught fire and he was forced out of the race.

After race one, VARX had no points and no cars. The team stayed up all night, wrenching on Foust’s car, and preparing the spare car for Speed. As it turns out, Speed probably should have been using the spare car from the beginning, because he set the fastest time in Sunday’s qualifying.

Unfortunately, since he changed cars, Speed had to start on the back row, while Foust started on pole. Despite some early contact with competitors, Foust’s Beetle stood up to the abuse and finished first, where it had started. Speed, meanwhile, jumped up four spots in the first lap, and eventually finished the race in second, just behind his teammate.

“I really, really love bringing home a win for the guys this weekend,” Foust said. “Both cars have been getting chewed on all weekend. It’s just epic to come back first and second after all that, and it will be a well-deserved bit of champagne after this.”

With the win, Foust (205 pts) hangs on to his lead in the Driver’s Championship, but race 1 winner, Steve Arpin (201 pts) closes the gap. Speed (178 pts), meanwhile, sits in fourth place, four points behind fourth-place Patrik Sandell (182 pts).

Speed’s next chance to catch up to his teammate will be in two weeks, on July 2-3, when the Red Bull GRC heads to Marine Corps Air Station New River, in North Carolina for another double header.

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