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  1. Johngo

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    #2 Johngo, Dec 23, 2010
    Sounds like a couple of swindlers need to find their way in front of a fast moving dump truck...

    Unreal. :frown2:
     
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    #3 minimark, Dec 23, 2010
    ....all we need is bait.
     
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    #4 Metalman, Dec 23, 2010
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    #5 Justa Jim, Dec 23, 2010
    As I am just starting to get into this, it looked like he was using a combination of early and late apexing. What was that little side trip he took at the start? I also did not realize that when passing in traffic, sometimes you can't pick the best line. Cool.

    MM, you need one of those "play seats" in the advertisement. :eek6:

    Jim
     
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    #6 Metalman, Dec 23, 2010
    Actually Jim, it was a rally that happened to start just off the "Ring" and finished up on the "Ring". Racing in the rain is something else. Lost grip several times on this run. I liked the "guarded" german laughter in the background.
     
  6. Metalman

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    #7 Metalman, Dec 23, 2010
    Some more in the German wine growing area.

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcJJz-09Vk4&feature=related]YouTube - Ringmini Rallye Köln Ahrweiler 2010 WP5 Weinbaudomäne[/ame]

    Sorry.... Kinda getting off topic..... again:eek:
     
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    #8 Crashton, Dec 23, 2010
    RALLY STAGE FTW !!!

    Wow what a stage! Thanks for the ride MM. :D x 10 !
     
  8. Metalman

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    #9 Metalman, Dec 23, 2010
    Ha.... Yeah....
    Shades of "Hunting Salamanders", just without the wet.
    Had a great time with you guy's that day.
    Eagerly wanting to do this again next year. Something about the "River Run".:arf:
    That day was just too much fun.:D
     
  9. Nathan

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    #10 Nathan, Dec 28, 2010
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    From Axis Of Oversteer

    If you have been following the debacle in the Eiffel, here are some pictures and a first hand report from one of our intrepid tracktard reporters, Guillaume, Who was in Nürburg recently. While it is the off season, the picture he paints is not pretty.

    The infamous Nürburgring business center was deserted, the 30 m. wide "Ring Kino" entertaining not a soul. The racing apparel shops and the BMW showroom had no customers . The famous "formula 1 experience" roller coaster had its speed cut from 180 km/h to 70 km/h because either bad engineering or shoddy construction was causing the building to crack at the higher speed.

    Consider that the project, realized by a private company with public funds from an already economically distressed part of Germany is reportedly to close to a half billion Euro in debt. Enthusiasts, those who have kept the 'ring alive paying their 20+ euros per lap and buying countless gallons of gasoline and beer (not to mention steak on stones) at the local establishments would have been ecstatic just to have a larger parking lot with better bathrooms....

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    #11 Angib, Dec 29, 2010
    Also on the 'Ring circuit itself, he was using lots of go-kart lines - the logic being that you go faster in the wet if you drive where cars have not been putting down oil and rubber in the dry. So when he wasn't grip-critical, he cut the apexes, but where finding grip was a problem, he drove around the outside of the bends that don't usually get used.
     
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    #12 Rixter, Dec 29, 2010
    I thot for a moment that was Mark's new garage and I was about stop feeling sorry for how long it's taking to complete :eek6:
     
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    #13 Nathan, Jan 24, 2011
    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbf7VsZ1Hx0]YouTube - Save The Ring - Nurburgring report - German TV w/ English subtitles[/ame]
     
  13. Steve

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    #14 Steve, Feb 8, 2012
    German Government Ousts Nurburgring Operator (MotorAuthority.com)
     
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    #15 Steve, Jul 17, 2012
    The latest news is the 'Ring is still massively in debt (mostly to the German gov't) and an additional gov't bailout has been denied. Currently expected to shut down this year. Events already scheduled supposedly not threatened so I guess the doors will be open for a few months at least. If you always wanted to drive the 'Ring and have been putting it off, it may be now or never...maybe.
     
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    #18 Steve, Aug 3, 2012
    RINGSIDE SEAT: STATE OF PLAY (PistonHeads.com)

    Don't listen to the rumours, bankruptcy or not the 'ring is still thriving - but what does the future hold?
     
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    #20 Nathan, Apr 1, 2013
    The Nürburgring is sold. Demolition planned.

    A new buyer has been revealed this morning in a shock press conference. Representing a "national interest", the buyer is apparently very close to a deal to not only own the circuit, the land and the facilities. But also the rights to the Nürburgring name and even the concept.

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    New BMW Jong-Taxi will be a sure-fire hit.

    "The Nürburgring is great national institution," said a representative for the soon-to-be buyers. "It's a facility built by the people, for the people and that's how we want to keep it."
    Initial plans are to operate the circuit in Germany while simultaneously building a replica in North Korea.

    "The Western Capitalist pig-dogs are ruining a great track," confirmed Onda Wong-Line, spokesperson for the DPRNK Racing Inititiave. "Their evil capitalist ways will spell doom not only for a great symbol of Nationalistic Pride, but also for their entire economy. It is the duty of our Nation and our God Leader Kim Jong Un to save the circuit from the so-called democracy of Germany."

    Full Story - The Nürburgring is sold. Demolition planned.