An Australian view on the Nürburgring Nordschleife

Archive for April, 2008

Mal Rose Racing set to thunder around Nordschleife

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports | 2 Comments »

Sydney's Mal Rose, from The Supercar Experience, is all set to, once again, lead an Australian contingent to the Nürburgring 24 hour race (May 22-25). This will Rose's fifth consecutive appearance at the German enduro event and this year he ...

TV documentary: Mal’s Big Green Hell

Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports, Sabine Schmitz | 4 Comments »

Attention to all Sydney readers: AUSSIES IN NURBURGRING DOCUMENTARY TO AIR ON TVS Mal's Big Green Hell, the adventures of a group of Australian racers, featuring Aussie Nürburgring pioneer Mal Rose, at Germany's famous 'Green Hell' race circuit, will be telecast ...

Sainz and Stuck to race Volkswagen Scirocco

Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Volkswagen | No Comments »

The rapidly approaching Nürburgring 24 hour race has a new face ready to take the grid in the shape of Volkswagen's new third generation Scirocco. The race will take place over the weekend of 23-25 May and while the Scirocco ...

AUSringers heads to Targa Tasmania

Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Site news | No Comments »

Read more at our sister site AUSmotive.com.

Nissan GT-R V-spec getting closer

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Manufacturer testing, Nissan | 1 Comment »

News of Nissan's lighter, faster V-spec version of its GT-R has been around for a while now. Again, from Autoblog, is news that the car has been spied in testing at the Nordschleife. This photo, taken at the mini-Karussell, shows ...

Aussie engineered Camaro spied at Nürburgring

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in GM, Manufacturer testing | No Comments »

Autoblog recently published a story about the new Chevrolet Camaro being tested at the Nürburgring. While clearly designed for the North American market, much of the engineering of this car has been undertaken at Australia's Holden facilities, a fact highlighted ...

Osborne Motorsports heading to the Nürburgring

Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports, Toyota | 11 Comments »

Colin Osborne, current CAMS president, and keen racer in his own right, has just packed up his trusty Osborne Motorsports Toyota Corolla to the brim and sent it off to Germany for the 36th Nürburgring 24 hour race, to be ...

4-door Aston Martin Rapide spied testing on Nürburgring

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Aston Martin, Manufacturer testing | No Comments »

Aston Martin has started testing its new 4-door Rapide at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Spy photos reveal a sleek glass roof that will no doubt add further appeal for some to the already stylish looking Aston. The Rapide will be powered ...

Photography at the Nürburgring Nordschleife - FotoGraff.de

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 Posted in Photography | 1 Comment »

One of the many side industries associated with tourist laps of the Nürburgring Nordschleife is photography. Most photographers you see Ring-side are generally taking happy snaps for their own use, but there are some who approach their Nordschleife watching ...