“Mal’s Big Green Hell” to air in Melbourne

The documentary Mal’s Big Green Hell, the adventures of a group of Australian racers, featuring Aussie Nürburgring pioneer Mal Rose, at Germany’s famous ‘Green Hell’ race circuit during the 2006 Nürburgring 24 hour race, will be telecast on Channel 31 in Melbourne. The first episode went to air tonight at 9:30pm, so keep an eye […]

2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race: The Australians

With a little over a week to go until the running of the 36th ADAC Zurich 24 hour race I thought I would list all the Australians entered in the event, as sourced from the official entry list. Some of the names and teams are very familiar to AUSringers readers, others are names I hadn’t […]

2008 Nürburgring 24 hour race: Schedule of events

There’s just two weeks to go until the running of the 36th Nürburgring 24 hour race, or as the sponsors would prefer it be called, the ADAC Zurich 24 hour race. The green flag drops at 3pm on Saturday 24 May for the main event, with qualifying sessions taking place from 9:25am-10:55am and 7:35pm- 11:30pm […]

300hp Volkswagen Scirocco in testing for Nürburgring 24 hour race

The all new Volkswagen Scirocco has been spotted in endurance testing at Motorsport Arena in Oschersleben. Volkswagen will be taking three Sciroccos to the Nürburgring 24 hour race (22-25 May), all will be fitted with 2.0 TFSI engines coupled to DSG transmissions. Tweaks to the engine will see the cars running around 223kW (300hp). As […]

Mal Rose Racing set to thunder around Nordschleife

Sydney’s Mal Rose, from The Supercar Experience, is all set to, once again, lead an Australian contingent to the Nürburgring 24 hour race (May 22-25). This will Rose’s fifth consecutive appearance at the German enduro event and this year he will driving a newly acquired ex-Garry Rogers Motorsport VY Commodore. Mal will share his drive […]

Osborne Motorsports heading to the Nürburgring

Colin Osborne, current CAMS president, and keen racer in his own right, has just packed up his trusty Osborne Motorsports Toyota Corolla to the brim and sent it off to Germany for the 36th Nürburgring 24 hour race, to be held over the weekend of 22–25 May 2008. He was kind enough to spend a […]