Don, that all depends on your definition of racing and the company you keep..

We have an annual VW event out here that includes 3 lapps on Watkins Glen international road course..

And well a 55mph pace lap is pretty hairy enough when loaded down with camping gear, chairs, food and kids.
Not to mention the loose pet.
Westies @ Watkisn Glen  http://www.empirevwcamping.org/Watkins/
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/407513.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/407514.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/487275.jpg

there's plenty of reason to pass as some have a different road handling and pucker threshold.

And I've heard you can get Lambo doors for the vanagon if that adds horsepower.

Dan in NY

From:    Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM<mailto:dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>>
Subject:

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com<mailto:scottdaniel@turbovans.com>> wrote:

>
> they really are 'sports vans' .....
> they have a sporting type suspension ......coil springs, rear trailing
> arms, A-arm front suspension ( so do Lamborgini's )  rack and pinion
> steering and more ..
> That ain't trucks in my world !  They're true 'sports vans' .
>
> lol,
> scott
>
  Maybe Lambos are trucks?....They race like trucks.  There were a few that
showed at PIR for a Speed World Challenge race a couple of years back..
Their lap times were the same as a 911s....an old 911.  Not the most sporty
of sports cars....but wicked fast in  a straight line, I guess...I think
they finished last...behind some Mazda sedans, even.
   The most sporty thing about a Vanagon?  You could camp in one at the
racetrack and watch the races.