VACN 2025

Scroll to the bottom for a compilation of some clips recorded from the track 😄🏎️

This year we made our way back to Vålerbanen for VACN’s annual car meet—same place, same vibe. The event had all the usual highlights: a car exhibition, track sessions, and prizes for the top cars that entered the show and shine. Naturally, I submitted my own car for judging, but unfortunately, the competition brought their A-game and mine didn’t make the cut this time.

The real story of the day, though, centered around my friend’s car. He’s been putting in serious hours prepping it for track duty, and today was supposed to be the big payoff. Sadly, that didn’t happen. I came geared up to shoot some photos of him tearing it up on track—but before I even made it to the photo spot, his car had already given up.

We think the culprit might be a bad ECU or a sketchy harness. The throttle body wouldn’t stay steady—it kept jittering at zero throttle, which made the car stall constantly. We even tried swapping in an identical throttle body from another Mk4 VW on-site, but no luck. Same issue. Super frustrating, especially after all the work he’s put in.

Turnout for the show side of things was lighter than usual this year. Most likely because of the weather—it started raining the day before and didn’t really let up until midday. Still, a few solid builds made it out, and there was a good mix of clean dailies, track builds, and show cars braving the conditions.

Below are a few stills pulled from the video clips I captured throughout the day.
Unfortunately, the quality isn’t perfect—most of these are frame grabs from iPhone 16 Pro Max footage. A handful of the first shots in each set are from my Sony A6000, so expect a bit of a mix.

The blog compression doesn’t really do these images justice. If you want any of the shots in full quality, feel free to reach out—my email’s listed at the bottom of the post.

Take it or leave it 😉

It wasn’t the weekend we hoped for, but honestly, that’s part of the game. Sometimes the weather’s off, the ECU flakes out, and your plans get flipped. Still, we showed up, we wrenched, and we’ll be back.

Contact me if you want the RAW photos (max quality, both .ARW and .PNG) 😊 ([email protected])