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 ...
Nordschleife Touristenfahrten footage from 1977
Monday, January 18th, 2010 Posted in Nurburgring history, Video | 2 Comments »Here is a great old clip of some Touristenfahrten footage filmed in 1977. The action was captured at the notorious Adenauer Forst section, which is known for inexperienced driver carrying too much speed into the tight left hander. Thirty-three years ...
NEW VIDEO: Radical SR8LM Nurburgring record
Thursday, December 24th, 2009 Posted in Radical, Video | 1 Comment »In August Radical set a new Nürburgring lap record, smashing the 6 minute 50 barrier, with the 460bhp 2.8-litre V8 powered SR8LM. The new time set by Michael Vergers at the wheel of the Radical was 6 minutes 48 seconds, ...
Virtual reality
Saturday, November 21st, 2009 Posted in Nurburgring news, Video | No Comments »The creator of Playstation's Gran Turismo race game Kazunori Yamauchi recently took part in a four hour VLN race at the Nürburgring. He formed a team with a couple of motoring journos from AutoExpress, including Australian Peter Lyon. They drove ...
MINI JCW GP TF lap
Saturday, November 7th, 2009 Posted in MINI, Video | 1 Comment »Here's a nice, clean Touristenfahrten lap filmed from inside a MINI JCW GP, the last Cooper S special built on the R53 platform. Many consider the GP to be the ultimate (BMW) MINI. Well, now you can see how a ...
BMW M5 Ringtaxi
Monday, October 12th, 2009 Posted in BMW, Video | No Comments »BMW tv have just released a new promo for their M5 Ringtaxi. This is the gig that helped launch Sabine Schmitz into the blogosphere as probably the world’s most famous female cabby. For a closer look from inside the cabin, ...
Nürburgring webcam time lapse
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in Nurburgring news, Video | No Comments »I'm sure most AUSringers readers would be familiar with the Nürburgring webcam positioned at the Touristenfahrten gates. Like me, you've probably spent your fair share of time checking out the cars hitting the track and wishing you could be there. ...
VIDEO: Radical SR8LM Nürburgring record
Thursday, September 24th, 2009 Posted in Radical, Video | 3 Comments »Finally, here is a complete, and official, video showcasing the record lap set by the Radical SR8LM. In case you missed it, the little British sportscar that could lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 6 minutes and 48 seconds. That's a ...
Turning Japanese
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in 24 hour race, Lexus, Track guides, Video | No Comments »Here is a nifty split screen clip of the Lexus LF-A lapping the Nürburgring during the 24 hour race earlier this year. If you can speak Japanese you'll get plenty out of this as driver Takayuki Kinoshita provides commentary throughout the ...
Radical SR8LM record preview
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in Radical, Video | No Comments »Here is some video footage of the Radical SR8LM from its recent Nürburgring visit. It must be stressed that this clip is understood not to be the "record" 6:48 lap. According to the comments section on YouTube Michael Vergers, the ...
