#1 Manthey Racing Porsche wins 2009 Nürburgring 24 hour
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi, Porsche | 5 Comments »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 ...
2010 Porsche 911 GT3 still can’t match Godzilla
Friday, April 24th, 2009 Posted in Nissan, Porsche | 8 Comments »Unofficially, at least, the new Porsche 911 GT3 still can't match the Nissan GT-R in a hot lap around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. According to reports on the internetz Porsche über driver Walter Rohrl recently took the GT3 around the Ring ...
Hans-Joachim Stuck talks to AUSringers
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in BMW, Interviews, Motorsports, Porsche, Volkswagen | 9 Comments »Hans-Joachim Stuck is a man who has a rich Nürburgring heritage. He has been racing on the Nordschleife since the late 1960s. In that time he has secured numerous victories, including three outright wins in the Nürburgring 24 hour race. ...
Derek Bell talks through a lap of the Nordschleife
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 Posted in Motorsports, Porsche, Track guides, Video | 4 Comments »This would have to be one of the best Nurburgring Nordschleife videos on the internet. Derek Bell, five-time Le Mans winner, is behind the wheel of the awesome Porsche 956. There's not much else to say, except enjoy the racecam ...
Walter Röhrl drives new Porsche 911 GT3, but…
Sunday, February 1st, 2009 Posted in Porsche, Walter Rohrl | 1 Comment »...not at the Nürburgring. Details of the the new 997.5 Porsche 911 GT3 were released the other day (see AUSmotive for more), and now a promotional video of the car in action has surfaced. As with other similar videos Porsche's most ...
The Eifel in winter
Thursday, January 8th, 2009 Posted in Porsche | No Comments »Whenever I see snow at the Ring on the webcam it always reminds me of this video. It's one of my most favourite clips from the Nürburgring. The Nordschleife to yourself. A Porsche 911 Carrera at your disposal. Could life get ...
Supercar shootout - Das ist gut, ja?
Sunday, November 16th, 2008 Posted in Ferrari, Maserati, Pagani, Porsche, Video | No Comments »I have bugger all idea what is being said, but I know I would love to have been at the Nordschleife when this footage was shot... and preferably behind the wheel! The video features the following: Maserati MC12 Ferrari Enzo Porsche Carrera GT Pagani Zonda ...
Über-cool vintage Porsche racing posters
Sunday, November 9th, 2008 Posted in Motorsports, Porsche | 3 Comments »Nürburgring and Porsche go together hand in hand. Do some laps of the Nordschleife on a Toursitenfahrten day and the most common car seen is likely to be the iconic 911 range. From 1970s classic, to modern day models. Safe ...
Porsche and Nissan trade off-track insults over that lap time
Saturday, October 4th, 2008 Posted in Nissan, Porsche | 17 Comments »A few days ago a Porsche official made the extraordinary public claim that Nissan cheated when setting the GT-R's amazing lap of 7 minute 29 seconds around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. And now Nissan is fighting back defending its honour. At a ...
Stefan Bellof 6:11 - the ultimate Nordschleife record?
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in Porsche, Video | 2 Comments »An average lap speed over 200km/h—that summit has only been conquered once at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The man? Stefan Bellof—behind the wheel of a Porsche 956 during qualifying for the 1983 1000km race. While Bellof's pole winning time of 6:11.13 ...
