Taking October 22-23, Volkswagen Fans Hold Drag Race VW And Generally In Sentul

Photo: Doc. Antara

JAKARTA - Filling the desire to race for a straight track from Volkswagen fans in Indonesia, several VW clubs held the Drag Race VW competition on 22-23 October 2022 at the non-permanent Adhi City circuit, Sentul, West Java.

This straight-track racing event takes place in three series with club implementers including Volkswagen Beetle Club (VBC), Volkswagen Van Club (VVC), and Volkswagen Club Bandung (VCB) all of which are on the VW Indonesia Association's national agenda.

The VVC Go and Fast event as the second series of VW drag race, in addition to being supported by Adhi City Sentul as the land manager, is also supported by Jakarta Speed Storm (JSS), Volkswagen Indonesia Association (VIA), and IMI DKI Jaya.

"Hopefully, this straight track racing party or drag race can be followed and enjoyed by various participants later. So that it will satisfy many parties," explained Harvyanto, Chief Executive of VVC Go and Fast who is also the Head of the VVC Automotive Division, quoted from a press release quoted by Antara, Sunday 9 October.

In order to be more open and crowded, not only to compete in VW special classes, VVC Go and Fast also opens classes for general participants with non-VW vehicles, both four-wheeled and two-wheeled.

According to him, this drag race event is not only for VW vehicles. His party as the organizer also opened classes for non-VW cars.

"This means that various non-VW cars such as Japan, America, Korea and others can participate, there are classes too," added Harvy.

Regarding the implementation of the second drag race VW Series and for the public, the General Chair of VVC, Inspector General of Police (Ret.) Drs. Pudji Hartanto MM stated that the drag race event for the VW community and this general participant was a medicine for longing for automotive lovers in channeling hobbies after a long delay in the pandemic.

"In addition, the VVC drag race is also to knit and rebuild the spirit of sportsmanship, positive creativity in the world of automotive sports, and of course it can produce the best achievements for this country," added Pudji.

Pudji Hartanto added, that the VVC drag race is also a manifestation of the VVC tagline, namely "VVC Cares for Others, Achievements to Build the Country".

This fellow education is a form of VVC's concern with fellow human beings in need. Meanwhile, the achievement of developing the country is what VVCs do must produce achievements to participate in developing the country through automotive activities," he explained.

Meanwhile, regarding the regulation of the VVC drag race, according to Harvyanto who is also the Chief Executive of the 2022 VW Drag Race, the second series ensures that the regulations still refer to the provisions of the drag race issued by IMI.

"For our regulation, it refers to the provisions of IMI 2022, such as the starter there must be KIS, Racingsuit, rollbar (for certain classes), Light Fire Extinguishment (APAR), SNI standard helmets, and so on," added Harvyanto.

At this VVC Go and Fast event, according to Harvy, the rental of the 4×6 tent paddock is priced at IDR 1,000,000 per three days. Meanwhile, for food booths, spare parts & merchandise stands 3×3 IDR 800,000 per three days.

Meanwhile, in the VW Drag Race Series event, there are a number of classes contested, VW Main Class, VW Supporting Class, All Brand Bracket Class, and General Class. Especially for VW Drag Race Series, the class that is competed is the VW Main Class, VW Supporting Class, Bracket All Brand Class, and General Class.

For the Main Class of VW, there are the Sedan Single Barrel (Beetle/Variant/Karman Gia/Safari), Bus Single Barrel (Combi/Micro Bus), Sedan Four Barrel (Beetle/Variant/Karman Ghia/Safari), Bus Two Barrel (Combi/Micro Bus), Sedan Four Barrel (Beetle/Variant/Karman Ghia/Safari), Bus Four Barrel (Combi/Micro Bus), and Free For All (Beetle/Variant/Karman Ghia/Safari).

Then for the VW Supporting class, namely the Rookie/Pemula (Beetle/Variant/Karman Ghia/Safari) VW Bus Rookie/Pemula (Combi/Micro Bus), VW Type Bus (German/Brazil/Dakota/Single Cabin/Double Cabin), VW Sedan Water Cooled, and Free For All (All Brand/Type).

As for the Bracket All Brand class, it consists of 9 Seconds Bracket, 10 Seconds Bracket, 11 Seconds Bracket, 12 Seconds, and 13 Seconds Bracket. Then for the General Class, namely the 1300cc Std Minibus (3 Seaters) and City Car Std 1300 cc (2 shelters).

For further information and registration regarding the drag race VVC Go and Fast event, you can contact the VVC hotline at 0812 1805 0589 / 0851 7320 4548 (for racing registration), and number 0816 750 287 ( boot rental information).

In addition to holding drag races for four-wheeled and two-wheeled vehicles, VVC Go and Fast also presents a number of other events such as the VW and public spare parts and accessories exchange, merchandise exchange, music entertainment, community gatherings, and the peak of celebrating the 41st VVC Anniversary which crashed earlier on October 13, 2022.