BMW Alpina B6 GT3
Sunday, June 21st, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, BMW | No Comments »Alpina is a name well known when it comes to performance BMWs. At the recent Nürburgring 24 hour race they entered two B6 GT3 racers, based on the BMW 6 Series Coupé. The B6 GT3 has 530bhp and 750Nm of torque, ...
TV alert: VIP Petfoods Porsche RSR at N24
Sunday, June 21st, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Australia, Porsche | 1 Comment »Apologies for the late notice, but you'd better plan to park yourself on the couch this afternoon. Switch your telly to SBS TV's Speedweek program which starts at 1pm (check local guides). This is a one-hour TV doco shot by Stuart ...
2009 Nürburgring 24 hour TV highlights - finish
Thursday, June 4th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Video | 1 Comment »The Nürburgring 24 hour race is a tremendous test of endurance for both man and machine. Imagine the relief, then, as the cars cross the line for the last time. Here you can see the four Audi R8 LMS cars ...
2009 Nürburgring 24 hour TV highlights - start
Thursday, June 4th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Video | 1 Comment »There are now quite a few YouTube clips appearing from this year's Nürburgring 24 hour race. This is a clip is from the first 10 minutes or so of the 2009 N24 race. It's a good example of the staggered ...
Porsche wins fourth successive N24 race
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi, Porsche | 1 Comment »In front of over 230,000 fans it was the Manthey Racing #1 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR driven by Timo Bernhard (Germany), Marc Lieb (Germany), Romain Dumas (France) and Marcel Tiemann (Monaco) that won the race. Team boss, Olaf Manthey was a ...
2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race - photo gallery
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race | 1 Comment »Following the pre-race gallery, here are a selection of images from the 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour race, courtesy of the official race website. All pictures can be viewed as wallpaper sized 2000px super images by click on each image.
Audi R8 LMS 24h Nürburgring info
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi | 1 Comment »To celebrate the debut of the Audi R8 LMS at the Nürburgring 24 hour race here are a couple of press documents for download that answer everything you ever wanted to know, but were too afraid to ask. Audi R8 LMS ...
Audi R8 LMS shows new endurance
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi | 7 Comments »Audi Motorsport went to the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year with high hopes. Four new R8 LMS GT3 category racers were entered with some of the sport's biggest names at the wheel. To subject the new racecars to such ...
N24 trackside report - pt6 (the debrief)
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Australia, Toyota | 4 Comments »It's been a big week for Stu Jones and his mates at Osborne Motorsports. A long haul flight from Sydney to Frankfurt, a massive effort from everyone in the team to prepare, drive and repair the racecar in the 24 ...
Volkswagen Scirocco shows class at Nürburgring
Monday, May 25th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Volkswagen | 5 Comments »The Volkswagen Motorsport program enjoyed more success at the Nürburgring 24 hour over the weekend with class wins for the Scirocco in the SP3T and AT categories. The #118 petrol powered Scirocco R came home in 15th outright presenting drivers Jimmy ...
