Before you watch this video, I just want to let you know that somehow, amazingly, the driver lived. Reports and eye-witnesses at the scene reported he was sore, bleeding from……
Category: Touristenfahrten
BIG QUESTION: Hide the public crashes? Or show them to the world?
This is a hot topic at the Nürburgring, and has been for decades already. But living as we do, in the Golden Age (or Wild West) of social media, I……
VIDEO: Unlucky E30 driver, wiped out by an Audi TT at Adenauer Forst
UPDATED WITH ONBOARD VIDEO! Going straight-on at Adenauer Forst is nothing new or unusual. If you stand there at 8am on a Sunday morning you can probably see a dozen bikes……
BMW Frenzy (Project E30, Old Timer GP, Luke’s E92, etc…)
Like Harry Potter living under the stairs , the project E30 has been neglected of late. Abandoned for months outside MatechSports due to lack of garage space, a conversation with #underdog……
VIDEO: Innovative Corvette-Trike fails early testing at the Nordschleife
Attempts to create a Corvette even crazier than the standard version ended badly this week. Not content with sharing the Z06’s standard 505hp between two wheels, this modified car added an undisclosed amount of……
VIDEO: A big “oh f**k” moment at the Nürburgring…
This weekend the Nürburgring was busy. No, it was packed. Actually, it was SWARMING with holiday-happy visitors. Perfect weather, an epic VLN race on Saturday (Alzen Ford GT OMG-edition), and……
VIDEO: The Boosted Boris Challenge.
Like a beaten step-child at the back of the room. Lurking in the shadows. A 16-year-old mid-size BMW. It had no idea what was coming in its final years, and……
Take a lap of the ‘Ring in 1955, then think about the future…
This is only going to be a quick post, but I think it’s an important one. While irrelevant yet irritating speedlimits are damaging the well-deserved reputation of our beloved ‘northloop’, there……
VIDEO: Tractor chaos at the Nürburgring carpark
Sunday’s public session was rudely interrupted by a disgruntled tractor driver, who tried to drive on to the Nürburgring Nordschleife while alledgedly shouting all manner of obscenities… UPDATED WITH VIDEO BELOW!…
More personal thoughts on the Nürburgring speedlimit debacle.
If it’s a choice between lapping with speed limits and not lapping at all, I’ll take the speed limits. It’s a shame we are in this position, and it sucks……