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 [...]

The 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race is now well underway with over 10 hours of racing gone. At the head of the pack the #1 Manthey Porsche RSR is currently looking good for a fourth consecutive outright win. Of course, there is a long way to go yet, so let’s focus on the Australian teams. [...]

Here is a selection of images from the pre-race practice and qualifying sessions. As more images are added to the media section of the official race website I will be sure to share them. All pictures can be viewed as wallpaper sized 2000px super images by click on each image.

LIVE streaming of the 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race is now available direct from the official race website. Click on the image above to access the stream. A few images from the first few minutes of the race are included after the jump. For a live scoreboard ticker, click here. A gallery of images from [...]

Pre-race nerves and waiting are the theme of Stu’s latest update, filed earlier this morning (German time). It’s a great read and gives a very good insight into the task ahead. He’s also included some images from their pit garage taken during yesterday’s qualifying session. Sadly, one of the cars sharing their pit space won’t [...]

The Raeder Automotive Ford GT has upset bigger names to claim pole position for the 37th Nürburgring 24 hour race. The Ford qualified ahead of the 2008 winners in the Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RSR. The Audi R8 LMS entries have taken the next three positions. A very impressive showing for a car making its [...]

Stu has just sent in his qualifying report and the good news is the car is running well and all gremlins appear to have been sorted. [Pic from 2008]