JRL Motorsport

28/09/2026

National Finals

MK3 Golf R32

The weekend started with Josh being in the run for taking the Championship

We ran into a few electrical issues during qualifying, which was luckily soon fixed by E1 where Josh met Chris in E2 on Sunday, at this point the championship was up for grabs by either Josh or Chris, unfortunately Josh went out with a red light of -0.0023 and by the skin of his teeth lost out on the championship.

Over all Josh is proud of his result considering this was just a test year for the R32.

A massive shoutout to Danny Bean and Chris Waterhouse for giving a good fight right up until till the end!

MK 5 GTI

What a year it has been for the Mk5 Golf GTI. A few ups and downs, plenty of racing, and a lot of learning along the way — but we’ve come away with the Sir Brian Burrows Rookie of the Year award! 🏆

This weekend we put together some solid runs, with a 13.78 @ 98.40mph being the quickest pass of the weekend, along with a 13.85 @ 97.34mph and 13.95 @ 97.13mph.

Unfortunately, our elimination run ended in the second round with a red light, so that was the end of our weekend earlier than we wanted, yet the Rookie of the Year title more than makes up for it.

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout 2026 whether you came to watch, were our sideline cheerleaders or our crew and most of all a massive thank you to our crew chief Dave Lea, this wouldn’t be possible without you!

What a way to finish the 2026 VWDRC season!

VW PRO MK 3 R32 - Finishing 3rd
VWSP MK 5 GTI - Finishing 6th

A great turn out for the JRL team🏆🏁

Roll on 2027… 👀🏁

📸 - Ben Colgan

26/09/2026

Aaron Lang Mission completed- Rookie of the year ✅

Congratulations to Aaron Lang the Sir Brian Burrows Rookie of the Year for 2026

The JRL Motorsport Mk5 Golf is now uncatchable after winning Round 1 today in VW Sportsman

24/09/2026

14/09/2026

12/09/2026

Made a start to the project today on the MK5 GTI

05/09/2026

Pending project joining us next year👀🤫

24/08/2026

Green Light Nationals

MK3 Golf R32

An amazing weekend for Josh, in qualifying he achieved the perfect reaction award with a 0.0006 reaction on the tree! Josh came 7th over all in qualifying

We then went onto eliminations where Josh faced some tough competition but managed to succeed and get a bye into the final🏆

In the final we went head to head with Harry Gamble, Josh went onto win Green Light Nationals!

The time, effort and sacrifices that goes on behind the scenes and on the track from Josh and everyone who joins us has paid off🥇

Replacement Seat Ibiza Cupra

A busy weekend at Santa Pod for Aaron, luckily Lauren saved the weekend with her car as a replacement (thanks Lauren) after the van broke earlier in the week meaning Aaron could not tow the Golf to Santapod

A 13.98 @ 100.72mph from the first two runs, with a best 0.1024 reaction and 13.9815 ET. Unfortunately, the car then struggled getting into 2nd and the paddle clutch made launching tricky. Out in the first round of eliminations, but plenty learnt!

A back to back win for the JRL team🏆
Bring on National Finals!

23/08/2026

23/08/2026

Perfect reaction time winner at Green Light Nationals for Josh with a 0.0006 reaction on the tree 🏆

20/04/2026

Spring Speed Nationals

Good results for the MK5 GTI new PB for Aaron

-14.23
-Made it to 3rd round of eliminations
- A great start to Aaron’s first year in drag racing, his aim is to achieve rookie of the year

Learning weekend for the MK3 VR6 R32

-Considering this was last driven by Josh at the age of 18 as the first car he drove after passing his test and went straight onto the track
- Josh has had a weekend of achievements and learning the car
New PB for Josh - 12.99

Thank you to Dave Lea, Eva Imrie, Lauren Finlay for helping and Ben Colgan Elliot Gee for visiting.

Well done to everyone, see you at the next event

Only onwards and upwards from here for the JRL team