TDI Cup Documentary Airs Again this Saturday and Wednesday

February 27, 2009

Just a reminder for those that missed the previous showings, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup Documentary titled “Racing Under Green” will be airing this Saturday February 28th at 10pm pacific/ 1am eastern and this Wednesday March 4th at 10am pacific/ 1pm eastern on the Speed Channel.

Speed Channel has been filming the drivers beginning with the driver selection process in April as well as every race to catch everything that happened on and off the track. The final 90-minute documentary will show the action and drama of the series, highlighting how the drivers have progressed in their racing careers. Included in that 90 minute documentary will be a feature on Pignataro Volkswagen supported David Jurca where the filmmakers actually traveled to Seattle to highlight David’s life outside of racing as well as film his grandfather’s historic Czech racecar and the story behind the discovery of it. Don’t miss it!

David Jurca’s 2008 racing season was made possible because of support from Pignataro Volkswagen, Redapt, Serengeti Design, CMSI, Italian Motors, Washington Cedar and Supply, Oakley, and Bell Racing Helmets. Like most drivers in the world of motorsports, he began his racing career in karts. Displaying great natural talent, the 23 year-old quickly progressed up the karting ranks, winning numerous championships along the way and racing head to head against current Formula One, Indy Car, and NASCAR drivers such as Lewis Hamilton, Graham Rahal, and Scott Speed. In 2003, he was a finalist in the Red Bull F1 Driver Search. In the last five years, Jurca has been the number one ranked shifter kart driver in North America three times and continues to split his time between his car racing aspirations and the Stars of Karting National Championship.