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Old December 29th, 2007, 09:03 PM   #1
 
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Default North Americans: The Jetta TDI Cup --> Driver's Wanted

You have to be between 16 and 26, hold a valid US, Mexican, or Canadian passport and license, no "professional" racing licenses beyond go karting, etc. More below.

There are prizes as well:
- Win a race = $1,500
- Win the series = $100,000
- If series champion is selected for a professional Motorsport series ride within 6 months = $250,000

If you think you got it, sign up to see if you get selected.

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I applied for the hell of it. I'm neither athletically fit nor have a desire to continue in a motorsport career.
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Plus the small matter of having a cool $35,000 available to pay VW.
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^ But you can win $250,000 so I think it's a fair investment. images/smilies/tongue.gif
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Oh suddenly not so great haha. I wonder if they would let me run since I have a rally licence. Would be stupid if they didn't, I am hardly a professional driver.
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+1 to you for having a rally license. Might not be Forum related really but i can respect that!
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Oh suddenly not so great haha. I wonder if they would let me run since I have a rally licence. Would be stupid if they didn't, I am hardly a professional driver.
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^ Offtopic, but that avatar is fucking ace, and I've never called anything ace. +1 to you good sir.
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bleh... so thats out of the equation : (
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