Nurburgring 24 Hours Race
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Ferdinand and Johannes Stuck aren't household names, but they race great cars at legendary tracks like the Nürburgring and they make impressive video. And among race fans, their father, Hans-Joachim Stuck, is very much a household name. Follow the Stuck brothers as they document the whole race weekend, from arrival to sign up to practice to the race itself, and you'll get a taste for just how much more there is to racing than simply turning fast laps. After qualifying mid-pack in their starting group, the brothers Stuck took to the track with Young Driver AMR teammates Darren Turner and...
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Lexus IS F Races A Full Lap Of The Nürburgring 24 Hours: Video
The Lexus IS F race car takes on the trials of the Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race.
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A Night Lap Of The Nürburgring In A Porsche 911 GT3 Cup: Video
Driving a racetrack you know intimately in the dark is a very humbling experience. Even in an endurance race car, there’s barely enough lighting to cope with the kind of speeds typically encountered on a track. Putting together a fast lap, then, requires more than vision. It’s as much...
Kurt Ernst -
Scion FR-S Race Car Wins Class Victory At Nürburgring 24 Hours
Toyota is celebrating a triple victory at the 40th ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race, with wins for the new GT 86 sports car, known here as the Scion FR-S, in two classes the highlight of the automaker's campaign this year. A GT 86 run by GAZOO Racing won the SP3 class and finished 46th...
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2013 Nissan GT-R Wins Class, Comes 30th Overall In Nürburgring 24 Hours
A 2013 Nissan GT-R Club Track Edition was driven to victory in the SP8T class in the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Glickenhaus P4/5 Competizione Sets Fastest Ferrari ‘Ring Time
Prior to the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race that took place over the weekend, the fastest lap time for a Ferrari over the 13-odd miles of the Nürburgring-Nordschleife was the 6:58.16 figure set by Ferrari and its 599XX experimental car back in April of 2010. However, Ferrari...
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An Audi R8 LMS ultra was driven to overall victory at the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race.
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Toyota GT86 (Scion FR-S) And Lexus LFA Ready For Nürburgring 24 Hours
When the green flag waves at the start of this weekend’s Nürburgring 24 Hour race, the field will include four race-prepped Toyota GT86 models (the Scion FR-S, in the United States), as well as a Lexus LFA. We already told you about two of the GT86s and the LFA, all of which will be...
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Aston Martin Announces 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours Entry
For its seventh successive year, Aston Martin will be competing at the grueling Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race which is taking place this weekend. There will be four factory-backed cars, two of which will be high-performance V12 Vantage GT3 racers. Designed to FIA regulations, the Vantage...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2013 Nissan GT-R Prepares For Nürburgring 24 Hours Race
Next month Nissan will formally compete in the Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race using one of its production GT-R supercars. The competitive outing is part of Nissan’s celebration of the R35 GT-R’s fourth year on the market but it also serves as an opportune moment to see what...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Lexus and Toyota Go To (The Green) Hell In Nürburgring Race
Aston Martin and Ferrari may commonly mingle with Lexus next to the greens at your local country club, but in May they’ll compete together and with others at “The Green Hell,” Germany’s Nürburgring race track. It may be easy to first associate the Japanese luxury...
Thomas Bey -
Nissan Working On New Track-Focused GT-R? Not Likely
A mysterious GT-R prototype fitted with a number of performance modifications has been spotted at Nissan’s test facility just outside the Nürburgring race track in Germany, suggesting that the automaker is hard at work developing a new performance variant of the iconic Japanese supercar...
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Years in the making, long spied at test tracks around the world, and often displayed at auto shows, Scion’s new 2013 FR-S is now just weeks away from hitting showrooms along with being just a few weeks away from making its international racing debut. The Scion FR-S, or more accurately, its Toyota GT 86 twin, will be competing in the arduous Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance racing taking place next month. Two of the cars will be racing around the Green Hell, both of them fielded by Toyota’s motorsports partner Gazoo Racing. Gazoo Racing is the same firm that has been racing the...
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Nissan To Field Production GT-R In 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours
Nissan will compete in the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours endurance race using one of its stock 2013 GT-R supercars, albeit a race-ready Club Track Edition. The team fielding the car will be the GT-R’s own development team, headed by none other than the car’s chief engineer Kazutoshi...
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Drive Channel Launches On YouTube With A Trip To The 'Ring: Video
YouTube's new home for gear heads, called Drive, has launched with an episode of Shakedown covering the 24 Hours of Nürburgring
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Porsche Takes Top Honors At Nurburgring 24 Hours Race
Porsche has done it again, managing to win its fifth Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race in six years. This past weekend’s race, in particular, was one of the most exciting and dramatic 24 hour races at the Nurburgring, but in the end there could be only one clear winner: Porsche together...
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Aston Martin Presents Proceeds From Rapide Auction To Toyota
You may recall that last month the CEO of Aston Martin, Dr. Ulrich Bez, auctioned off his Rapide company car in order to raise funds for the Japan earthquake relief effort. Bez, and his counterpart at Toyota, Akio Toyoda, are at the Nurburgring 24 Hours race taking place in Germany this weekend...
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Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid Heading To 24 Hours Of Nurburgring
Porsche will be bringing hybrid racing back to Germany's famed Nurburgring at this weekend's 24 Hours of Nurburgring.
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Joining the assortment of fully fledged race cars and hyper-expensive supercars at this weekend’s grueling Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race will be this very cute 2012 MINI John Cooper Works Coupe race car. Based on the recently revealed 2012 MINI Coupe, this racing version picks up an ‘Endurance’ tag in its title and several other race modifications to prepare for its 24 hour run around the Nurburgring-Nordschleife. Interestingly, with the participation of this special MINI John Cooper Works Coupe Endurance, the Nurburgring 24 Hours race will be staging an automotive...
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Aston Martin V12 Zagato Gears Up For Nurburgring 24 Hours Race
We are just days away now from the 2011 Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race taking place at the famous Nurburgring-Nordschleife circuit in Germany. Each year the race sees literally hundreds of drivers compete, with participants ranging from amateurs in small road legal cars with roll-cages and...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Le Mans Winner André Lotterer To Pilot Lexus LFA At Nurburgring 24 Hours Race
Just two weeks after his thrilling win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the number 2 Audi R18 TDI, German driver André Lotterer will take to the notorious Nurburgring-Nordschleife for the equally arduous Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race. Lotterer will pilot one of two Lexus LFAs that will...
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Gazoo Racing Prepares Lexus LFA For Nurburgring 24 Hours Assault
Last weekend we were treated to the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race and in just a week’s time we’ll be enthralled by another 24 hour long race, the equally arduous Nurburgring 24 Hours at the famous Nurburgring-Nordschleife in Germany’s pristine Eifel hills. The...
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Onboard A Lexus LFA Racing Around The Nurburgring: Video
Here’s your chance to ride shotgun in a race-prepped Lexus LFA as it storms around the Nurburgring circuit in Germany at a recent VLN event. By watching this video you are taken directly into the cockpit of the Lexus LFA, number 111, which ended up fifth overall in the race. Behind the wheel...
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Porsche Bringing 911 GT3 R Hybrid Version 2.0 To Nurburgring 24 Hours
Almost exactly one year ago Porsche took the wraps off an advanced hybrid race version of its 911 GT3, which the automaker entered in the 2010 Nurburgring 24 Hours endurance race. Despite hybrid technology being a relatively new field for the sports car company from Stuttgart, the original Porsche...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran