Nurburgring last weekend

[draak666]

I went to the ring last weekend. Me and my friend went round the track... on a mountainbike, for a change. :D We didn't get all the way round, but we managed to take some nice pics. Check 'em out here:

http://users.pandora.be/hscg/2003_11_08/11-08-2003/

The award for the most exclusive car that day (however not that rare on the ring) goes to an M1.

[jon_s]

What about that Racing Viper??

Some really nice shots there! 8)

[draak666]

That Viper is there a lot lately. For about 250€ (I think) you can take place on the passenger seat for one lap. The ringtaxi is cheaper, and you can split the price by three (if you take two friends along). :wink:

[deth]

how much is the ring taxi?

[draak666]

130€

[1zippo1]

Really nice pics Draak666. On smallband it takes me forever to watch them, but I have allready saved a few to my HD and I'll check out the rest later one.

By the way, I suppose you took the car and put the mountenbikes on it? Or did you really biked all the way to the ring? :shock: in this weather that seems a bit far! By the way, is there a good mountenbike track round the whole ring or what?

thx for the nice pics!!!

[draak666]

Let's get this clear: we went by car. :D We're not that great athletes.

There's an official mountainbike track along the circuit, which we've tried a few weeks ago. But my friend wanted to ride the other way round this time because of a steep climb we've experienced that first time. He did not want to do that again. :( We also tried to stay as close to the track as possible, taking small paths and going straight through a valley. The problem though, was that we got lost now and halfway we decided to head straight back to start/finish because it was getting dark.

BTW: next week is the last week for tourist drives this year.

[TT]

Very nice pics! I love also the one where the are a Noble GTO and a M3 CSL together at the Karusell (or is it the mini one?)

[Minacious]

So how does the Ring work? Do you just pay a little money and take whatever motorized vehicle you have out there? How do they handle safety and what not? A track day here requires all kinds of safety checks. For Bikes, you have to remove the mirrors, tape off lights, etc. I always see videos of the Ring and wondered how it was handled. I would love to take my bike out there and give it a go.

[draak666]

It was at the Karusell, TT. Normally nobody's allowed to stand on the exterior so we had to duck behind the rails each time the Strecke Sicherung drove by. :D

@Minacious: basically you pay an amount for one tour, or more, or even for a whole year. There's a safety leaflet which is pretty usefull to read. You can drive almost anything, even a bus. Just make sure the exhaust isn't too loud (they sometimes check that).

Read all about it here: http://www.nurburgring.de/?rubrik=nordschleife&lang=eng

[SFDMALEX]

Some great pictures there, I saved quite a few. What camera did you use?

[Chingachgook]

Great picture, fantastic the one with the Noble M12 GTO3R and the M3 CSL together at the Karussel.
Thanks A lot!

[Minacious]

Thanks Draak. I wish they had something like that here.

[draak666]

Some great pictures there, I saved quite a few. What camera did you use?
My friend took the pictures using a canon G5.

[noosee]

Thanks draak.
I hope that I will find time next year to go there.

[KaBlookie]

wow, awesome pics man! thanks a lot 8)

my parents want to arrange for my brother and I to go somewhere this summer as part of a celebration of me graduating from high school and my brother from college...so i'm thinking it would be awesome if we could pay the Nurburgring a visit, even if it means only sitting there taking pics and watching and listening to the cars. We'll see :D

thanx again man

[CarreraGtRacer]

Hey do you think I can share this on another website???

[draak666]

Hey do you think I can share this on another website???
Sure. But I don't know for how long it 'll stay up.

[stradale]

Nice pics, draak! I want to go there. Badly.

[scubywrxr]

Very nice pics.. I must go to the `ring soon and have a ride in that M5 taxi..

[noosee]

Blue CSL with those 19-20 BBS wheels looks insane