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Aug 29 2008, 05:30 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 16 comment(s)
On our recent trips to the legendary Nurburgring , I was most fascinated by the culture surrounding the Nordschleife - the raw purity of the car culture there is cool! There are so many car enthusiasts out there DRIVING their cars and having fun . After all, isn't that the whole point of owning a car? Exactly. Since we we had plans to stay at Nurburgring overnight, my fellow Speedhunters Rod Chong and veteran motorsports sharpshooter Sir John Brooks thought we should go to Pistenklause for dinner...
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Aug 28 2008, 10:18 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 4 comment(s)
With most people's attention focused on the rivalry between the Corvette and the GT-R over which can lap the Nurburgring faster, it kind of comes as a surprise to see Chrysler jumping right into it with the new Viper ACR. According to Motor Trend, the ACR has lapped the track in a record braking 7:22.1. As expected, the barely-street legal ACR is certainly not the most refined car around, but the sheer brutality seen in the video makes even the Corvette ZR1 look cushy. Nothing high tech, just the spectacle of man harnessing brute power to do battle with the most challenging race track in the world.
Source: Motor Trend
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Aug 08 2008, 07:00 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 12 comment(s)
As some of you know, we're in Japan right now, and it's blazing hot. However, I didn't want this week to pass without posting up some photos from the IDC (International Drift Challenge) drift event we went to this past weekend at Nurburgring. The event was held at the Nurburgring Grand Prix track, which is way different from what we experienced at Nordschleife (North Course)... but Nordschleife is just an entirely different animal than most racetracks I've experienced. While I had...
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Posted
Aug 05 2008, 02:46 PM
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Antonio Alvendia
with 16 comment(s)
This past weekend, we went to the Recaro Days event, which was held at Nurburgring's paddock area. Rather than bore you with a ton of text, I thought I'd just put up a gallery of photos; after all, everyone knows that wheels are better to look at than talk about . Hmm... well, I love talking about wheels too! I'll be honest. Not all the cars at Recaro Days were deserving of features on Speedhunters - many of them were show & shine style cars (the German equivalent to the cars in the...
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Posted
Jul 31 2008, 10:34 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 21 comment(s)
(yawn).... I just dragged my self out of my hotel bed.... It's six in the morning and we are going to be leaving Germany after breakfast for the quick sprint across the border to Belgium, and the town of Spa-Francorchamps. We'll be there for around four days in the run up to the FIA GT Spa 24H race. I haven't been to an FIA GT race since the year 2000; I am very much looking forward to seeing Maseratis, Aston Martins, Saleens and Corvettes battling each other up the cliff race known as...
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Posted
Jul 31 2008, 06:03 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 8 comment(s)
Right now it's about 6:00am in the quiet town of Nurburg, Germany. The sun is just rising right now, and the sky is filled with spectacular deep red and deep blue hues, which contrast to the lush green grassy fields right outside my window. I left my big windows open all night because it was so damn hot and stuffy inside my hotel room. From what I've been told, this area is always cold, and we're visiting in a very rare hot spell - even in the summer. Since it's a normally cold region...
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Posted
Jul 30 2008, 12:48 PM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 14 comment(s)
It's about 10pm in Germany right now. As I write this, I'm sitting inside Pistenklause , a legendary restaurant in the quaint-yet-amazing town of Nurburg, Germany. The restaurant itself, and the hotel we're staying at, Hotel Am Tiergarten , sits within the actual Nurburgring Nordschleife course. The hotel is owned by the Schmitz family of Nurburg - in case you haven't heard, Sabine Schmitz , the daughter of the hotel owners, is pretty well known in these parts - she is an accomplished...
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Posted
Jun 14 2008, 04:21 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 16 comment(s)
Ford Europe have released two 'teaser' images (Black car) of the forthcoming Ford Focus RS, testing at the Nurburgring. This comes just after Car Tribes released images which it claimed to be the new Focus RS. It does seem, to match! According to Car Tribe, it will be powered by a 2.5 Litre engine, 280 bhp and front wheel drive. 0-60 in around 5.7 seconds. The car will only be available in 3 door. Unfortunately, this model will be limited to certain markets that already get the 'C302'...
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Posted
May 30 2008, 08:18 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 3 comment(s)
Check out this promotional video for the VW Scirocco GT24 that was campaigned in the 24h of Nurburgring last weekend. All three of the Scirocco entries in the race performed very well and it looks like this new car is the real deal. We aren't quite sure about the music choice in the video, but the cars sure are awesome.
Found via German Car Blog
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
May 28 2008, 12:05 PM
by
Andy Barnes
with 6 comment(s)
I am the co-owner of Sumo Power and also the Time Attack Series and European Drift Championship, all 3 of which are based in the UK. In 2002 we started Sumo Power as a main HKS distributor in the UK and we began making cars to show the parts off. Pretty quickly we got deep with how we wanted the cars to be and before long we had an array of cars for different things. We normally name each of our cars to give it character, for instance, Ichiban ( Japanese for No. 1 ), Hercules ( Greek god known for...
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Posted
May 26 2008, 03:30 AM
by
Rod Chong
with 10 comment(s)
Things didn't look very good for the pole sitting Manthey Racing Porsche at the green flag of the Nurburgring 24H race. As the green flag fell the car started to belch huges amount of steam and had to immediatly dive for the pits for repairs to its cooling system. Not a great way to start a 24h race. I'm quite impressed they were able to fight back to take the win. Congrats to them!...
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Posted
May 25 2008, 09:11 AM
by
Rod Chong
with no comments
One of the factory Sciroccos blasts through the night at this weekend's Nurburgring 24h. This particular car finished 14th overall, 2nd of the Sciroccos. A pretty impressive race debut for this new machine. Check the official event site for full picture galleries.
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Posted
May 22 2008, 06:00 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 9 comment(s)
With the Nurburgring 24 Hours this weekend and the Le Mans 24 Hours in less than a month, this fantastic Aston Martin Racing image is very relevant....and cool. The Gulf Aston DBR9 will race at Le Mans while the yellow Vantage N24 will be at the Nurburgring. Other cars are various race cars from GT racing around the world. My wallpaper for a few weeks :)
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Posted
May 22 2008, 11:05 AM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 8 comment(s)
More pictures have surfaced of the VW Scirocco racecar which will compete in this weekend's Nurburgring 24 Hour. The Scirocco will be driven by two-time WRC champ Carlos Sainz and two-time Le Mans winner and 'Ring legend, Hans-Joachim Stuck. The racing bodykit really makes a difference to this car. The presentation car carries a Nurburgring track graphic on the side of the car.
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Posted
May 20 2008, 07:34 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 2 comment(s)
Found this on Germancarscene.com . A privately built Audi R8 will enter the Nurburgring 24h on the May 22nd. The engine size is decreased to 4.0L, producing 530HP @ 7.800 rpm and 480NM @ 7.000 rpm. Weight is 1.250kg. The exhaust system is custom made by Eisenmann, crankshaft by Omesa and pistons by Mahle. This is an effort by Michael Düchting, Bilstein and Sport Auto called 24h-Project 2008: Blue-Tec. It will race in the SP7 class. It is really interesting to see that alot of car companies are...
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