BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 4, 2008) Josh Hurley, of Cooper City, Fla., drove his clean diesel Jetta TDI to a championship win, placing second overall in Saturdays race at Road Atlanta. Liam Kenney, of Sterling, Va., claimed top place on the podium, but Hurleys previous performances coupled with his second place finish in the finale ensured his championship victory in the inaugural season of the Jetta TDI Cup series. Completing the podium was local driver Mark Pombo, of Duluth, Ga., who began on the pole and finished third.It is a really exciting day and Im absolutely ecstatic, said Hurley. This is one of the toughest races Ive ever been in. I was a little worried when I fell back, but knew I had to end up second in order to bring home the championship. To bring Gunther Volkswagen and Easykart up to the top of the championship is something thats hard to put into words, but Im thrilled.The exhilarating race was run under sunny skies and was the first race of the season to be completed with no yellow flags throughout the 30-minute sprint. There were multiple lead changes as the amateur drivers put it all on the line for the final time this season. Pombo, Hurley, Kenney, Chris Holman and Michael DeNino spent most of the race in the front of the pack battling each other for top positions. Kenney finally took over the lead on lap 12, and Hurley moved up to second on lap 15 in order to secure their respective victories.Final Championship StandingsFinal championship standings are listed below with position, driver name, hometown, sponsor and point total.1, Josh Hurley(R) (260), Cooper City, Fl. - Athletes Performance 2, Liam Kenney (255), Sterling,Va. - ViON3, Mark Pombo (234), Duluth, Ga. - ful®4, David Jurca (211), Federal Way, Wash. Red Bull 5, Chris Castagna (210), South Boston, Mass. - Oakley 6, Chris Holman (200), Burlington, Ont. Canada - UTI7, Michael DeNino (186), Gaithersburg, Md. - Castrol 8, Jimmy Underhill (184), Denver, Colo. - Bosch9, Caleb Kenney (167), Berkeley, Calif. - Hoopla 10, Andy Lee (130), Colorado Springs, Colo. - Kyosho 11, Gary Williams Jr. (126), Dana Point, Calif. - Bondurant 12, Taylor Broekemeier(R) (115), Fort Collins, Colo. - Oakley 13, Juan Pablo Sierra Lendle (108), Puebla, MX. - Aggreko 14, Wyatt Dallenbach (96), San Antonio, Texas - SCORE 15, Derek Jones (91), Philadelphia, Pa. - Bosch16, Chris Kuenning(R) (81), Grand Rapids, Mich. - Aggreko 17, Andrew Cordeiro(R) (72), Woodbridge, Ont. Canada - $1300 Tax Credit 18, Timmy Megenbier (70), Melrose Park, Ill. - SCCA19, Nick Mancuso (58), Mettawa, Ill. Auto Logistics 20, Jake Dallenbach (43), San Antonio, Texas Select 1 21, Evan Pflock(R) (32), Redondo Beach, Calif. DC United 22, Adam Love(R) (29), Normal, Ill. - SCORE 23, Adam Crepin(R) (26), St. Louis, Mo. - SCCA 24, David Heinz(R) (22), Pittsburgh, Pa. Pre Loved 25, David Richert(R) (17), Niverville, MB, Canada - ViON 26, Adam Kretschmer(R) (13), Brampton, Ont., Canada VW Credit 27, Chad Brassfield(R) (10), Phoenix, Ariz. - Kyosho 28, John Shim(R) (10), Starkville, Miss. VW Credit29, Noah Arundel (6), Tonka Bay, Minn. VW P&A 30, Ryan Buetzer (1), Long Beach, Calif. - Hoopla Road Atlanta ResultsComplete Jetta TDI Cup race results from Road Atlanta are listed below with finishing position, starting position in parentheses, driver, hometown, car sponsor and laps completed.1. (6), Liam Kenney, Sterling, Va., ViON, 182. (4), Josh Hurley(R), Cooper City, Fla., Athletes Performance, 18, -1.1273. (1), Mark Pombo, Duluth, Ga., ful®, 18, -1.3174. (2), Chris Holman, Burlington, Ontario, UTI, 18, -1.9165. (3), Michael DeNino, Gaithersburg, Md., Castrol, 18, -2.9826. (7), Caleb Kenney, Berkeley, Calif., Hoopla, 18, -3.5567. (5), Juan Pablo Sierra Lendle, Puebla, MX, Aggreko, 18, -4.0138. (8), David Jurca, Federal Way, Wash., Red Bull, 18, -4.2039. (12), Andy Lee, Colorado Springs, Colo., Kyosho, 18, -10.33510. (13), Nick Mancuso, Mettawa, Ill., Auto Logistics, 18, -11.18311. (11), Taylor Broekemeier(R), Fort Collins, Colo., Oakley, 18, -14.83312. (9), Chris Castagna, Boston, Mass., Oakley, 18, -16.60313. (16), Gary Williams Jr., Dana Point, Calif., Bondurant, 18, -19.87914. (17), Evan Pflock(R), Redondo Beach, Calif., DC United, 18, -28.15315. (19), Adam Crepin(R), St. Louis, Mo., SCCA, 18, -28.51916. (24), Andrew Cordeiro(R), Woodbridge Ont, Canada, $1300 Tax Credit, 18, -28.78817. (15), Adam Love(R), Normal, Ill., SCORE, 18, -35.26218. (21), Chris Kuenning(R), Grand Rapids, Mich., Aggreko, 18, -36.17619. (18), David Richert(R), Niverville MB, Canada, ViON, 18, -42.69320. (23), Wyatt Dallenbach, San Antonio, Texas, SCORE, 18, -47.66721. (14), Adam Kretschmer(R), Brampton, Ontario, VW Credit, 18, -49.53122. (22), Noah Arundel, Tonka Bay, Minn., VW P&A, 18, -50.08723. (26), Chad Brassfield(R), Phoenix, Ariz., Kyosho, 18, -50.85624. (27), Ryan Buetzer, Long Beach, Calif., Hoopla, 18, -51.76125. (25), David Heinz(R), Pittsburgh, Pa., Pre Loved, 18, -55.44926. (10), Timmy Megenbier, Melrose Park, Ill., SCCA, 17, -1 lap27. (20), Jake Dallenbach, San Antonio, Texas, Select 1, 10, DNF28. (28), Jimmy Underhill, Denver, Colo., Bosch29. (29), Derek Jones, Philadelphia, Pa., Bosch, DNSThe Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup series is an innovative approach to motorsports 30 factory-prepared and managed 2009 clean-diesel Jetta TDIs will be piloted by talented, up-and-coming drivers, aged 16 to 26. Volkswagens goal is to find the driver with the most talent and help them break into the world of professional motorsports. The Jetta TDI Cup series, the first all clean-diesel race series, is sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing Inc. Sponsors for the race include: Aggreko, Athletes Performance, Bondurant, Bosch, ful®, Holder, Hoopla, Ironclad, Kyosho, Oakley, RedBull, UTI and ViON.
