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Sep 25 2009, 08:00 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 28 comment(s)
On Thursday morning I woke up extra early to pick up a friend and head to Germany. Our destination was the famous Nürburgring. I'm not sure what it is but when you get in the vicinity of the circuit there is something in the air, you just know you're getting close. All of a sudden you see Porsches and other special cars driving through the twisty roads that surround the circuit. First we headed out to the village Nürburg itself and from there we headed out to some cool photo locations...
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Posted
Sep 16 2009, 01:47 AM
by
Jeroen Willemsen
with 19 comment(s)
Just found this pic of a E46 CSL going in hard at what looks like the Karussell on the Nürburgring. A car in its natural habitat and being used for what it was build for. Do any of the European readers have plans to visit the Nürburgring in the nearby future? Let me know in the comments. I wanted to visit the BMW Nürburg Test Center next week to take a closer look at what they have in store. -Jeroen Willemsen
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Posted
May 26 2009, 11:20 AM
by
John Brooks
with 19 comment(s)
I'm now back home in the UK, after experiencing some pretty tough shooting conditions at the Nurburgring 24Hs....
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Posted
May 24 2009, 08:10 AM
by
John Brooks
with 7 comment(s)
As I write this post the race is still continuing, so let's have a quick look at the first half of the run twice round the clock. 4.00pm yesterday, Dirk Adorf took full advantage of his team's pole position to outdrag the opposition in the Reader Automotive Ford GT. For the next 50 minutes he kept his orange and white rumbler in front of Marc Lieb in the hot race favorite, the Porsche 911 GT3 RSR of Manthey Racing. The battle was played out in front of an enthusiastic and well refreshed crowd...
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Posted
May 23 2009, 09:02 AM
by
John Brooks
with 25 comment(s)
SpeedHunters has looked at the top ten qualifiers for the race but before the action starts in earnest it is I think appropriate to have a quick snapshot of some of the other cars that will be out on the track this weekend. The weather right now is beautiful, sunshine with a little breeze, almost perfect. Of course this being in the Eifel region, things can change almost in the blink of an eye. So just as a reminder to myself to pack the waterproofs here is the Japanese BMW M3 sailing along on Thursday...
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Posted
May 22 2009, 02:13 PM
by
John Brooks
with 16 comment(s)
Two days of pounding round the Nurburgring in conditions that range from the sublime to the ridiculous have determined the grid for the 2009 Nurburgring 24 Hours that is due to start at four in the afternoon local time, tomorrow Saturday 23rd May. According to my information there will be an impressive 170 cars to start. After all the talk of Audi R8 LMS versus Manthey Porsche battle for pole it was great to see Thomas Mutsch post 8:36.536 in his Ford GT this afternoon. The car looks and sounds great...
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Posted
May 21 2009, 02:25 PM
by
Andy Blackmore
with 23 comment(s)
Ian Walling, aka ‘driveforward’ is a well known member of various SEAT and VW forums in the UK, thanks, in part to his exploits in his SEAT Arosa Track day car. If you have read Speedhunters from the beginning, then you may remember our post on Paul Bindley's similar VW Lupo . As part of Volkswagen Group, the Arosa and Lupo shared most parts, the car being built in one of SEAT's factories during the 90's. Both cars have become quite popular in the aftermarket community, with...
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Posted
May 19 2009, 08:35 AM
by
Mike Garrett
with 16 comment(s)
This is one of those car videos that you just have to watch - a GT3 Viper and a GT3 997 dodging traffic as they battle their way around the Nürburgring. I imagine it'd be pretty scaring cruising down the ring in your mild-mannered Euro hatch when you see these two coming up behind you...
Thanks to the Twins Turbo guys for the link!
-Mike Garrett
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Posted
Feb 07 2009, 05:12 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 22 comment(s)
The ST205 Celica GT-Four is the final evolution in all wheel drive Celica technology. Just like its predecessors, the ST165 (1988-1989), and ST185 (1991-1993), the ST205 is powered by Toyota's mighty 3SGTE engine, a 2.0 liter turbocharged engine that pushes power to all four wheels. If I'm not mistaken, the last generation of 3SGTE, as found in the ST205, makes 240-250hp. When I was just out of high school, I remember wanting to own ST185 and ST205 Celica GT-Fours sooooo bad. I had so many...
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Posted
Dec 12 2008, 10:55 AM
by
Antonio Alvendia
with 21 comment(s)
Looking through my hard drive of photos from this summer's Speedhunters World Tour, I spotted photos of this Opel Kadett wagon (or touring , however you prefer to call it) that I forgot to publish previously on the site. When I first spotted this car on the roadside of Nurburg Germany, Rod and I were being shown around Nurburgring Nordschleife's outer access roads by our esteemed veteran motorsports photographer, John Brooks. As I sank into the comfort of our Hybrid Lexus RX330's leather...
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Posted
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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Posted
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
by
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
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Antonio Alvendia
with 10 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
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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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