http://www.britishpathe.com/video/motor-racers-use-ice-track/query/volkswagen...

Crazy video; the bloke who wins has 1 arm!!!

Haha, Cut it off for weight reduction Good on him

^^

Looks like fun, the cars introdced a bit more horsepower.....

the one armed guy was otto mathe. the car i think had a kubel front end and gearbox.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzZlYTmM8uI 

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=343507&highlight=mathe 

he also used to own and race a moderately interesting old vw.