the size of nurburgring

[number77]

i have a quick question that i've wondered for some time now. how many acres is nurburgring. its a big track and i've always wondered how big the land it was built on is. :D

[antonioledesma]

no idea if this site has that info of acres
it comes from Zfrks62

http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/

[gobs3z]

good question. and does the ring own all the land inside it??

Nope, that would be a town in the middle of it. My question is if the ring is privately owned or owned by the government? I assume the governement.

[ZfrkS62]

I don't think they own all it surronds. I believe there is a town somewhere in the middle of it that was complaining about the noise during track day. Now there is a 95db noise limit on exhaust notes. Which just means there will be no ricers there :P

[RC45]

It's a public road.

[RC45]

No - really - it is a one way public toll road.

Well - it is a 17 odd mile cirle, so just work out the area... what that formula again? Pi*r squared... :P

So -as they say in the classics... you do the math... ;)

[number77]

i'm coming up with 3456 acres...thats alot of land...

[gucom]

half the year round its closed off for public...and its still a public road? :? beats me... :|

[jakaracman]

It's a public toll road (tahyt's why your inskurance is valid if you crash on it). There's a company (Nurburgring Gmbh r something) that has concession to run it and thy can close it for private events (as you can close any road wit permissions). It's easier for them as it leads nowhere and has no side roads connected to it ...