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ABD RACING NEWS

On a recent trip to the Playboy Mansion...
...Volkswagen of America unveiled four special editions vehicles. The Fahrenheit series GTI & Jetta GLI stand out with there bright, warm color combinations and treated interior trim package. In addition were a triple white Beetle convertible and an all new Wolfsburg edition Jetta, all soon to be released to the public.


The triple white Beetle, Orange GTI Fahrenheit & Yellow GLI Fahrenheit


Rob Hallstrom (European Car), Adrian Saldivar (ABD Sales), Dave Anderson (ABD President), Greg Emmerson (Euro Tuner)

Erickson Overcomes
The "Racing Gremlins"

Brett Erickson of Sunnyvale, California raced to an eventual 25th place in the Speed "Touring" World Challenge Series this past weekend at Mazda Raceway-Laguna Seca. (more...)

   

1.8T Challenge Special Report!
read the story, see the pics...

California Speedway is a state of the art raceway facility located in Southern California. This was the venue for the 2004 European Car 1.8t Challenge. ABD Racing was on hand with their latest 1.8t GTI, complete with (more...)


 

ABD at Eurotuner!


ABD Racing was in attendance again at the annual Euro tuner GP event. The GP host a variety of competitions including dyno time, ¼ mile drag racing and a road course at Willow Springs. We brought out our street prepared R32 GTI to compete among a host of highly modified European vehicles. Dave Royce from Eibach springs was our pilot during the road course and held his own against some very stiff competition – which included several modified Audi S4's and an RS4 just to name a few.

Autobahn Designs invades New Jersey and Waterfest!

As Friday morning rolled around, the ABD Racing rig could be see for miles as it cruised down the turnpike. Friday was set up for the event and first thing Saturday morning... the craziness started. Waterfest was in full effect thoughout Saturday and a full downpour rainstorm hit on Sunday. All involved reported record numbers of spectators and again this was a record event for the ABD Racing sales staff.

We're already looking forward to next year's event!

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ABD Racing tears it up at the European Car Uber GTI challenge

ABD Racing was in attendance with many other highly modified GTIs at
the recent European Car event - UBER GTI Challenge. The series of events
unfolded in this manner:

Day#1 - Drag racing, 60-0 mph brake testing at the LACR raceway in Palmdale , Ca then an afternoon of road course racing at the Streets of willow in Rosemond , Ca. Unfortunately an O.E. turbo pressure hose failed keeping our entry from doing the numbers we expected - that's racing for you.

Day # 2 was of to GIAC in Irvine , CA for a day of dyno testing.

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Dahlback Visits ABD Racing!

VW owners and fans will quickly recognize this black golf belonging to Hans Dahlback of Dahlback Racing. This amazing golf paid a visit to ABD racing this week for a short visit before heading out to a road race competition. During its visit, ABD racing inked a deal to become the Southern California Distributor for sales and installation on all Dahlback Racing parts! That’s right, now you can get your Dahlback parts direct from ABD Racing. Please call a sales person for details!

Two covers in 4 months!

Many late nights and long days paid off when autobahn designs inc. / ABD Racing  received two European Car magazine covers within the first few months of 2004. The riverside, ca based company has been a premier builder of European cars for more than 14 years with a high concentration in the Volkswagen and Audi marketplace.

For more information read the following issues of European car magazine:
February 2004 – blue Audi S4 on the cover
June 2004 – Dark Gray Audi RS6 on the cover
Report from At Large Reporting group

NEW Install Services By ABD Techs Available!

We are now offering full time installation and service. All services are performed by a Volkswagen certified technician.

Come on in or give a call to the ABD Racingwerks staff to schedule your appointment today.

ABD Racing wants to see your car…

ABD Racing wants to see your car on our web site. Starting September 1st, we want you to send in pictures of your car along with a description of the modifications performed, 1⁄4 mile times if you have them and any other interesting info about your car. Make sure you include your name and year, make and model of car. We will be posting them on our web site for everyone to view and updating the featured cars bi-weekly. Make sure you get your pictures in quickly! You can send pictures via email with a description to abdarmy@abdracingwerks.com or mail them to us by clicking here.