In an amazing result of endurance racing consistency the Manthey Racing team #1 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR has won the 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race. This is the fourth consecutive win for Olaf Manthey’s team. Good weather also helped the #1 car create further history by establishing a new distance record of 155 laps for […]
There’s just two hours left to go and all is looking good for the #1 Manthey car. Most of the Aussie teams are holding station since the last update. Although car #170, the BMW M3, has only done two laps in the last couple of hours. The Results Database doesn’t show them as being in […]
The reality of endurance racing has bitten hard for a lot of competitors in the last five hours. As you can see from the banner graphic above the #117 Volkswagen Scirocco R has crashed out after coming over a blind crest at Pflantzgarten and smashing into a BMW which was driving slowly in the middle […]
Back in April a factory assault on the Nordschleife saw the Nissan GT-R set a new fastest lap. The new time, set late in the month, was an impressive 7 minutes 26.70 seconds. This marked a slight improvement over their earlier effort in mid-April. However, the press statement announcing this grand news was only released […]
A nifty feature available online is the ability to follow a selection of cars in action by GPS. The site is a bit clunky, but still worth a visit all the same. Click here to load the site.
N24 is now well over half complete and, sadly, some of the Australian teams have retired or are struggling due to misfortune. According to Radio Le Mans the #44 Mal Rose Racing Holden Commodore has suffered clutch problems and is out of the race. Car #10, the “crowd favourite” M3 with Australian Rodney Forbes in […]
As well as a strong Australian contingent at the Ring this weekend there is also a few New Zealand regulars that make the trip each year. KIWI Team Nürburgring is one of those teams and they have an updated blog running charting their progress in the race. Check out the ktn24hr blog for more info […]
