The Nurburgring Days are Numbered!

The highly revered automotive playground is seeing its days numbered, Yes we’re talking about the Nurburgring which is sadly at high risk without any sight of the EU jumping in to help bail it out. Rich in racing heritage yet after 85 years (since 1927) of automotive history having graced its tarmac, it’s almost considered a pauper today.

The ‘Green Hell’ or the ‘Ring’ as many have come to call it has been synonymous with motoring legends of current and late, having helped many of today’s well known marquees bring to you fantastic driving machines after having been blessed with the fires of the ‘Green Hell’.

After Kai Righter and Jörg Lindner took possession of the ‘Ring’ and added a rather large theme park, a new roller coaster ride, a 3,000 seat event-arena, a shopping mall and a huge hotel with an oversupply of rooms; they ran out of cash. The non-motorsports oriented duo had initially promised private financing which sadly never materialised.

That’s not all, it seems all is not transparent, with much political involvement that runs so deep you could call it a conspiracy with claimed visitor numbers that go as high as 2 million per annum. However, the truth always seems to find its way out with actual figures running around under 400,000 per annum instead.

The only way now is that the ‘Ring’ gets a 13 million Euro life-line, but it all seems rather bleak for the moment since the EU doesn’t want anything to do with it after pumping in well over half a billion Euros over the last two years thanks to those ‘wise-guys’. Either way, the risk of the ‘Ring’ possibly vanishing just like that in a puff of exhaust looms ever closer, at least till the end of this year that is.

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07-19-2012, 09:15 PM	#2
^pomen_GTR^ 3000bhp Senior Join Date: May 2010 Location: The Mines Posts: 4,082 Likes: 1,829 Liked: 589 / 356 Posts Garage	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! i almost cried when i heard the news that nurb. going to fold down…..
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07-19-2012, 09:23 PM	#3
xMika 500bhp Stage 3 Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Selangor Posts: 564 Likes: 30 Liked: 67 / 50 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! it was my fav track in grand turismo !! LOL
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07-19-2012, 09:25 PM	#4
K2 stanley 100bhp Junior Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 131 Likes: 19 Liked: 6 / 5 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! FxxK, i still not been there yet.
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07-19-2012, 10:44 PM	#5
cgui Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Setapak Posts: 562 Likes: 1 Liked: 0 / 0 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! shit .. wat a waste .. hope they can save the track .. else can only enjoy it on PS only..
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07-19-2012, 11:23 PM	#6
khuen72 5bhp Stock Join Date: May 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 28 Likes: 2 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! sad news sad news, great engine are being discontinued and now the track? my god
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07-20-2012, 12:22 AM	#7
TOMEI-R Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 229 Likes: 1 Liked: 81 / 33 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! Money talks my friends.. Unless anyone of you are billionaires and are willing to take over management, then its curtains for the ring.
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07-20-2012, 02:12 AM	#8
crazybiscut 50bhp Junior Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 60 Likes: 0 Liked: 18 / 7 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! well i dont think they are gonna destroy the road that itself would cost too much my best guess is no more racing there but maybe it becomes an abandoned road maybe ilegal racing will arise?
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07-20-2012, 09:18 AM	#9
drMpower Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 393 Likes: 0 Liked: 7 / 5 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! this is a GOOD news, if u read James May News
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07-20-2012, 10:08 AM	#10
langsuyrx 200bhp Stage II Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kay L Posts: 249 Likes: 16 Liked: 37 / 29 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! one day while playing his PlayStation 18, my son will ask, “dad, this awesome track… does it really exist? Why they shut it down??” …
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07-20-2012, 12:10 PM	#11
Kenboy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 80 Likes: 0 Liked: 0 / 0 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! Save The Nurburgring!
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07-20-2012, 12:45 PM	#12
stormlcc Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 308 Likes: 1 Liked: 12 / 7 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! someone must make another video for this, get some real action into it rather than just displaying pictures.
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07-20-2012, 03:26 PM	#13
kcng 200bhp Stage II Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Selangor Posts: 240 Likes: 56 Liked: 63 / 38 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! paging for najib razak… paging for najib razak or rosmah… buy this place using the rakyat’s your money and this is one purchase that we will not complain about..
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07-20-2012, 05:04 PM	#14
alwjmonster 100bhp Junior Join Date: May 2009 Location: Subang Jaya Posts: 111 Likes: 0 Liked: 27 / 17 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! EU having debt contagion all over the place, Spanish bond yield currently above 7%, and Germany still currently questioning the legality of its participation in ESM will took them 2 months to finalize their decision, apparently, some German lawmakers, academics, and political groups have a couple of objections to Germany’s role in the ESM fund. Since EFSF has only left 240billions EUR untill September before the ESM launch, tight austerity is only way for them to last the remaining 240billions untill september. Last edited by alwjmonster; 07-20-2012 at 05:07 PM.
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07-21-2012, 02:17 AM	#15
hachiroku clan 500bhp Stage 3 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 560 Likes: 29 Liked: 39 / 25 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! taking away the Ring from enthusiast is like taking away McDonalds from U.S of A.
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07-21-2012, 05:39 AM	#16
DewA_LavaU Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bintulu Posts: 2,702 Likes: 957 Liked: 146 / 57 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! Sad news
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07-22-2012, 10:50 PM	#17
keisukosan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 294 Likes: 21 Liked: 6 / 6 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! Please save the track of nurburgring~
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07-23-2012, 12:29 AM	#18
Edward Chew Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur Posts: 1,188 Likes: 10 Liked: 123 / 22 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! I’m lucky to have driven 2 laps of it last year. Hoooo…
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07-23-2012, 10:32 AM	#19
elsm80 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 328 Likes: 13 Liked: 85 / 36 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! Why are we crying over this? Nothing new here to see. Malaysians (including myself) could not even save our own “famed” Batu 3 track. Motorheads like you and me gave up “our” legendary track without so much as a whimper. I am embarrassed as a motorhead and what’s more, I would have the self respect to talk about saving the Nur. ———- Post added at 10:32 AM ———- 6 hour anti-bump limit – Previous post was at 10:31 AM ———- I would *NOT have… Correction.
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07-23-2012, 01:02 PM	#20
WPQ800 450bhp Turbo Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 491 Likes: 167 Liked: 56 / 31 Posts	Re: The Nurburgring Days are Numbered! sad sad, everything is going down not the way it should………. what about motorsport as a whole context?
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