Nürburgring could lose Grand Prix rights
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Nurburgring news | No Comments »The current status of the Nürburgring hosting alternate German Grands Prix could be under threat, with a final decision to be made in the first week of October, autosport.com reports. The Nürburgring race is organised by Deutscher Motor Sport Bund, ...
Time attack duel: Dodge Viper ACR v Corvette ZR1
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in Dodge, GM, Video | No Comments »Now that you're read about the Dodge Viper ACR, and seen the Corvette ZR1 lap, check them out one above the other in YouTube glory. There's a bit of scrolling text to go through from the clip's maker, but eventually ...
MINI Cooper S past blast
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in MINI, Manufacturer testing | No Comments »Taking a step back in time here is a small snippet offrom Wheels August 2001 issue with some spy shots of the R53 MINI Cooper S testing at the Nürburgring (click on the image for a larger version). At the ...
Dodge Viper ACR laps Nordschleife in 7:22.1
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Dodge | 1 Comment »The Dodge Viper ACR is the latest car to claim the production car lap record around the Nürburgring's 20.8km north loop. The folk at Dodge's SRT factory (Street & Racing Technology) got a bit darn sick of everyone else grabbing ...
Alex Davison on Nürburgring podium
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in Australia, Motorsports, Porsche | No Comments »Australia's Alex Davison and Team Felbermayr-Proton teammate Marc Lieb have claimed second position in the European Le Mans Series, held at the Nürburgring in Germany on Sunday, 17 August. Driving a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Davison and Lieb showed good ...
Nurburgring trip report - The Atlantic crossing
Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Trip reports | No Comments »There's trip reports and there's trip reports. This one, from AutoWeek's Ronan McGrath, will take some beating. Ronan recently took delivery of a 997 Porsche GT3 RS. Okay, that's not such a big deal. He's a lucky bastard, for sure, ...
Audi R8 Spider unmasked!
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Audi, Manufacturer testing | No Comments »NextAutos is reporting sightings of an Audi R8 Spider on roads near the Ring. The Spider—although naming has not been confirmed—is believed to be available with the existing 4.2 litre V8 engine as well as the 5.0 litre V10, as ...
Random manufacturer testing at the Nürburgring Nordschleife
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Posted in Manufacturer testing, Video | No Comments »This is a pretty cool clip showing a bunch of random exotica being tested at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Car spotting at it's finest! There's too many models to mention but Porsche, Ferrari, Audi, Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo and Mercedes-Benz cars ...
Westfield Megablade Nürburgring Touristfahrten lap
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Posted in Video, Westfield | No Comments »Conquered the Ring in a tintop? Well how about adding a new dimension by taking a lap in an all but purpose built open wheel racer. This lap of the Nordschleife in a Westfield Megablade, with 127bhp Honda Fireblade engine, ...
Motor magazine’s DIY Guide to the Ring
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Track guides, Trip reports, Volkswagen | No Comments »Thinking of heading over to the Ring? This DIY Guide from Australian Motor magazine (first published in February 2006) is a handy introduction. It is pretty basic but does cover as much as you can expect given the format. Written ...
Subaru Impreza WRX STi spec-C time attack
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Subaru, Video | No Comments »Here's an old time attack lap from inside a Subaru Impreza WRX STi spec-C. I'm not sure exactly how old the lap is, but judging by the car, it looks to be a 2003 model, with 206kW/394Nm. Regardless of age ...
