The overall record for the Nurburgring Nordeschleife was set on the 28th of May, 1983 by Stefan Bellof, while qualifying for the 1983 World Endurance Championship race. The time? An astonishing 6:11.13 set in the then-new Porsche 956 Group C racer. This was the last year that the big prototypes raced on the Green Hell, for '84 they moved over to
Top Speedhunters photo of the year so far don't you think? Nice work John!
Is the plural form of Lexus, Lexi? Lexuses? Lexus'?.... Well what ever the word is, I do wish I could be in John Brooks' shoes right now and witness these cars at what is surely one of the greatest spectacles of automotive culture on the planet... the Nurburgring 24 hours.... (sigh....)... oh well... for the rest of us, we give you this desktop
I just spotted this shot on Flickr in Yori Langhenkel's photostream . He seems to be a young Dutch photographer with a taste for hot transportation appliances like this beautiful 993 GT2. According to the photo caption, this picture was shot near Nurburg.... which can only mean one thing: the owner likes to flog this sexy beast on the Nurburgring
(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
Things didn't look very good for the pole sitting Manthey Racing Porsche at the start of the Nurburgring 24H. As the green flag fell the car started to belch huges amount of steam and had to immediately dive for the pits for repairs to its cooling system. Shambles! Not a great way to start a 24h race. So it’s quite the feat they were able
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.