Nurburgring 24Hr Race

The ADAC 24hr Rennen Nürburgring was introduced in 1970.

It's an amazing racing experience you have to enjoy if your a motorsport fan.

Below are examples of cars you are likely to see racing at the Ring.

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A purple pink BMW M3 speeds around the Karussell.

(Big thanks to Chris Eatherington for these nice pictures)

The 24hr race is like the 4hr VLN race series.  Most of the drivers are amateurs, this helps to create a starting grid of around 200 cars.

An Opal Corsa powers through the Klostertal section.

Unlike the standard 4hr VLN races, the 24hr is an official international event.  The paperwork and organization is bilingual (German and English).

A BMW, Seat and Honda brake hard to enter the Karussell.

The 2010 entry fee was €4508 plus €3000 in advance for fuel.  Typical vehicle entries range from GT3 sports cars like the Porsche 911 GT3, European Touring Car Championship vehicles to second hand standard road cars.

Two very different cars race around the Karussell. BMW M3 and Toyota Yaris.

Manufactures with professional teams and drivers have competed at various times throughout the track' race history.

A fast Porsche 911 speeds down the Hatzenbach.

Spectator numbers dropped in the 1990s because the grid was just standard FIA Group N cars.  More powerful vehicles were allowed to compete after 1999 to create more interest.

Cars such as the Zakspeed Chrysler Viper GTS-R built by Oreca to FIA GT2-spec.

Turbo-charged Porsches and modified Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters cars from Opel and Abt Sportsline-Audi.

Schnitzer Motor sport entered the BMW M3 GTR V8, which ran in the 2001 American Le Mans Series.

A Lamborghini Gallardo displays rear end damage.  This car was driven by F1 track designer Hermann Tilke.

Another 911 powers into the Hatzenbach section.

The awesome sounding Dodge Viper just after the tricky Pflanzgarten 3.

The BMW M3 GTR looks fantastic.

The Grand Prix Strecke configuration of the Nordschleife has varied in length from the original 22.835 km (14.189 mi) to nearly 26 km (16.2 mi) of the maximum length configuration which was in use in 2002 and 2003.

The GP track had been extended by the Mercedes Arena. This section is used as an extra paddock zone for the competitors of the support races.  It is bypassed with a sharp Z-shape chicane creating a 25.3 km (15.7 mi) track length.

It's hard not to smile at an old Opal Kadett still holding it's own against newer cars.

A nice BMW 3 series Compact bounces around the Karussell.

In the practice runs, 230 cars are allowed of which 210 qualify for the race.  The cars are driven by 800 or more drivers. 2, 3 or 4  may share a car.  A driver is allowed to drive up to 150 minutes nonstop and may enter to drive two different cars.  A rest time of at least 2 hours has to be observed between turns.

A lovely photo featuring German saloons driving in formation at the Steilstreke.

A fun video about a trip the the Nurburgring 24hr.

A group of friends from the Midlands in the U.K drive through the night to enjoy the fantastic Nurburgring 24hr race.

It was cold, wet, windy, snowy and sunny in May 2005.

A Renault Clio crests the Klostertal corner.

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