Hot Hatch Racing

06/04/2026

06/02/2026

Air Volkwagen will be lifting off again shortly!

Save the date MOR will return to Crawford County on July 11th!
Volunteer and Competitor registration will be opening soon so keep your eyes peeled!

05/29/2026

Help us save Snowbell 🤍💔

This sweet 7-year-old pittie/boxer mix is currently on a euthanasia deadline at another shelter. She is not with T.A.R.A. yet, but we want to pull her to safety - if a foster can step up.

Snowbell was surrendered after her owner went to prison. The shelter got her vetted, helped her recover from a back issue, and now she is doing well, smiling big, and ready for her next chapter.

She is happy, sweet, and can get excited, so older kids may be the best fit.

Dogs like Snowbell are exactly why fosters matter. You provide the safe spot. T.A.R.A. provides supplies and vet care.

If you can make space for Snowbell, please apply to foster at tarasdream.org/foster 🩷

05/29/2026

Erik is finally back to tinkering on the Monty and putting the 3d printer to work once again. This time it's mocking up an intake to fit the mk4 manifold onto the mk3 engine in the mk2.

05/23/2026

Won two People's Choice awards and Erik's Touareg placed 3rd in Post-2000 Watercooled(no trophy).

Great day!

05/23/2026

Out at the Mo-Kan VW show today in Smithville, MO! Brought the pickup and the Touareg.

Touareg had to get a little flexy and don all of the recover gear to show off.

05/17/2026

I plead the 5th. 😅😅😅😅

"Come get it or it's getting cut up. "

05/05/2026

04/25/2026

Post Olympus damage report is looking a little rougher than we'd hoped for. My little stump sampling experiment did more than bend the bumper and skid plate. Upon closer inspection, it pushed the strut tower up and back, but not as badly as it could've. We're going to talk things over, but we may have to skip MOR in favor of building new strut towers and reinforcing the front end more while straightening it back out.

Few more photos added.

12/03/2025

Give it up for day 2! Today was a 125mm strike-through slotted screwdriver.