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Dream weekend for Foust, Speed, Volkswagen Andretti RX, in Barbados

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Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross enjoyed a banner weekend at Bushy Park in Barbados, the second-to-last round of the Red Bull Global Rallycross season.

Tanner Foust won both races in his No. 34 Rockstar Energy Volkswagen Beetle, and teammate Scott Speed now leads the points in the No. 41 Merchant First Beetle, heading to the finale at Las Vegas next month.

“Honestly, the Volkswagen Beetle GRCs held their own today, so it’s an awesome finish for the whole crew. We really made up some time; the Volkswagen Andretti team did an incredible job at preparing these cars for the weekend,” Foust said after the Round 10 win on Saturday, what was his second of the year.

“Hopefully we can hit the ground running tomorrow and try some new things in the early morning practice session. The track will be a little bit cold then, so you can’t take every lesson and apply it directly. The key tomorrow will be to just get some clean starts, get far enough ahead of people so there is no damage and then adapt to the changing track. The track is clean and beautiful at the start of every Heat, but then you have drivers cutting corners and then you have to cut the corners too. “

Speed took the points lead on Saturday with a runner-up finish to Foust, and after recovering from an incident with Bryan Herta Rallysport driver Patrik Sandell. The podium finish was his sixth in 2015.

“Fortunately we were able to get back to the line after that incident with (Patrik) Sandell. I think we now realize that our cars are durable and we’re having no mechanical or liability problems and that’s key in Global Rallycross,” Speed said. “It’s definitely a contact sport; everyone at Volkswagen Andretti has done an amazing job at developing these cars and making them as strong as possible.”

Sunday was a different day, but again featured the same result - Foust first with Speed second - to provide the VARX team the title as these are the only two drivers now eligible in Las Vegas.

“What an amazing weekend. We didn’t start out as the quickest car either day, but the Volkswagen Andretti team worked incredibly hard to improve the cars, and it paid off with this awesome pair of wins!” Foust exclaimed.

“I never would have believed it if you’d told me going into LA that we’d have a legitimate shot at the championship heading into the final round, but here we are thanks to some great teamwork and perseverance. I’m so incredibly proud of Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross, this was a dream weekend for all of us.”

Defending series champion Joni Wiman (Saturday) and Nelson Piquet Jr. (Sunday) scored the other two podiums of the weekend.

Meanwhile Ken Block followed up his roll last year at Barbados with another one, which wasn’t in the game plan. It occurred during the LCQ.

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