This video is the perfect way to get yourself in the mood for a weekend of endurance racing. It was produced after the 2011 24 hour race and features Mal Rose at the wheel of his Holden Commodore V8 Supercar and Darren Turner in the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4. You’re taken for a full [...]

The provisional entry list for the 40th Nürburgring 24 hour race was released at the end of April. You can download a copy right now if you like (70kb PDF). We’ve scanned through the doc and picked out the Aussies and Kiwis entered in the race. As always these lists can be a bit fluid [...]

Mal Rose, best known for being a hard working privateer, will be enjoying a factory drive with Aston Martin Racing in the Nürburgring 24 hour race later this month. It’s a great reward for effort for Mal who already has eight N24 races behind him—this year will be his ninth consecutive appearance—as well as many [...]

Audi has recently confirmed its plans for the upcoming Nürburgring 24 hour race. Australia’s Warren Luff will compete in one of two Audi race experience R8 LMS entries. Of course, Luff has plenty of experience in the R8 having driven for Audi in the last two Bathurst 12 Hour races. It’s also interesting to note [...]

Following their successful defence at the Bathurst 12 Hour race on the weekend, Audi Australia has teamed up with Team Phoenix Racing to bring us this in-car footage from Saturday morning qualifying. Christopher Mies is at the wheel. The first lap is a slow warm-up, thankfully, as Mies gets a close look at a couple [...]

The Bathurst 12 Hour race is the closest thing we have to the Nürburgring 24 hour here in Australia. So much so that Black Falcon and Phoenix Racing are currently down under enjoying our inclement weather. Dominik Farnbacher and Allan Simonsen are also here racing a Ferrari 458 GT3. Indeed, during the opening stages of [...]

We first brought you news about a new Nürburgring documentary called Lure of the Ring back in July 2010. That was followed by a teaser video last March. Since then there’s been a Facebook page created and a preview screening of the film was held in January. Now we bring you a draft TV commercial [...]

Thanks to Toyota Motorsport for this excellent photo of the Aussie flag at the Karussell. We first reported on our national emblem’s appearance at the Green Hell back in 2008. Best guesses tell us the flag first appeared on the armco in 2006, or thereabouts, and it’s been claimed it was painted by local fans [...]

Manthey Racing will claim the headlines from the 2011 Nürburgring 24 hour race, but with over 200 starters there’s clearly going to be many worthy stories from all those who finished. Congratulations to all and especially those who made the long journey over from Australia and New Zealand. Special mention to car #248 the Team [...]

There’s just two hours left to run now and the Manthey #18 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR has racked up 142 laps and continues to lead. The #1 BMW M3 GT remains in second. As this post goes to air there is a terrific scrap for third place between the #32 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 and [...]

With four hours of racing to go competitors can almost see the end in sight. There’s been no change at the top and Manthey Racing are on the way to another N24 victory with their #18 911 GT3 RSR. After 125 laps completed they now have only the #1 BMW M3 GT on the same [...]

There’s been no change at the front with the #18 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR looking strong. Only defending winner #1 BMW M3 GT and the #32 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 on the lead lap. Updated placings for the Aussie/Kiwi entrants can be read below. Looks like the #6 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 [...]

The #18 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR continues to lead the field into the morning at the 2011 Nürburgring 24 hour race and has racked up 89 laps to date. The Aussies and Kiwis running from the last update seem to be circulating well. An updated list of their current positions can be read [...]

The 2011 Nürburgring 24 hour race is well underway now and while it is mid-morning here in Australia it’s just after 2am in the Eifel. At the head of the field is the #18 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Drama has beset a number of the front runners with the pole sitting Ferrari 458 [...]

One of the support races for the Nürburgring 24 hour race this weekend is the Porsche Carrera World Cup event. There’s going to be more than 100 cars taking part with around 25 countries represented. One of the main attractions is Kiwi, and Australian resident, Craig Baird. It may surprise a few to learn that [...]