Trip to the Mekka of motorsport (picture heavy)
Posted: 20 Aug 2009, 00:45
Well Guess what...
I've been to the biggest legend in track racing...
The Nürburg Ring!
Together with several guys from Celicas.eu I've been to the ring for a weekend.
We left on friday and it lasted till Monday, but sadly I had to work Monday, so I had to leave Sunday later in the day.
Friday was the day of the trip to the Ring and to the house we rented.
Saturday it was our own trackday, so a trip to the Nordschleife, I just had to do at least 1 lap, but I knew it could be addictive so I bought a 4 lap ticket.
Going round isn't cheap at 22 euro a lap, the 4 lap ticket was 75 euro but it was worth it!
I only done 3 laps because we had other plans for sunday so I gave my last lap to someone else who stayed till Monday.
Sunday was DTM day. we went to the GP track all day and watched the DTM races and also 2 other race events.
Those DTM cars sure are fast and Loud! I know racing is loud bud didn't expect the DTM cars to be so loud.
A very nice day overall.
Some pics of it:
Where we met near the German border with 7 Celicas in total:
At the Nordschleife (parkinglot):
1 row of Japanese cars:
Some of the other nice cars that went to the track: (with nice cars on the background as well)
Nissan GTR:
Ford Focus RS:
Mosler MT900:
Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24:
Vettes (take a good look at the red vette you will see it again a bit down this post!)
And the best of em all :
At the Startgate:
On Track together with a T18:
And back:
We went with several cars and the one in front of me on the track had a cam with him in his T18 Celica, this is part 2 and just after 1 minute in the movie I pass him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFJxAAUrLJ0
And a few of the other Celicas that went with me on the track:
T23 Celica with TRD kit and a stroked 1ZZ-FE engine (2.0 instead of 1.8 )
ST182 Celica that I ran with:
ST202 Celica with a 2.0 3S-GTE engine conversion:
Overall it was just overkill in terms of cars, there where so many M3's 911's Impreza's etc that you just lost count.
Other great cars we saw but not all on pics:
- Ferrari 430 Scuderia
- Porsche 911 GT2 (997) (and loads of GT3(RS)
- Audi R8 (V8 and V10)
- Aston Martin DB9
- Corvette ZR1
And the Sunday entertainment:
Not everything went so well for everyone... remember the Red Vette?
Pics are taken by several people so they vary in size and quality.
I've been to the biggest legend in track racing...
The Nürburg Ring!
Together with several guys from Celicas.eu I've been to the ring for a weekend.
We left on friday and it lasted till Monday, but sadly I had to work Monday, so I had to leave Sunday later in the day.
Friday was the day of the trip to the Ring and to the house we rented.
Saturday it was our own trackday, so a trip to the Nordschleife, I just had to do at least 1 lap, but I knew it could be addictive so I bought a 4 lap ticket.
Going round isn't cheap at 22 euro a lap, the 4 lap ticket was 75 euro but it was worth it!
I only done 3 laps because we had other plans for sunday so I gave my last lap to someone else who stayed till Monday.
Sunday was DTM day. we went to the GP track all day and watched the DTM races and also 2 other race events.
Those DTM cars sure are fast and Loud! I know racing is loud bud didn't expect the DTM cars to be so loud.
A very nice day overall.
Some pics of it:
Where we met near the German border with 7 Celicas in total:
At the Nordschleife (parkinglot):
1 row of Japanese cars:
Some of the other nice cars that went to the track: (with nice cars on the background as well)
Nissan GTR:
Ford Focus RS:
Mosler MT900:
Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24:
Vettes (take a good look at the red vette you will see it again a bit down this post!)
And the best of em all :
At the Startgate:
On Track together with a T18:
And back:
We went with several cars and the one in front of me on the track had a cam with him in his T18 Celica, this is part 2 and just after 1 minute in the movie I pass him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFJxAAUrLJ0
And a few of the other Celicas that went with me on the track:
T23 Celica with TRD kit and a stroked 1ZZ-FE engine (2.0 instead of 1.8 )
ST182 Celica that I ran with:
ST202 Celica with a 2.0 3S-GTE engine conversion:
Overall it was just overkill in terms of cars, there where so many M3's 911's Impreza's etc that you just lost count.
Other great cars we saw but not all on pics:
- Ferrari 430 Scuderia
- Porsche 911 GT2 (997) (and loads of GT3(RS)
- Audi R8 (V8 and V10)
- Aston Martin DB9
- Corvette ZR1
And the Sunday entertainment:
Not everything went so well for everyone... remember the Red Vette?
Pics are taken by several people so they vary in size and quality.