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Official 2010 Nürburgring 24 hour iPhone app

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race | 1 Comment »

This year you can keep up to date with the 38th Nürburgring 24 hour race on your mobile phone. Just released is a new app for iPhone and Android users which will allow you to keep an eye on overall ...

Injury forces Walter Röhrl out of Nürburgring 24 hour

Monday, April 26th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Porsche, Walter Rohrl | No Comments »

Last last year it was announced that German motorsport legend Walter Röhrl would be making his return to the Nürburgring 24 hour race after a 17 year absence. However, a back injury has forced the 63-year-old to withdraw from the ...

Preliminary entry list for 2010 24 hour race

Sunday, April 25th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Australia | 2 Comments »

A preliminary entry list for the 2010 Nürburgring 24 hour race has been published by race officials. You can download a PDF of the entries HERE (1mb). I have highlighted the teams featuring Australian and New Zealand drivers and a ...

Big Mal eyes the stars in 2010

Sunday, April 25th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Australia, Subaru | No Comments »

Australian endurance racing stalwart Mal Rose will be back at the Ring for his seventh straight 24 hour race. This time, though, he won't be behind the familiar Lion badge of his Holden Commodore, but behind the Pleiades stars of ...

Scirocco prepares for N24 threepeat

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Volkswagen | No Comments »

Following class-winning efforts in the last two years Volkswagen is pushing the Scirocco GT24-CNG towards further success at the Nürburgring 24 hour race in 2010. Back with more power and less emissions Danish driver Nicki Thiim set a new Grand ...

Peugeot RCZ to puff its way around the Ring

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Peugeot | 1 Comment »

Peugeot will take part in its first Nürburgring 24 hour race next month. To help boost the launch of their RCZ coupé the French marque will enter two cars featuring 147kW 2.0 litre turbo diesel engines. There will be one team ...

Aston Martin Rapide to race at the Ring

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Aston Martin | No Comments »

Aston Martin's new four-door saloon, the Rapide, will be racing at this year's Nürburgring 24 hour race. As usual Aston's CEO Dr Ulrich Bez will be at the wheel of the Rapide for the race, despite having the choice of ...

Lexus LF-A returns for N24 production

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Lexus | 2 Comments »

Lexus, in partnership with Gazoo Racing, will return to the Nürburgring 24 hour race this year (13–16 May) with production versions of the LF-A supercar. The cars will be driven by a mix of Japanese and German drivers, including Toyota master ...

Titan Movie - The beginning

Sunday, March 14th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Motorsports, Video | 1 Comment »

Clash Production make some damn nice post-production videos of motorsport scenes. One such production is their Titan Movie project, which has been orbiting the blogosphere for a while now. So far, there's been only been a couple of preview clips ...

Chris Harris to join Walter Röhrl for N24

Friday, March 12th, 2010 Posted in 24 hour race, Porsche, Walter Rohrl | 2 Comments »

Official confirmation of Walter Röhrl's teammates for his drive in this year's 24 hour race has finally come through. As expected Röhrl will be joined by Evo scribe Chris Harris (35), Sport Auto stalwart Horst von Saurma (55) and also ...