2010 Porsche 911 GT3 still can’t match Godzilla
Friday, April 24th, 2009 Posted in Nissan, Porsche | 8 Comments »Unofficially, at least, the new Porsche 911 GT3 still can't match the Nissan GT-R in a hot lap around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. According to reports on the internetz Porsche über driver Walter Rohrl recently took the GT3 around the Ring ...
Audi names driver lineup for R8 LMS
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi | 2 Comments »Yesterday Audi announced the make up of the four R8 LMS racers that will take part in the Nürburgring 24 hour race (21-24 May). There will be four cars in total, split between two teams, Phoenix Racing and ABT Sportline. Fourteen ...
Lexus enters pre-production LF-A in N24
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Lexus | 2 Comments »A pair of prototype Lexus LF-A racers will be entered into this year's Nürburgring 24 hour race. Lexus will treat the race as a development experience. You can be assured that 24 hours around the Nordschleife will be a stern ...
DTM: They’re coming back!
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Alfa Romeo, Audi, BMW, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Motorsports, Nurburgring news | No Comments »In one of the coolest stories to come across the AUSringers news desk this year old skool Group A DTM touring cars (1988-93) will be returning to the Ring, including the Nordschleife, in a revival festival to be held on ...
Aussie V8 roaring back to the Ring
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Australia, GM | 2 Comments »The awesome sound of a race-prepped Aussie V8 will be heard through the Eifel region once again, with the Mal Rose Racing V8 Commodore returning for the 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race. With a fully rebuilt 6.0 litre VY Commodore ...
Subaru launch STi assault on 24h race
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Subaru | 1 Comment »Subaru will be taking an STi factory team to the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year (21-24 May). They will be running a single Impreza WRX STi, to be driven by Kazuo Shimizu, Toshihiro Yoshida, Naoki Hattori and Koji Matsuda. The ...
Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 CNG
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Volkswagen | 3 Comments »Volkswagen will be launching a five-strong Scirocco attack on the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year. Returning to defend its title is the familiar Scirocco GT24, which will hit the track with a three car team. The new kid on ...
Nissan GT-R claims new Nürburgring lap record
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 Posted in Nissan, Nurburgring news | 6 Comments »Hot off the presses, Nissan is claiming a new Nürburgring Nordschleife record for the GT-R. The new time is 7 minutes 27.56 seconds. The new time was set almost one year to the day after the previous best time of 7 ...
BMW M3 GT4 to debut at Nürburgring 24 hour race
Friday, April 10th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, BMW | 2 Comments »The BMW M3 GT4 will make its competition debut at the 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race this May. Although not an official works team, BMW works drivers Augusto Farfus (BR), Jörg Müller (DE) and Andy Priaulx (GB) will don their ...
Scirocco GT24 prepares for N24 defence
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 Posted in Motorsports, Volkswagen | No Comments »The Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 is well underway with preparations for a return to the Nürburgring 24 hour race. Volkswagen Motorsport will be hoping for another excellent showing, which last year saw the team claim a 1-2 class victory. The team had ...
