OT-Speedvision has the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring

Im watching it right now as a matter of fact and it might be replayed at other times during the week. Its only a 2 hour summary show but there are some great shots of the track as well as alot of incar from the race winning Chrysler Viper GTS-R (led almost the whole race). I reccomend trying to watch this for some great shots of the old circuit (plus the modern one....but thats only about 2 of the 15.8 miles) Chris

I really hate not having Speedvision on my cable lineup...WHO THE HELL WATCHES COURT TV ANYWAY? JUST REPLACE IT WITH SPEEDVISION PLEASE! ) I really hope someone from Intermedia cable is reading this! <vbg>) Dan Belcher Team Racing Unlimited

> Its only a 2 hour summary show but there are some great > shots of the track as well as alot of incar from the race winning Chrysler > Viper GTS-R (led almost the whole race). Now you just ruined it! What about writing spoiler? Just kidding :-) watched it over a month ago on dsf, they had livecoverage every few hours, and quite interesting it was to see the old track :-) -- Arne Martin

24 Hours of Nurburgring.... That's about 4 laps right.

>24 Hours of Nurburgring.... >That's about 4 laps right. 144 if I remember correctly. Don McCorkle Libertarian Motorsports

>>24 Hours of Nurburgring.... >>That's about 4 laps right. >144 if I remember correctly. 144 (if that is the correct number - would be 10 min laps in average, which sounds about right) for some guys in a Viper, and a whole lot less for everybody else. I believe the second car was ten laps down, and I wouldn't be surprised if the last car to finish had about half as many laps completed. :) -- Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

The best Porsche (no turbocharger allowed) was only 3 laps down, despite being hopelessly slower in Qualifying (Viper 8:45 min for the 25.3km, all other 24h-competitors 9:29 or slower). The Viper lost AFAIK about 3 laps with engine repair, though. Even a Mini Cooper, a Fiat Seicento or the Citroen Diesel Taxi did over 85 laps. See http://www.24h-rennen.de/ The results are listed here: http://www.ks-design.de/24h/1999/t-vorort/e-rennen-24h.htm -- Matthias Flatt

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> >>>24 Hours of Nurburgring.... > >>>That's about 4 laps right. > >>144 if I remember correctly. > >144 (if that is the correct number - would be 10 min laps in average, > >which sounds about right) for some guys in a Viper, and a whole lot > >less for everybody else. I believe the second car was ten laps down, > The best Porsche (no turbocharger allowed) was only 3 laps down, > despite being hopelessly slower in Qualifying (Viper 8:45 min for the > 25.3km, all other 24h-competitors 9:29 or slower).

So they did Nordschleife and GP track combined? 20,8km + 4,5mk = 25,3km That would be cool to run!! :) BTW, I just got back from the Ring where I did 5 laps with my motorcycle. See my site for a report Wednesday evening ... Hena -- Best regards, Hena H?kk?nen Remove NOSPAM to email me!

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>>144 (if that is the correct number - would be 10 min laps in average, >>which sounds about right) for some guys in a Viper, and a whole lot >>less for everybody else. I believe the second car was ten laps down, >The best Porsche (no turbocharger allowed) was only 3 laps down, >despite being hopelessly slower in Qualifying (Viper 8:45 min for the >25.3km, all other 24h-competitors 9:29 or slower). >The Viper lost AFAIK about 3 laps with engine repair, though.

The Porsche must have been on the limit all the time, then. Quite impressive. The Citroen cab made it to the end? :) I loved to see those guys wrestle this most-unfit-for-racing-ever hulk of a car around the corners. Thanks for the URLs! -- Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

In GPL, not in real life :>))) CU Zolli