Does Honda K20 power make this GTI a potential UTCC winner? | #FastFriday

By Colin Wood
May 21, 2021 | #FastFriday

What looks to be little more than a modified 1991 VW GTI is actually a full-fledged track machine hiding a Honda K20 heart under its hood.

Will this lightweight, Japanese-powered German hot hatch become a force to be reckoned with at the 2021 Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge?

What is the Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge? It’s our annual no-holds-barred track competition. The rules are simple: Car and driver must pass a NASA safety inspection. Period.

Here’s a closer look at this week’s selection:

Paul Inskeep’s rad-era GTI is a true homebrewed track machine. There's nearly 200 horsepower on tap in a car that only weighs 2200 pounds thanks to its stripped interior. But will that power-to-weight ratio be enough to win?

Although most Factory Five Cobras run the cars-and-coffee circuit, Dr. Paul C. Kaiser’s Cobra looks like it prefers the twists and turns of a real track. It also benefits from aerodynamic and chassis modifications, along with “unique ABS power steering” systems, but will all that translate to success at the UTCC?

View these cars, along with the rest of the field, on the UTCC website. If you think you have what it takes to win, enter your car here.

The Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge is presented by Tire Rack in association with Wilwood Engineering, HP Tuners, SPA Technique, XClutch and KW Suspensions, with trophies from BimmerWorld, Falken Tire, Hoosier Tire, and Mach V Motorsports.